You searched for stem | Page 2 of 69

Web Coolness: The STEM American Girl, how to fix your iPhone battery, and more.

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Here’s everything you need to do to a smartphone before you hand it over to kids. This is a perfect wheelchair costume for a Star Wars fan. Hooray for this...

American Girl goes STEM with Luciana Vega, the 2018 girl of the year

by Kristen Chase | Tech Toys and Random Fun

Big news today, especially for American Girl doll lovers. They announced their 2018 girl of the year, who just so happens to love STEM. How cool is that? Related: Finally, the first American Girl boy Doll Meet Luciana Vega, the 2018 girl of the year, who is an...

11 STEM subscription boxes for kids that make perfect last minute gift ideas | 2017 Holiday Tech Gift Guide

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Tech Gifts

Looking for cool last-minute gifts for kids that don’t feel last minute at all? We are big fans of STEM subscription gift boxes. These cool boxes will encourage their interest in science, technology, engineering, or math, and inspire creativity no matter what...

12 entertaining and educational STEM toys for kids of all ages | Holiday Tech Guide 2017

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Tech Gifts, Tech Toys and Random Fun

STEM toys have become one of the hottest gifts for kids, and we couldn’t be happier. In fact, we think they’re especially great for those tweens who’ve kind of started to outgrow “toys” but still want something fun to play with around the...

7 fun STEM activities for the whole family. Because we all need STEM, not just the kids.

by Cool Mom Staff | Tech Toys and Random Fun

It’s fantastic to see the popularity of STEM over the last couple of years, with so many options that are truly inspiring kids to pursue their geeky passions. But we parents know that one of the best ways to get excited about something is to be excited about it...

Web Coolness: Fun new Android emoji, origami robots, and the new gaming system we can’t wait to get our hands on!

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of the coolest tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do. New Android emoji from the new Oreo OS! The mermaid is killing us. Amazing solar eclipse photographs captured Monday. Ready for the next one? Bookmark the paths of...

The new Girl Scout STEM badges: Engineering, computer science, and robotics, oh my!

by Kate Etue | Helpful Services

When I was a drop-out Brownie some 30-ahem years ago, my troop worked on badges like Basketry and Arts & Crafts. But now I’m kind of wishing I could go back and do it all over again because this fall, the Girl Scout organization has announced a new...

The coolest STEM teacher gifts with a sense of humor

by Kristen Chase | Fashion + Accessories

With my bigger kids in classes with more than one teacher now, particularly when it comes to the STEM subjects, I want to make sure they get as much thanks as their regular classroom teacher at the end of the year. And, let’s just say I’m pretty sure one...

STEM swaddlers help future scientists know their barium from their boron

by Liz Gumbinner | Geeky Baby Gifts

For a while, geek has been the new chic, and so I hardly know a new mom or dad who wouldn’t totally love this periodic table baby swaddler for their future genius. Designed by toddler mom Lynne Burton to keep herself from going crazy (we feel ya, Kim), the...

Mover Kit: A new wearable STEM coding toy we had our kids put to the test

by Kate Etue | Tech Toys and Random Fun

You’ll find no shortage of STEM kits for kids these days, many of which, like Bitsbox and Little Passports’ new Science Expeditions (just to name a couple), we’ve featured here on Cool Mom Tech. So, when our editor Kristen discovered the new Mover...

NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week

Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

We started Cool Mom Tech in 2010 to help make our increasingly digital lives easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun, however old your kids may be.

We love that it's grown to become the go-to source for millions of parents who want commonsense info about tech delivered with a smile.

We even have the privilege of sharing our tips + tricks with The TODAY Show, CNN, HLN, GMA, Nightline, newspapers and magazines around the country, and our favorite -- regular parents who stop us at PTA meetings and ask us how old kids need to be to get a smartphone, and whether they really need to panic about Snapchat.

(Answer: It's complicated.)

We're so glad you're here! And we hope we can help you too.