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February 29, 2016 12:00 PM
A classroom activity helps students explore questions related to password security. Conversations about cyber security and safeguarding personal information online are important to have with students, and activities like Password Duel help students engage directly with these concepts through fun, educational, hands-on exploration, testing, and data analysis in a game designed specifically for classroom use.
With more and more activities taking place online, and students setting up…
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February 25, 2016 10:00 AM
Take time this Engineers Week to encourage a girl to try an engineering project or activity! Our list of 12+ ideas will help get you started!
Today is Girl Day, an exciting part of Engineers Week! Girl Day is a wonderful reminder to educators and parents around the world that talking with girls about engineering careers, introducing them to engineering role models, and engaging them with creative and hands-on engineering activities can help them see the…
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February 22, 2016 6:30 AM
Science Buddies has great ideas for engineering projects and activities you can do with your students to celebrate Engineers Week. With the right project, integrating a hands-on STEM activity is something all teachers can do!
Marble Machine
Art Bot: Build a Wobbly Robot That Creates Art
Balloon-Powered Car Challenge
Build a Gumdrop Geodesic Dome
Milk Does Your…
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February 12, 2016 10:00 AM
In celebration of Valentine's Day, take a look at 10+ exciting hands-on chemistry, food science, physics, and math projects that involve candy.
Bend or Break? Candy Science
M&M Geometry
Candy Waterfalls: Can Candy Flow Like Water?
Candy Camouflage
Candy Snap
M&M Math
Candy Geodesic Dome
Dancing Candy Hearts
Making A Candy Waterfall: Can Solids Flow Like Liquids?
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February 9, 2016 9:45 AM
Efforts to clean up an abandoned mine turned into an environmental disaster when polluted water accidentally spilled into a local waterway. With Science Buddies Project Ideas, students can safely make real-world connections to how heavy metals and other pollutants affect aquatic life.
By Kim Mullin
Photo: Riverhugger, Wikimedia
On August 5, 2015, Colorado's Animas River turned orange. The water flowed past towns and agricultural land, travelling more than 100 miles to…
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February 3, 2016 12:15 PM
The project display board offers students a wonderful opportunity to show off and summarize their science fair project. What goes into making a well-organized and successful project display board, and how can students fill all that blank space? Review project display board basics with students to help them create effective display boards that showcase their hands-on STEM projects.
It's science fair season, and as students wrap up their science,…
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February 2, 2016 12:00 PM
Take a look at some of our favorite blog posts from last year. These posts highlight great hands-on STEM projects, resources, and science connections for K-12 students, teachers, and families.
We are well into the New Year, and many students are hard at work on science fair projects and science project assignments. As a writer at Science Buddies, every January, I enjoy looking back at the collection of science, technology,…
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