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Kid Inventors' Day
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Science and Technology
Delaney visits with, Einstein's Daughters, an all-girls robotics team from San Diego, California. Learn about FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a world-wide robotics competition for kids in Atlanta, Georgia.Questions & Extended Learning Activities
Each Learning Corner is designed by an educator to be easily integrated into individual curriculums, as well as State, and National Standards.
Click here for The Learning Corner PageOther Fun Websites
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Celebrate Kid Inventors' Day! Here's advice about how to take your invention from imagination to reality.
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FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a world-wide robotics competition for kids. Learn more about how you can get involved.
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Invent a Game Challenge
Are you passionate about games? Invent A Game Challenge is looking for innovative, quirky and ground breaking ideas for online games. You don't need technical or illustrative skills to enter, all entries are expected to be entirely conceptual. The winning game will be produced by EA and you'll win a $10,000 U.S. Savings Bond. Send in your great ideas today!
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Einstein's Daughters has a mission to promote FIRST, inspire other students to get involved in robotics, and to blow away stereotypes about girls in science and engineering. Click here to learn more about what they are doing in their community.
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The National Gallery for America's Young Inventors is the only nationally recognized HALL OF FAME FOR STUDENT INVENTORS. Meet this year's inductees and learn about their inventions.
Recommended Books
- The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle: And Other Surprising Stories about Inventions
- Author : Don L. Wulffson
- ASIN : 0141302046
- Brainstorm!: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors
- Author : Tom Tucker
- ASIN : 0374409285
- Kids Inventing! A Handbook for Young Inventors
- Author : Susan Casey
- ASIN : 0471660868
- Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women
- Author : Catherine Thimmesh
- ASIN : 0618195637
- The Kids' Invention Book (Kids' Ventures)
- Author : Arlene Erlbach
- ASIN : 0822598442
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Links to fun websites include How to make your own perfume, fun chemistry sites and recommended books and kits. Click on to the Learning Corner for questions and activities. - Air Date: June 1, 2013
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Interview with Cookbook Author Abby Dodge
Morgana visits with cookbook author Abby Dodge and learns to make Vietnamese rolls from Abby’s new cookbook, Around The World, 50 International Recipes for Kids. Go on a culinary journey all over the world, and learn how to make recipes from Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, and lots of other places around the globe. By the end of your travels, you will have put the world on your plate!
