TheDadLab with Sergei Urban

03/23/20 • 25 min

KidsLab - a podcast for parents and educators passionate about STEAM education

Today on the show, we’re talking to Sergei Urban, the creator of the TheDadLab. It’s mission is simple: teaching science through play!

Sergei is a stay-at-home father who started TheDadLab as a way to inspire fun activities others can do from home while educating their children and spending more quality time with them.

Sergei also published a book with these activities and experiments, which includes 50 science projects. It already got translated to 7 languages and even more languages are coming soon.

Today on the show, we’re talking to Sergei Urban, the creator of the TheDadLab. It’s mission is simple: teaching science through play!

Sergei is a stay-at-home father who started TheDadLab as a way to inspire fun activities others can do from home while educating their children and spending more quality time with them.

Sergei also published a book with these activities and experiments, which includes 50 science projects. It already got translated to 7 languages and even more languages are coming soon.

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Corona Virus: Solomon Menashi about distance learning with the new online materials for BlocksCAD from Boston, MA, USA

This recording is by Solomon Menashi, the CEO and Co-Founder of BlocksCAD. BlocksCAD is a cloud-based 3D modelling tool that encourages users to learn math, computational thinking and coding concepts through visualization and designing models to be 3D printed. Follow the links in the shownotes of this episode for a special parents guide as well as information for educators and schools.

The full episode with Solomon about BlocksCAD is here.
Background:
At the beginning of this week (March 16th to be exact), it became obvious to me here in Munich, Germany, that the Corona Virus will severely impact our lives. While I was working from home already for more than a week, suddenly the schools closed and our three kids were also at home.
This special episodes are recorded directly by former interviewees and I kept artwork and editing to a minimum to get these out as quickly as possible. I hope that many will find these snippets interesting and will find a helpful resource and tipps in these challenging times!

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Corona Virus: Pen Holland about her current situation, virtual research workshops and what we can teach our children in these times: BE KIND.

This recording is done directly by Pen Holland from York, UK. Besides describing the current situation in the UK, she explains how they virtualized their research workshops due to the Corona virus and what our kids can learn from these times: be resilient, Be Kind!
The full episode with Pen Holland and Sarah Wyse about Pieter the Seed Eater is here!
Background:
At the beginning of last week (March 16th to be exact), it became obvious to me here in Munich, Germany, that the Corona Virus will severely impact our lives. While I was working from home already for more than a week, suddenly the schools closed and our three kids were also at home.
This special episodes are recorded directly by former interviewees and I kept artwork and editing to a minimum to get these out as quickly as possible. I hope that many will find these snippets interesting and will find a helpful resource and tipps in these challenging times!