http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "History Explorer Podcast: Fifty Years of Lasers"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=835http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=835<p>Through the use of interactive games, inventors' stories, video commentaries, and toy displays, students will learn how play connects to the creative impulse that is fundamental to the work of invention, and explore the playful side of invention and the inventive side of play.</p>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:43:31 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1857http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1857<p>In this online exhibition, students will learn how fear of Soviet domination galvanized reform in science and math education during the 1950's and 60's. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. In order win the "Space Race", the United States urgently needed both a select group of mathematicians, scientists, and engineers; and a general population of mathematically and scientifically informed citizens.</p>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:22:29 GMT