A New Season of ‘SciGirls’ Premieres in April
The theme of the new season is “citizen science.”
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Tag: STEM
Fund This: SkyMath Delivers Math Adventures on the iPad
SkyMath brings adventure to math for your kids with a tested approach. Kickstarting right now!
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SciGirls: Real-Life STEM Role Models in Action
The STEM-focused PBS Kids show can have a real impact in kids’ lives.
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Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Now With More Quizzes
In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, here’s a quiz about discoveries and inventions. Can you correctly identify which were made by women, and which were not?
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Space Opportunities and News
Student unmanned aircraft competitions, opportunities to launch payloads on NASA rockets, a space anniversary, and more.
Continue ReadingHow a Hacker Slumber Party Gets Girls Into Code
When Gina Likins walked into Carroll Hall at the University of North Carolina, she was reminded of the sleepovers of her youth. But this was no ordinary slumber party.
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Book Review: Women of Steel and Stone
This book contains the inspiring stories of 22 women architects, engineers, and landscape designers during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Groovy Lab in a Box: Review, Interview, Coupon Code, and Giveaway!
Groovy Lab in a Box is a subscription box program that brings numerous STEM-focused activities to your elementary-school-aged children every month. Our family loved it, I’m sure yours will too.
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Talking Cars, STEM, and Moms With One of the Women Behind the New Ford Mustang
GeekMom Nicole spoke with Ford Vehicle Line Director Marcy Fisher about working on the new 2015 Ford Mustang, getting kids into STEM careers, and her path to engineering.
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STEM Science Stations Float Kids’ Boats
Kids can get their hands wet in STEM exploring the activities in Lakeshore Learning’s Sink or Float STEM Science Station.
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Canada vs. Mars in Temperature Death Match
It was colder in Canada than on Mars! Except wait… maybe not. Fact checking FTW.
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Ants… in… Spaaace!
The latest ISS re-supply mission will include a shipment of ants involved in a K-12 educational research project.
Continue ReadingGoldieBlox: An Interview with Debbie Sterling and a GeekMom's Take On Girls and STEM
An interview with the founder of GoldieBlox inspires this GeekMom to take a closer look at what girls really need to become engineers.
Continue ReadingBuild an Epic Paper Marble Run
With the help of PaperRollerCoasters.com you can build your own marble run tower out of paper.
Continue ReadingNASA to Launch High School Students' Satellite
NASA plans to launch a small satellite designed by students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia.
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Scientists When They Were Little Girls
Cute little girl pictures of women who grew up to be scientists.
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Marvel Unleashes the Ultimate Mentor Adventure
Marvel recently announced the search for the “next Jane Foster” with the Ultimate Mentor Adventure.
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Hacker Scouts: Encouraging Kids to Hack!
GeekMom Cristen interviews Samantha Cook, the founder of Hacker Scouts: a national non-profit that encourages kids to learn, build and hack.
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Maker Faire New York: The Next Generation
Maker Faire New York this year had more than ever to do with (and buy for) kids.
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Margaret E. Knight, Inventor Extraordinaire
We should all know more about Margaret E. Knight, an inventor in the 19th century. Her process for making paper bags is still used today.
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