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Friday, August 27, 2010 10:23 AM
Honor Inventors in August
August is National Inventors Month and what better way to honor those brave and creative individuals, who have invented and continue to invent products and solutions that change our lives, than with a month dedicated to them. In tribute to inventors, we wanted to list the top five inventions that have helped to construct, maintain, and equip our top products. Glue - Although different varieties of glue have been used with dates that go back thousands of years B.C., glue is continuously being reformulated...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010 2:34 PM
Pitsco refines its STEM focus
2010 STEM catalog highlights best of hands-on activities. Check out this year’s Pitsco Education STEM catalog, a slim 44-page collection of popular hands-on activities that deliver big on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning potential. For educators who’ve always wanted to try CO 2 dragsters but didn’t have the time, space, or power tools, Pitsco Education introduces the AP Dragsters. These small, air-powered vehicles are simple to build and safe to launch...
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Friday, July 30, 2010 5:21 PM
2010 TSA Highlights
For the Pitsco crew hosting the CO 2 dragster races, it was another successful year. With record number entries, TV inspired trends, and victorious racing teams there were many highlights to share. To read all the highlights, visit http://www.science-of-speed.com/default.asp?id=287 .
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:46 PM
Air-powered Products Make the Grade
Our first products featured for the Products that Make the Grade campaign are our air-powered products. Pitsco started using air power with its Straw Rocket Launcher, which is an easy and fun way to demonstrate rockets and the lessons behind them. When creating more products, we at Pitsco like to go higher and bigger - who doesn't? When we introduced the AP Rocket Launcher, it was a big hit. The launcher can shoot rockets more than 100 feet in a variety of different directions. The launch angle...
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Friday, May 28, 2010 6:16 PM
Homeschool Solutions for Math and Science
Teaching math and science, depending on the teacher or parent, can be comfortable or nerve-racking. For the student learning math and science, it can be natural or difficult. Homeschool parents either looking for a better way to teach these subjects or trying to find lessons to help your students comprehend these subjects, look no further. Math and science can be fun to teach and easy to understand when you learn hands on. We have a wide variety of hands-on products in areas including sustainable...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:26 PM
Alternative thinking leads to new T-Bot design
The beauty of learning hands on is that it encourages alternative thinking - thinking that leads outside of the textbook or outside of the classroom even. It opens possibilities and provides experience and a deeper understanding. Hands-on learning allows students to come up with alternative solutions and recognize that there is more than one way to do the same thing. Our T-Bot II is a very amazing educational tool, teaching students the concepts of hydraulics, simple machines, and the fundamentals...
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