Anatomy Arcade games
Think Anatomy points us to Anatomy Arcade, an anatomy learning site with free flash games, including Poke-A-Muscle, Whack-A-Bone, and a bunch of cool jigsaw puzzles.
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Kids can do new things for school
Recently, I had yet another conversation that included a bit of head scratching as we discussed the idea that kids in middle and high school increasingly have to be told exactly what to do, how to do it and what they should do if they have any problem. Basically, the adults have to figure the […]
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Think Anatomy learning site
Street Anatomy has launched a cool new sister site, Think Anatomy. I found that reading an anatomy textbook, sitting in lecture, and dissecting in lab weren’t enough to really master anatomy. So I turned to the Internet to find resources like dissection videos, interactives, games, quizzes, etc., to supplement my study material. It took a […]
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Free rice game – more subjects!
You can now change the subject in the Free Rice game – you can identify art, learn languages, be quizzed on the multiplication table, and identify chemical symbols.
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Evolution of the typewriter
I found this great article about the evolution of the typewriter on the site of the Science Museum in Kensington, England. QWERTY refers to the most common form of layout of letters found on the keyboard of a typewriter or computer. The name refers to the first six letters at the top of the board. […]
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Seed cribsheets
Seed magazine has these great downloadable cribsheets about synthetic biology (Spore fans take note!), genetics, the elements, hurricanes – there are sixteen subjects so far.
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Tinkering School on NPR!
NPR’s All Things Considered had a great piece on Tinkering School! You can listen online here. Software engineer Gever Tulley felt that his friends who were parents were overprotective of their children. So he started the Tinkering School, a summer camp that encourages kids to play with fire, throw spears and take risks. More: Tinkering […]
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