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"For the past 28 years, Science Olympiad has led a revolution in science education. What began as a grassroots assembly of science teachers is now one of the premiere science competitions in the nation, providing rigorous, standards-based challenges to nearly 6,400 teams in 50 states. Science Olympiad's ever-changing event lineup provides a variety of career choices and exposure to practicing scientists and mentors."

a game that involves solving algebra equations? Because that's what DragonBox did."

"the word "practices" to "stress that engaging in scientific inquiry requires coordination both of knowledge and skill simultaneously." Even young children can learn science content knowledge, such as "water can exist as a gas, a liquid and a solid", and science skills, such as making observations to find out."

" PATH (Pilots And Teachers Handbook) materials, said Katie Pribyl, vice president of communications. The free PATH Handbook includes 11 modules for middle-school-aged students, along with worksheets, exercises, quizzes, and learning objectives on topics such as weight and balance, flight controls, weather, and aviation history. It can be ordered from AOPA or downloaded free of charge. Pribyl said. Supplemental materials are available for other age groups, including connect-the-dots puzzles for kindergarten through third grade and an aviation career guide for those in grades 9 through 12."

study aerodynamics at your own pace and to your own level of interest. Some of the topics included are: Newton's basic equations of motion; the motion of a free falling object, that neglects the effects of aerodynamics; the terminal velocity of a falling object subject to both weight and air resistance; the three forces (lift, drag, and weight) that act on a glider; and finally, the four forces that act on a powered airplane.

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"Inventors and Scientists" - links to biographies

"Kids have always loved building things and solving problems, but before videogames, the best tools we could offer them were Lincoln Logs and Legos. Today, we can give them a whole lot more. Here are eight games you can use to help prepare your child's brain for a life of building and engineering."

Basics of Flight Educational Resources History of Flight NASA

"**Programming fundamentals and logic lessons for kids!** The fuzz family crash landed on Smeeborg and they need your help navigating the Technomazes! Use drag and drop commands to direct your fuzz through the colorful lighted maze. Don't get lost, or your fuzz might not be too happy!"

It's a stormy Friday evening in Northern California as the evening rush of air traffic fast approaches the San Francisco Bay Area. All the flights going to San Francisco airport from the east pass through "Sector 33" - YOUR Sector of the airspace."

"A simple App made in 40 minutes to help students make a story using the story spine technique. Copy the result and paste it into wherever you want."

"Get your brain in shape with Brain Tuner, a great math game for all ages. It takes less than a minute a day to tune your brain! Like a Brain Age exercise."

"augmented reality app that labels all the stars, constellations, and satellites you point your iPhone at. You can track the ISS, find out what constellation you've been looking at from your bedroom window and get a lot of exciting and educative information. Combine that with the amazing Apple Design Award winning graphics and highest quality content, "

"NASA's Spacecraft 3D is an augmented reality (AR) application that lets you learn about and interact with a variety of spacecraft that are used to explore our solar system, study Earth, and observe the universe. Using a printed AR Target and the camera on your mobile device, you can get up close with these robotic explorers, see how they move, and learn about the the engineering feats used to expand our knowledge and understanding of space. Spacecraft 3D will be updated over time to include more of the amazing spacecraft that act as our robotic eyes on the earth, the solar system and beyond!"

"TinkerBox is a fun, free-to-play physics puzzle game. While it is full of interesting science facts and teaches basic "

"Turn your iPad into a public kiosk! Kiosk Pro Lite is designed to present your online, web-friendly content and media as a customized kiosk app. Kiosk Pro Lite is the free basic version of our popular Kiosk Pro line of apps, which allow you to customize how your web content is presented on the iPad."

"This is a standard periodic table of the elements - a necessity for anyone interested in or even exposed chemistry. However, the version differs in that instead of cramming all the information for an element into one little square, you can select a chemical attribute and have the entire chart color coded to plainly show how the different elements vary "