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Guide To Choosing Educational Toys For Children

In the last few years, parents started getting more and more interested in choosing all sorts of educational toys for their children. Because a parent wishes the best for his child, a toy that is labeled as educational is very likely to be bought easier than others. But what is an child educational toy? Well, there is no definition of the term "educational toy" from what I know. However, what I do know is that an educational toy is a toy that helps a child learn something good, something that will help in the future. Play is the most important activity of any child. Learning through play is a reality; it can and it is done unknowingly every time your child plays. The parent must however control the play so that it remains on an educational course. There are also toys that aren't exactly educational for children ... Toy guns and other such toys that somehow tend to violence and other bad behaviors are not recommended. You must avoid such toys. Although these toys may

Distance Learning - Education for the 21st Century

Chances are you know someone who is working toward a college or post-college degree via the Internet. Perhaps you yourself have attended online classes to continue your education, obtain a certification, or to improve you chances for advancement in your job. More and more people are finding they can earn their degree from an accredited online university which offers the same challenge and quality of a traditional classroom in an environment which allows them to fit education into a life that might be too busy for a more conventional method of instruction. According to a recent government study, about 127,400 distance education courses were offered in 2001-02, and there were about 3.1 million enrollments in distance education. Over one-half of all postsecondary education institutions offered distance education, and another 12 percent planned to offer distance education in the next 3 years. Distance education is defined as education or training courses delivered to a remote (off-

Fun Science Fair Projects Kids Can Do - Looking at an Apple Seed an A Nut

Here is the first of a series of two fun and easy science fair projects kids can do, as a series of similar projects, to make a complete good science fair project. Science fair projects kids can do needs to be fun so that it teaches the kids that science is fun. These science fair projects are biology projects and are all about seeds in fruit and growing fruit from seeds. There are many kinds of fruits. Some fruits are soft such as peaches and apples and some are hard such as nuts. All fruit have seeds inside the containers whether the containers are soft or hard. You can buy a variety of fruit and cut them open to have a look at their seeds. Because sharp instruments are used in these experiments it needs to be done under adult supervision. Our First Project Is Looking At Apple Seeds. What you need for this science project: A chopping board A sharp knife Tweezers A magnifying glass 1 Apple Drawing paper Pencil Camera What you have to do: Cut open the ap

Easy Science Experiments Made Simple and Fun

Easy science experiments are great for younger children in elementary school who are just learning to do science experiments. Children are naturally curious and full of questions; they love to learn and science experiments are a lot of fun for them. They will especially enjoy the extra attention from their parents helping them out and will get a great sense of accomplishment from completing the experiment. There are numerous easy science experiments to do that can be completed with materials around your house or classroom. Easy science experiments can be testing your pet dog is to see which kind of snack he prefers. You could set out a few different things like lettuce, hot dogs, bread and let your dog into the room and see which he prefers. You could also see if your dog has a favorite toy by doing the same type of experiment but with toys rather than food. You could also test your dog's memory by letting your dog see you hide their ball in one room and then come back an hour

Space Technology - Vital to Our Future

When it comes to developing as a civilization, expanding the frontiers of Space Technology is vital to our technological growth as a population. This science is often overlooked and some governments are cutting back on it due to how expensive they perceive it to be. A few of the more recent Space Projects that may not happen are the Space Fence to clean up space junk and orbital debris, as well as the James Webb Space Telescope which could potentially discover new Earth-like planets. The James Webb Telescope would be a much more advanced replacement to the Hubble Telescope, and could help us better understand the universe. Problems orbiting Earth In orbit, there are over 20,000 satellites, stage 1 shuttle parts, and other scraps of metal in the lower orbit of the Earth. Project Space Fence would have been set out in order to help clean these up, and potentially recycle the parts. Some of these are not only in a dangerously low orbit, but often collide with each other to form mo

Automobile Safety - Crash Avoidance Technology

The rate of deaths every year due to auto accidents is increasing annually at very alarming rates. According to statistics every year 1.3 million people die from road accidents and 50 million get injured from these accidents. Reducing and possibly preventing these accidents is one of major issues auto- makers have been battling for decades. Auto-makers believe it is possible to reduce the rate at which these accidents occur and safe some lives with the new safety features and technologies been researched and developed for new and existing vehicles. A few decades ago, seat belts were the cutting edge safety technology, with the rate of accidents increasing more innovative safety technologies and measures were introduced. Blind spot monitoring systems, driver alert tracking systems, airbags, anti-locking break systems, adaptive headlights that enhance night-time visibility and crumple zones in cars are few of the safety features that are now been integrated in new and existing vehicles

Landscaping - It is an Art Or a Science?

Before we can try to understand whether landscaping is more of an art or a science (or both), it would be well in order for us to give ourselves a brief introduction to it. Such an introduction would insure us from being guilty of running a discussion in which some cannot quite follow; on account of their not being conversant with the subject of the discussion. Landscaping, as it turns out, simply refers to the set of strategies that are employed in a bid to make the surroundings of the entities (which could be organizations, institutions and so on) look more presentable. When an organization decides to develop lush lawns on its head office's grounds, that organization is said to be involved in a landscaping activity. Similarly, when an organization decides to plant some trees on its premises, it is said to be involved in landscaping. Often, landscaping involves planting things, though that is not all there is to it. Sometimes, where plants imply can't grow, we may have things