Magnificent_Desolation IMAX Today I watched Magnificent Desolation: Man Walking on the Moon, which is running as part of OMSI's IMAX Film Festival. It's a film from 2005 but I hadn't seen it before, so I was glad to have the opportunity to catch it now.

If you've got kids just out of school (or close to it), then you've likely got your hands full with trying to find enough activities to keep them busy. The pool is great, and the library's always a good option, but my favorite parts of the summer break were projects... ...

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Fresh off of watching the season finale of "Fringe" last Friday, I happened upon an amazing discovery: FOX and the Science Olympiad have teamed up to create lesson plans to help students explore the real science behind some of the show's plot devices. Magnetism, combustion, electromagnetism, protein modeling, and more ...

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When it comes to apps and education there is still a lot of work to be done to make sure that the way children engage with the digital world is purposeful and beneficial to learning and development outcomes. As GeekDads we have a big investment in our children's education and ...

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The whole concept of apps on tablets that teach children handwriting is completely beyond me. Even more so, there are so many of them? I propose we just ban any further creation of apps that teach children to form letters with their forefinger for the following reasons.

Mother's Day around our place has frequently featured video gaming sessions, where my wife is given the opportunity to play a game, theoretically without interruption — anything in the Zelda series is a typical choice. This might not sound like a big deal, but since we've had kids, sitting down ...

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