Kids can name NASA’s next Mars Rover!
Wow – Disney and NASA have teamed up for a contest – K-12 kids can name the next Mars Rover. Grand prize is a trip to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab to sign your name on the real rover!
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DIY TSA… HOW TO – Make a “Safety spectrometer”
Make a device that identifies dangerous liquids by analyzing light – By Eric Rosenthal… After air travel security banned bottled water and baby formula, I began wondering why they didn’t use a device to determine the contents of liquids. If a liquid was detected to be safe, security could allow it on the plane. Spectrometers […]
Koshland Museum Challenge
As part of part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Make: DC, Dorkbot DC, and HacDC have teamed up with the wonderful Koshland Science Museum to present: Innovation Program: Test Your Imagination Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Location: Koshland Science Museum Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Cost: $7/$5 for students Age Range: 13+ Innovation. New ideas. […]
Time Warp on Discovery
We’re really liking Discovery’s new show, Time Warp – it’s the perfect combination of science, woohoo! moments, and how things work. The hosts, Jeff Lieberman and Matt Kearney, both have an infectious sense of curiosity that make the show really fun to watch. Do you know how your dog uses its tongue to drink? In […]
Papercup iPod speakers
Cute little set of “ghetto speakers” make from four disposable waters cups and toothpicks. Something for the kids to do on a rainy day, not as a replacement for your Bose (or your Altec Lansing). CupSpeakers [via Dinosaurs and Robots]
Knit a star-nosed mole
Some of you guys must knit, right? (Come out of the closet, boy knitters.) I’m always looking for weird knits – I love this star-nosed mole named Cris (short for Condyluria cristata). It’s one of Fawn Pea’s Free Pattern Friday shares and it looks like a quick knit that would make a great holiday present. […]
Beeswax candles
When my kids were smaller, we had some really fun craft parties. I especially liked helping kids make holiday presents for their parents; projects like these easy beeswax candles were a great success! Check out this Wikipedia article on beeswax, too. Via Crafting a Green World
