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March 29, 2016 6:30 AM
The Raspberry Pi Projects Kit provides out-of-school programs with a plug-and-play set of materials and projects that can be used to lead students in engaging creative projects that build computer programming and circuit building skills. A new Best Practices document provides important insight and guidance for out-of-school and school programs using the STEM kit.
The Raspberry Pi Projects Kit from Science Buddies provides students with everything they…
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March 28, 2016 12:00 PM
These science projects help students explore smell-based questions related to human biology and food science.
Sometimes, great science is right there at the tip of your nose. Like taste, how intensely or how accurately we smell things around us varies from person to person. You may even find that your sense of smell is stronger at certain times than others. Are you the first in your house to pick up the smell of a skunk in the area? Do you walk into…
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March 25, 2016 12:00 PM
If there are eggs around the house for Easter, there are plenty of opportunities for exciting student science exploration. Try these projects and activities at home or at school. From physics to chemistry to materials science and engineering, eggs are full of science potential—no yolk joke!
K-12 STEM: Science Projects About Eggs: Projects or Activities for Home or School. Hands-on STEM with Science Buddies. www.sciencebuddies.org
Eggy Student…
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March 23, 2016 9:00 AM
STEM activities are a great idea for Spring Break. Fun, hands-on science activities can be done together as family activities or as individual explorations. Check our Spring Break collection for suggestions.
With more than 1,100 free science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) projects and activities, picking just a few to suggest for Spring Break isn't easy! We've collected some fun favorites and some awesome new STEM activities to inspire you and your kids to do science over the break.…
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March 17, 2016 11:33 AM
With the Candy Chromatography chemistry project and kit, students can explore the colors of dye that make up favorite candy coatings. What dyes will appear when you do this experiment with green candies? Are the results the same for all green candies? This is fun, colorful, and visually clear hands-on science for K-12 students!
Compare the dyes in candles and food coloring using chromatography. www.sciencebuddies.org
Paper Chromatography for…
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March 15, 2016 6:00 AM
With the new Google Classroom share buttons on the Science Buddies website, teachers can easily add science reading assignments for their students.
Last year, Science Buddies launched a news feed to help students access science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) news articles from reputable and age-appropriate sources. With this feature, students can use Science Buddies' search tool to find articles on subjects of interest from top sources including Science News, Science News for…
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March 11, 2016 8:00 AM
Can an organism without a brain solve complex problems? A school science project puts slime mold to the test.
By Kim Mullin
"Slime mold? Really?!?" I was not thrilled when my son announced the topic he had chosen for his science project. Slime molds are blob-like masses that move at a snail's pace, eating any decaying organic material in their path. I thought it sounded like something I'd rather avoid than bring into my house.
Above: photos taken at various points in my son's…
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March 3, 2016 1:00 AM
Digital classroom management tools can make a big difference in how teachers organize, plan, and track their classes. A new feature at Science Buddies allows teachers using Google Classroom to easily share Science Buddies resources with their students.
Select a specific resource from the Science Buddies website and click the Google classroom button.
Above: Adding science assignments to Google Classroom is easy with new Science Buddies…
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March 1, 2016 11:37 AM
Eighty sixth grade students put what they had learned about circuits into action when they worked in teams to build ArtBots in science class. After building their robots, these students had fun experimenting to see how changing the engineering design of an ArtBot changes the kind of art the robot creates.
Above: Students in Nicole Johnson's class with a poster they made showing different pieces of "art" created by their ArtBot when testing and comparing the ArtBot…
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