Giggity: Finding Fun Stuff for Kids

The top ten 2010 National Geographic Bee finalists faced off this morning at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. The winner is Aadith Moorthy, an eighth-grader from Florida. Watch Alex Trebek of Jeopardy! ask Aadith the final question! embedSingleTitlePlayer("geobee2010-final-kids","blogskids","http://ad.doubleclick.net/pfadx/ng.kids/preroll_kidsblog;sz=400×300;tile=1",480,360,false,"geobee2010-final-kids"); Aadith…

Jordan Romero, a 13-year-old from Big Bear Lake, California, has become the youngest person to scale Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. He reached the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) summit with a team that included his father, his father's girlfriend, and three…

Debbie and Friends at EarthFest 2010
Thanks to everyone who came out to share EarthFest with us last weekend. We had a great time with all of you! For those of you who couldn’t join us, the following is a video shot by our good friend Amber Bobnar of Boston Children’s Music. It’s the “Simon Says” [...]

In April, planes flying over the ancient Maya city of Caracol used laser technology to look beneath the rainforest and see the remains of the city. The equipment, called Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), bounces lasers off the ground…

Know what’s awesome? Wasting time playing PAC-MAN on Google! The game is 30 years old today, so celebrate by dropping a few quarters in your PC and listening to Buckner & Garcia’s re-recorded version of “PAC-MAN Fever” on your Walkman.