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Entries from February 2013

This Video Will Make You Want to Go Into Space

February 18th, 2013 · No Comments

Watch this. OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo.

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Tags: science

Are Aliens Out There? Of Course!

February 17th, 2013 · 4 Comments

This afternoon I watched the TEDx talk, “Seth Shostak: ET is (probably) out there — get ready.” I totally agree with what Seth says about the statistical probability / near certainly of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence being “out there” in space. I also agree with his point that we need to focus on getting kids [...]

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Tags: littlesister · science · technology

Club Penguin Tweets to Rachel About Her Video

February 11th, 2013 · No Comments

I just showed Rachel this exciting Tweet from Club Penguin! She’s excited to create more! If you didn’t see the video Rachel made over the weekend, check it out: “How to make an igloo in Club Penguin.”

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Tags: games · littlesister

How to make an igloo in Club Penguin

February 9th, 2013 · No Comments

I just made a 10 min. screencast today using Screenflow. It’s a ‘how to’ video for Club Penguin. It’s so cool!

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Tags: games · littlesister · technology

Marie Curie

February 3rd, 2013 · No Comments

This is a book report Rachel wrote for Ms Moore’s 3rd grade class this year. Marie Curie changed the world through science. Marie and her husband discovered two new elements, polonium and radium. Marie and two other scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics. In 1910, she isolated radium in the form of a metal. Marie [...]

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Tags: books · littlesister

A Tour of Club Penguin (February 2013)

February 3rd, 2013 · 1 Comment

In this screencast, 10 year old Rachel takes us on a guided tour of Club Penguin. I asked Rachel to do this because this morning, she shared how she had created an igloo to be like a funeral scene for a puffin in the game. The father of one of Rachel’s older sister’s friends died [...]

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Tags: games · littlesister · technology · youtube

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