Last Tuesday, Jennifer Cheesman, who teaches sixth graders science and math at Zuni Hills Elementary School in the Peoria Unified School District, prepared a 700-gram latex helium weather balloon for launch. Her husband, Jim, helped. The balloon was capable of climbing to 50,000 feet and the extremely high altitude would cause it to swell and [...]
Scottsdale Community College and the Arizona SciTech Festival present the first annual “Full STEAM Ahead” festival Saturday, Feb. 23 on the SCC campus. The event features creative learning and hands-on challenges involving science and technology aimed at students of all ages. “Full STEAM Ahead” is free and open to the public. It’s one of 200 science and technology [...]
When it rains where does all the water go? It turns the streets and intersections into bodies of water for a few hours when it rains hard. The water goes somewhere, right? The essay question for this year’s Future City competition addresses how to manage water runoff in a city to control pollution. Future City [...]
Here comes winter break with the inevitable “I-don’t-know-what-to-do” from the kids just as you’re hoping to enjoy a few hours of not doing much of anything during the holiday. Rather than let the kids watch yet another movie or have another marathon video game session, get the kids to do something useful like catalog craters [...]
Typically, people groan when they get a jury summons. They don’t want to rearrange their schedules to sit in jury box or in the jury waiting area all day watching movies or reading a book. But being on a jury is the most direct way to participate in our democracy. It’s a great way to [...]
The STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) class at Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona has developed a product designed to reduce the incidence of childhood drowning. The class, taught by Jess Horton, is divided into different task groups to engineer and build a shirt equipped with an air bladder that automatically inflates via CO2 cartridge if [...]
Parents who bemoan the impact of technology on their 21st century teens can take comfort in knowing that concerns about the dehumanizing influence of technology were already taking shape 50 years ago. The young@art gallery in Scottsdale is holding an opening night celebration tonight to spotlight the work of teen artists inspired by The Whole Earth Catalog, which is [...]
A few weeks ago I wrote about students bringing their own technology devices to school to use with the teacher’s direction during classroom activities. The article featured a high school senior writing class and an eighth-grade science class. Carol Rae Ranch Elementary School is one of the Gilbert Public Schools piloting that district’s Bring Your [...]
The Scottsdale Unified School District’s Bring Your Own Technology program allows students to use their smartphones and tablets in class. At the beginning of Chaparral High School teacher Kitty Beder’s writing class, seniors contribute comments to a prompt by texting. The results are collected automatically on a Google Doc spreadsheet. Some responses were more useful [...]
Mac or PC? With the school year fast approaching, parents of college-bound students are wondering which laptop would be best suited for their entering freshman. I will say up front that I am a devoted Apple customer. I find that for me, personally, Macs are easier to use, and all my other devices are Apple [...]
Make your next birthday party a real splash by holding it at Kiwanis Recreation Center’s indoor wave pool and water slide! What could be better than three-foot waves and a double-spiral water slide? We’re giving away a Splash Bash Birthday Party valued at $175. It includes: 16 people, birthday child is free two-hour hosted public [...]
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This summer, those lovable yellow minions assemble and return to theaters when “Despicable Me 2″ opens July 3. We are sending five families (four tickets each) to a special, reserved-seating advance screening at 7pm on Thursday, June 27 at the AMC Deer Valley 30. The screening will be in Real D 3D. The film features [...]
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JUNE 2013
$6.00Great Escapes! Our updated directory of some of the best family-friendly getaways at resorts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico and Nevada.
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MAY 2013
$6.00Our 2013 directory of Valley aquatics programs — everything from learn-to-swim programs to diving, racing and synchronized swimming!
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April 2013
$6.00Our April 2013 issue features the 2013 Summer Solutions directory — more than 500 day camps in Maricopa County!
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March 2013
$6.00Our March 2013 issue features the 2013 directory of Overnight Camps in Arizona and the Southwest!
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February 2013
$6.00Our February 2013 issue is all about babies! Learn how to begin building your baby’s bookshelf, make your own baby food, find parent/tot classes and Daddy Boot Camps around the Valley. Plus: gifts, gadgets and great new looks for baby.
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January 2013
$6.00It’s our annual pregnancy issue! Learn about the latest trend among expectant parents: “gender-reveal” parties. Plus: Should you bank your baby’s umbilical cord blood?
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