Blog: Race to Learn

STEAM – Math activity to spark creativity and curiosity

STEAM activities are designed to develop children's ability to investigate, plan and redesign. When a child is encouraged to satisfy their curiosity, they develop the perseverance to achieve goals related to their natural talents. Below...

Learn the principles of magnetism and test them with a home-made compass

Have you ever wondered how magnets work? Find out in this article and test the theory through experimentation. Magnets are made up of clusters of iron atoms massively grouped together. While some clusters are magnetically oriented...

STEAM Education – Inspiring the children of the future

What was the first thing that caught your attention - was it the meaning of STEAM? If you're curious, STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. It is an approach to education that focuses...

Big data and the outburst of machine learning

When Steve Jobs called the Vatican from a phone booth using a blue box to hack the analog phone system and avoid paying the fee, he may not have realized he was performing one of...

The link between internet and stars

Satellites have been orbiting the Earth since 1957 when the Soviet Union won the space race by sending the first artificial satellite into orbit. The device's name was "Sputnik," meaning "fellow traveler". In 1958, the...

There is sound and there is music, and they are waves

In this article, we will discover the fundamentals of longitudinal waves, how are produced and how they travel from the source to our ears. Does an object, be it animate or inanimate, produce sound if there...