Ever tried to throw a baseball as high or as far as you can? Have you ever used a sling shot? Or perhaps you’ve gone to a children’s museum and used an air gun to shoot foam airplanes. Each of these activities (and countless others) involve a concept of physics known as projectile motion. This […]
As it turns out, we here at Brain Chase are not the only ones concerned about the “summer slide.” And no, we’re not referring to a slide at the water park. We’re talking about the dreaded summer learning loss that happens to most students every summer. The fact of the matter is that each summer, […]
Heights seem to capture our imagination. Thanks to this week’s Bonus Challenge, the next time your student asks, “How tall IS that?!” you will be able to whip out a clinometer and respond, “Let’s find out!” “Clinometer.” Fancy Nancy would use this word to refer to the protractor measuring thing your kids are going to […]
Excited child drags mom by the hand into a bathroom. The bathroom door slams shut and child reaches up to turn off the bathroom lights. “It glows in the dark! It glows!” We’ve all experienced this scene, both as a child and then again as a parent. Puzzles, shirts, shoes, pens, fingernail polish, […]
What is it like to tackle Brain Chase for the first time? Here are a few insights from one of our first-time moms. Do you know what it is to chiffonade? Have you done it? Thanks to Brain Chase and their cooking elective, my 9 year old used the chiffonade method to cut basil for […]