Laughing Your Way to Better Parenting Through Playful Parenting
PhD Larry Cohen, author of Playful Parenting, gets serious about play with Raising Nerd. From growing up as an anxious child and transforming into an adult who can find play even when a gun is pointed at him, read his expert tips on how to get more play into your day. “Put connection […]
Measuring The Ice Sheets to Understand Our Changing World
Brooke Medley, PhD Research Scientist, Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center We reached out to Brooke Medley immediately after seeing her and her work featured in the Great Big Story short film Operation Ice: Melting the Heart of Man. The film provides background on Greenland’s melting glaciers and how Brooke and her team […]
How A Lifetime of Learning Through Play Inspired A Disney Imagineer
Matt Conover Disney Imagineer Being An Imagineer Back in the early 1950’s, Walt Disney was beginning to crystallize his vision for a theme park – different from the amusement parks he had visited with his kids. A theme park that would bring to life the stories he and his animators had created on […]
How the Importance of Play Can Determine Your Future Career
February is Raising Nerd’s “Importance of Play” Month As We Celebrate The Benefits of Play For Nerds Young And Old Some of my most vivid memories as a kid involved the fantastic games I played. And I’m not talking about the 1,374 one-on-one games of Sorry! I endured with my big sis, or the […]
How To Celebrate International Women & Girls in Science Day
For the last month, we’ve been building up to Feb 11th International Women & Girls in Science Day, we have been connecting with some amazing Women in Science. When girls are able to not only imagine, but literally see others like themselves in a STEM career and are encouraged, we know they are more likely […]
How 3M Uses Childlike Wonder and Curiosity To Drive Sustainability
Nerd Profile: 3M Sustainability Director Maureen Tholen “I think I love engineering because it’s inherently problem solving.” When 3M tells you – an upstart STEM blogger – that they “love what you are doing to help inspire a future generation of Nerds like us,” you are not only flattered, but you also feel compelled […]