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Dewey Mac, Kid Detective Book

I love the idea behind Dewey Mac and the Case of the Dog Gone Dog. It’s a science book disguised as a cool and exciting story. Author Michael Carroll ties in some STEM concepts and introduces the...

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Make Polyhedral “Gingerbread” Dice for the Holidays

(Image: ournerdhome.com) Roll for … wait, maybe don’t actually roll these dice. We were tickled pink, red and green, when we saw this post over at ournerdhome.com about how to geek up your holidays...

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OgoSport’s BILD + AnimateIt! Stop Motion Animation Essentials Kit

Image: OgoSport I’ve been itching to play around with stop motion animation for years. The little apps I’ve found for my iPhone don’t really inspire me, however, and I have remained intimidated by the...

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SurfaceScapes Revisited: Maps and Dice and Orcs (Oh, My!)

The team of students attempting to turn a Microsoft Surface table into a platform for Dungeons & Dragons campaigns made a lot of progress since GeekDad highlighted the project last fall. An updated...

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Channeling Calvin on a Snow Day

Indiana has been a kid’s paradise recently. Snow days abound, and winter looks like winter. Throw in a birthday gift of The Complete Calvin & Hobbes, and we had the makings of a very geeky...

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Make a Popsicle Stick Bridge (GeekDad Wayback Machine)

The secret ingredient for cool kid’s projects is a low-temp glue gun. It will glue almost anything instantly, including fabric (great for zany fashions or costumes), styrofoam, cardboard, and wood....

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Making Friends the R/C Way

Carisma R/C Club (image:gamepeople.co.uk) One of the best things about setting up our Carisma R/C Club is meeting a whole range of people from different walks of life. We all have very different...

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Retro GeekDad Go-Cart Project

A chilly autumn Saturday greeted us as our family (strangely) had no plans for the day. At the GeekMom’s recollection of a childhood memory, we did a bit of googling. After that, I took the kids and we...

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Now He’s a Jedi – DIY Lightsaber Build

Image from Slothfurnace.com Very cool home-built lightsaber with lights, sounds and more (sorry, no plasma). Of course, we don’t all have metal lathes handy, so your ability to copy may vary. Link,...

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Review: Environmental Monitoring With Arduino

Environmental Monitoring with Arduino I love to read through project suggestions and examples for the Arduino and other platforms. It keeps my mind constantly running with ideas for projects. I was...

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Gardening with Kids: Starting Flower Seeds

Image: Brian Gillespe Tonight’s big project was starting some flower seeds. While Mom was at class, the four mini-geeks and I set up on the dining room table and got to it. First, we amassed our...

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Fat Kid Rules the World – Kickstarter Film Review

While perusing Kickstarter projects, I discovered the project for the film Fat Kid Rules the World, and was immediately intrigued by director Matthew Lillard’s pitch: I first stumbled across FAT KID...

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Science for Young Makers Class – Part I

Last year, the school my boys attend asked me if I might be able to come up with an after school camp or club with hands-on projects and some science tossed in. I was allowed to set the fee (to cover...

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iPhone Stun Gun Case — Protection or Trip to the ER Waiting to Happen?

The final product will have a cap over the electrodes on the top of the case. / Image: Indiegogo The Yellow Jacket iPhone Stun Gun case is exactly as its name implies. It’s a case for your iPhone that...

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Star Wars Celebration VI — Mission Complete

Time for some Wookiee love! / Image: Wookiee Workshop Last week, I had the privilege of attending Star Wars Celebration VI, in Orlando, Florida. Star Wars fans came from all over the world to see the...

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A Playground as Cyber-Physical System

Photo (c) www.kompan.com A cyber-physical system is (using Wikipedia’s definition) a system of collaborating computational elements controlling physical entities. And also a bit of a buzzword. Some...

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Recycling old GeekDad Posts

I raided the GeekDad archives from two years ago for a quick weekend project with my boys. Sure, I could have done a mail-order compost bin. However, opening a cardboard box and plunking something down...

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Keen Hawk R/C Racer Becomes a Family Project

Continuing my radio-controlled trip down memory lane, I've been trying out a recent 4WD car from Tamiya. Fusion Hobbies provided us the Keen Hawk to put through its paces and compare to the 2WD Sand...

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Loft-y Cinematic Sound on a Budget

I've been tinkering away on a project for our loft bedroom for about 6 months now. I'm slowly turning the room into a dual purpose sleeping space and cinema. The reason it's taken me so long though is...

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Get Creative With a 365 Project

Get creative with a 365-day project in 2017. Click through to read all of "Get Creative With a 365 Project." If you value content from GeekDad, please support us via Patreon or use this link to shop at...

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A Tinker Birthday Party: Making a Bristlebot

For his birthday, my son wanted to tinker together with his friends So we decided to have a "robot tinker party" and build some bristlebots together. Click through to read all of "A Tinker Birthday...

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