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Time to Play: Toys Blurring the Line Between Science and Play

“Kids learn through play” are words we hear all the time now. Playtime used to be brushed off as kids simply entertaining themselves, but today it is widely accepted that through play the foundations of physical and cognitive development are laid. It is almost solely through play that kids learn to interact with the world […]

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Space Shuttle Launch from Student Balloon

Around the Web / By Jeff McKinney

Give me a balloon in the summer and I’ll fill it with water. Give one to a group of students in California and they will turn it into a shuttle camera.

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Fighting Emotion with Science

Advice, Around the Web, Opinions / By Christopher Byrne

It’s getting harder and harder for facts to be heard in the high-wattage emotional arguments that accompany every issue and pervade the media. From tea parties to taxes to Tebow’s ads, there isn’t an issue that isn’t met with a storm of opinion and outrage from all quarters.

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