Review: ‘A Rover’s Story’ by Jasmine Warga
I expected ‘A Rover’s Story’ to be a cute tale about a Mars rover. Instead, it’s an often heartbreaking one exploring big themes.
Continue ReadingI expected ‘A Rover’s Story’ to be a cute tale about a Mars rover. Instead, it’s an often heartbreaking one exploring big themes.
Continue ReadingI have spent the last few weeks reading some brilliant picture books covering topics from vehicles to dinosaurs, racism to space exploration.
Continue Reading‘History Comics: The Challenger Disaster’ by Pranas T. Naujokaitis is a middle-grade graphic novel that explores the disaster in detail.
Continue Reading‘Space 2069’ imagines where humanity may be in terms of space exploration by the time of the 100th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.
Continue ReadingNASA had very clear mission objectives for Mars Perserverance. How did they find a site that fulfilled all of them?
Continue ReadingToday I will be sharing a recipe for Mars cookies, offering suggestions for a full launch day menu, and sharing how to watch the launch.
Continue ReadingScientists have found possible signs of ancient life at the Mars Perseverance landing site! What does this mean? Read on!
Continue Reading‘The Search for Life on Mars’ is a detailed look at humanity’s quest to discover conclusive evidence of life on the Red Planet.
Continue ReadingBuild Your Own Telescope is an eco-friendly kit that will allow you and your kids to put together your very own cardboard telescope.
Continue ReadingRemote Control Machines: Space Explorers is an engineering, robotics, & science kit that allows kids to build and control their own machines.
Continue Reading‘Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars’ recounts the time author Kate Greene spent living inside a simulated Mars habitat on Hawai’i.
Continue ReadingThe Magnificent Mars Expedition is a STEM kit that includes a story linking to experiments and activities you can do at home.
Continue Reading‘The Sirens of Mars’ is a part memoir, part historical narrative of the exploration of one of our nearest planetary neighbors.
Continue Reading‘Mars’ First Friends’ is an adorable picture book that depicts an anthropomorphized Mars as sad, bored, lonely, and longing for his own pet.
Continue ReadingWelcome to Mars Month at GeekMom! We are celebrating the planned launch of Perseverance on July 20th with a month full of Mars content.
Continue Reading‘The Gravity of Us’ is an LGBTQ YA novel set in the not-too-distant future when NASA is about to launch the first manned mission to Mars.
Continue ReadingMy son and I have spent some time building model kits from COBI and I might just have a new favorite when it comes to construction toys.
Continue ReadingInternational Women’s Day has arrived once again, and GeekMom is here to provide you with a reading list of books featuring inspirational women.
Continue ReadingJodrell Bank Discovery Centre is a family-friendly science center and my family was invited along for the day to see what it has to offer.
Continue ReadingIn case you missed any of the many posts across GeekMom and GeekDad, here’s a recap of all the content from our Apollo Month.
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