Tag: "science"
Do You Know What a Gamma Camera Is? A Lesson from a Homeschool Parent’s Profession
Determined to get to work on today’s homeschool project, I told my daughter to call Baba. “Baba, what’s a Gamma Camera? or a nuclear camera?” While on the road, and unable to hear, he kept yelling “What? What?” So, she continue to ask, “What are they? How are they different?” “What are What!?” It was a [...]
Hooked on Phonics Gets Interactive
The Hooked on Phonics programs are continuously updated, and since my youngest will be 8 this month, inshaAllah, God willing, and she has been reading since 2 years and 10 months, it has been quite some time since we reviewed reading programs. Anyways, we only had one experience with Hooked on Phonics when my eldest [...]
Silicon Valley TechWomen will Mentor TechWomen from MiddleEast & North Africa Summer 2011
My dearest colleague and Online PR partner Janet, tipped me into this article, stating that TechWomen — Mentor Application Now Open! So, I followed the link to find out more about this organization. From the homepage of TechWomen.org TechWomen, a public-private partnership, was developed to implement President Barack Obama’s vision of greater collaboration between the [...]
1001 Inventions Review & Giveaway for 4 General Admissions Tickets
We wrote about the 1001 Inventions – The Truth of Golden Age of Muslim Civilization last year, and we never thought it would make its way to the States–let alone in New York City for its debut! Anyways, we really tried our best to get the most out of our visit–and, although we spent 5-hours [...]
Science, Techonology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Tips for Kids
My girls and I were so bummed that our tweets were not showing up for our very first participation in a Girls Night Out (twitter hashtag #gno) with dear mommy blogger Jyl at MomItForward.com this past Tuesday because the topic was dear to our hearts: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM). We had some short [...]
Hurricane Katrina – lessons to learn
Hurricane Katrina is truly a tragic natural disaster! Although are girls are all under 5 years old, there’s many lessons to learn: 1. Geography: We started learning from the Rookie Read-About Geography series just the day before Hurricane Katrina. Great books! Check them out right now! 2. Science. How and where hurricanes form, weather differences [...]
