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Hands-On Learning: TeacherGeek

TeacherGeek sells products that teach students engineering, math, science, and technology in a fun, hands-on manner. Students learn by doing interesting projects where they are involved in the process from beginning to end – no boring textbooks! They are guided through the process of asking questions and then answering them through a series of tasks related to the current project. By the end of the project, they will have a better understanding and working knowledge of the skills presented for the project on which they’ve been working. We received a “Catch the Bug” single kit ($22.98) to review. At first, Munchkin wasn’t…

Hands-on Learning: Pitsco Medieval Machines Pack

December 2, 2011

Heather L

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Hands-on Learning: Pitsco Medieval Machines Pack

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Travel back in time… back to a time where catapults and trebuchets were known as normal weapons of choice for various adversaries. Pitsco, a company known for their vast array of hands-on learning products and kits, is now offering the Medieval Machines Pack ($21.95) which features a Trebuchet Kit, Catapult Kit, Mass Plates, and the Siege Machines book. In this pack, students learn about catapults and trebuchets through hands-on activities that cover three areas: Science: Tension versus torsion, elasticity, gravity and levers, and force and motion Math: Metric conversion, calculating averages, and prediction Experiments: Mass versus distance, testing rubber bands, targeting,…

Artistic Pursuits

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Artistic Pursuits Senior High Book 1 ($42.95) is designed to be a one year course worth one high school credit. It uses three grades of drawing pencils, vine charcoal and compressed charcoal. The contents of the course include: Space Line Texture Shape Form Value Contrast and Unity Balance Rhythm Depth by Overlapping Depth by Position and Size One and Two Point Perspective Atmospheric Perspective Proportion, the Face Proportion, the Figure Clothing the Figure While Munchkin adores drawing and art, we don’t always get around to it in school because it usually takes too much preparation time for me. Artistic Pursuits…

Wreaths of Maine

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Living in the Arizona desert, I find myself missing the aromatic smell of fresh pine. When we lived on the East Coast, we pretty much always had pine trees in our yard. While I didn’t always care for the tree sap, I did enjoy the fragrance. All those memories surrounding pine trees, seemed to flood back into my mind when I opened my box from Wreaths of Maine. Inside the box was a beautifully packaged Balsam Fir Christmas wreath. To keep the bow looking pretty, it’s packaged inside of the wreath. The recipient of the wreath can then place it…

Great Commission Languages – The Easy Spanish

November 28, 2011

Heather L

Great Commission Languages – The Easy Spanish

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Living next to the Mexican border, it’s extremely useful to know at least basic Spanish. The issue is actually learning to speak and understand Spanish. The practical application is not always easy. There is something to be said about shows like Dora the Explorer as they make is fun and easy to learn Spanish. The Easy Spanish takes that approach to learning Spanish. It’s an immersion program that uses fun storylines, repetitive listening activities, daily vocabulary practice, and various activity-based learning activities to help really cement new ideas into the student’s memory. One of the unique aspects of the program…