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To celebrate Black History Month, we’ll be focusing on African American inventors, scientists, mathematicians, and engineers. Valerie Thomas is an American astronomer who not only worked for NASA, but invented an illusion transmitter that is used for surgery, in television screens, and was adopted by NASA scientists.  Some of her other contributions to the scientific world include managing...

To celebrate Black History Month, we'll be focusing on African American inventors, scientists, mathematicians, and engineers. Summertime wouldn't feel the same without Lonnie G. Johnson's contributions to both engineering and fun.  Johnson holds over 80 patents and is best know for inventing the Super Soaker water gun, he also designed a foam dart gun that outperformed all others on the...

GoldieBlox is a construction set that introduces STEM concepts to children ages six and over.  Building and creating with our tech kit teaches children various engineering and problem solving skills.  They will utilize wheels and axles, pulley systems, hinges, and many other simple machines. Maybe your child wants to build Goldie's Zephyr car?  Or maybe they want to go freestyle and build...

There is nothing quite like the smell of Play-Doh and the nostalgic sound of Super Mario's classic boing! boing! jump.  With the MaKey MaKey, these classic toys collide as you frantically jam the Play-Doh buttons you create to keep Mario from falling to his doom. The MaKey MaKey is a kid-friendly invention kit that can turn household items into touchpads.  Simply attach one clip to "Earth"...