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Stir Up Some Oobleck
Sir Isaac Newton? Physics? Please. Don’t tell my kids (or yours) that when they squeeze and swirl this cornstarch and water mixture that they’re elbow deep in science. As a homeschooling mom, I’m...
View ArticleExperimenting With The Chemistry of Fall Colors For National Chemistry Week
Here in my corner of North America the fall colors have finally started to emerge. And as I was admiring the reds, oranges, and yellows of the mountains surrounding my area, I was reminded of a cool...
View ArticleKari Byron, Mythbuster Mom: How Do You Get Kids Interested in Science?
GeekMom is thrilled to bring our readers another column by Kari Byron, the female face on the hit Discovery Channel show MythBusters and host of the Science Channel’s new Head Rush. Kari sends us...
View ArticlePut Your Candy Leftovers to Good Use with Candy Experiments
If you’ve already followed Jennifer’s advice about dealing with your Halloween haul and you still have candy leftover, perhaps it’s time to donate that candy to science. Candy Experiments is a fabulous...
View ArticleGeekMom Experiments: Penny Chemistry for Kids
(All images: Kathy Ceceri) If you read Mythbuster Mom Kari Byron’s recent column about helping your kids “get their hands dirty” doing science and were wondering where to start, here’s a three-part...
View ArticleStatic Season Has Returned
We’ve all done it. We’ve all earned the scathing look and the whine of discomfort because we just accidentally static shocked our child. You always feel just a little bad, unless of course you did it...
View ArticleThe Scientific Method + Kids = Superfine Awesomeness
I love my kids. I also love the scientific method. They mix well. I don’t use the scientific method on my kids, though in truth parenting is just one huge uncontrolled, unfunded experiment carried out...
View ArticleScience Fun With Thanksgiving Leftovers: Rubber Bones!
What you’ll need Bones–drumsticks and wishbones are perfect A bowl or jar that has a lid and is large enough to hold the bones Enough vinegar to cover the bones What to do Make sure the bones are...
View ArticleGeekMom Editor Talks Ticks and Triops with The Times
GeekMom Editor Kathy Ceceri recently shared some of her “home laboratory” adventures with a visiting reporter from the New York Times. The article, Home Labs on the Rise for the Fun of Science, goes on...
View Article50 Ways To Express Your Geek Mom-ness
We talk about sex, grammar, sci-fi, knitting, baby names, and so much more.
View ArticleStrange Findings from Google’s New Ngram Tool. Procrastinators, Take Note.
There’s an Ngram Challenge at the end of this post, so read to the end, people! (Or skip to the end, what do I care? I’m not proud.) Surely you’ve seen it, GeekMoms: the new Google tool called Ngram...
View ArticleWant to Be More Ethical? Close Your Eyes.
Here’s a freaky result from the upcoming issue of the journal Cognition. A couple of business professors were looking around at research on what happens in our brains when we close our eyes. Go ahead,...
View ArticleMission-Critical Research on the Cat
AUTHORS: Dr. Caleb Goodman, Principal Investigator, age 6. Dr. Kate Miller, Laboratory Assistant, age 43. INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION: SMKSA International (Scientific Method + Kids = Superfine...
View ArticleBeautiful Dendrites!
Mother Nature keeps some serious beauty up her sleeves. Unfortunately, sometimes you have to endure a very cold winter in the upper Midwest to get to see it with your own eyes. This is one of my...
View ArticleOne Non-Techie’s Adventures in Digital Microscopy
One Christmas, in a moment of perfect parental insight, my mother got me a Madame Alexander doll, a copy of The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and a microscope. I know—it sounds like one...
View ArticleFive Geeky Ways to Enjoy the Pool
Now that summer’s here, we’re enjoying a lot of fun times in the backyard pool. Our three-year-old can’t get enough of splashing around in the shallow end, but hey, we’re geeky parents. Why stop at...
View ArticleReview:The Geek Dad Book For Aspiring Mad Scientists by Ken Denmead
I don’t think there’s anyone out there that hasn’t imagined themselves a mad scientist at least once. For me, it was every time they made me wear those crazy goggles in science class while I waited for...
View ArticleScience Geek Fun: Checking Out “Flowering Rocks”
When I was on a business trip last fall, on my one day off (out of 12) several of us wandered towards Gatlinburg, TN for some sightseeing and hiking. We found a rock shop and a colleague and I wandered...
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Photography Snapshot: Light Bends and Focuses
In my previous Photography Snapshot, I discussed the importance of light and how it bounces to create images. In this Snapshot we will discuss the difference between reflection and refraction, how a...
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