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Boomerang! has received the American Library Association’s Notable Recording Award, The Parent’s Choice Award and the Educational Press Association Award for excellence in news reporting and was included in Dr. Toy’s 100 Best Children’s Products. Boomerang! has been the subject of numerous national magazine and newspaper articles as well as the subject of an 11-minute stint on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.

Kidipede – History for Kids began in 1995 as a community service learning project for sophomores at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. Since 2000, however, it has been entirely privately owned, organized and run by Karen Carr. Dr. Carr holds a PhD in Classical Art and Archaeology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and is an associate professor of History at Portland State University. She has been steadily expanding Kidipede from a focus on World History to include Science, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Math and more!

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It is our mission to keep all learning available at no cost. However, there are some very exciting opportunities for hands-on experience — such as working with real archeaologists in remote areas, or chasing tornadoes across middle America. They have costs associated with them. We prepare you for these experiences …… free of charge. Now we are seeking ways to get sponsorships for these hands-on experiences.

There are three ways to locate the subject, course, or learning activity you’re seeking, and there’s a good explanatory article on Free-Ed at this link.

Why is the Rosetta Stone written in three different scripts?

The Rosetta Stone is part of the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, a partnership between the BBC and the British Museum that focuses on world history, involving collaborations between teams across the BBC, and schools, museums and audiences across the UK. The project focuses on the things we have made, from flint to mobile phone.