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Try the annual Engineering Challenge from Science Buddies! Open to all students worldwide, a new challenge and prizes are announced every January. Explore the current challenge as well as ones from past years!
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Over 100 career profiles to help students explore careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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March is Women's History Month! Learn more about women in STEM in science history and get inspired! More than 60 profiles of scientists and engineers!
Women's in STEM for Women's History Month: 60+ Scientists to learn more about!
Update! This post has been updated for 2024 to highlight additional scientists and engineers!
There have always been women in science. Whether recognized at the time or not, women interested in science and engineering…
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Try the annual Engineering Challenge from Science Buddies! Open to all students worldwide, a new challenge and prizes are announced every January. Explore the current challenge as well as ones from past years!
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Have you ever ridden a roller coaster? Have you ever wanted to design your own? There are plenty of expensive toys and even video games that will let you build your own coasters—but in this project you'll make one out of paper and tape, and learn about roller coaster physics along the way!
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Materials and Construction Techniques
Use a self-standing display board like
these.
Display boards in black or white-colored "foam core" (a sandwich made up of two pieces of smooth surface paper with a polystyrene (plastic) middle) or corrugated cardboard are readily available at many retailers ranging between $4 to $14 per board depending on the material.
Print out or write your information on white paper that you will attach to your display board. Be sure to…
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February is Black History Month. Learn more about some of the many African American scientists and engineers who have made important contributions to science history.
Black History Month: 35 Scientists to learn more about!
Update! This post has been updated for 2024 to include additional African American scientists and engineers.
In honor of Black History Month, we highlight 38 African American scientists and engineers who made important contributions…
If you live in a place that gets cold in the winter, you have probably seen trucks out spreading a mixture of sand and salt on the streets after a snowfall to help de-ice the road. Have you ever wondered how this works? This basic chemistry project can give you some clues.
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What is a Bibliography?
A bibliography is a listing of the books, magazines, and Internet sources that you use in designing, carrying out, and understanding your science fair project.
Your bibliography should include a minimum of three written sources of information about your topic from books, encyclopedias, and periodicals. You may have additional information from the Web if appropriate.
But, you develop a bibliography only after first preparing a background research plan — a road…
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What is the Engineering Design Process?
The engineering design process is a series of steps that engineers follow to come up with a solution to a problem.
Many times the solution to a problem involves designing a product (like a machine or computer code) that meets certain criteria and/or accomplishes a certain task. This process is different from the Steps of the Scientific Method, which you may be more familiar with. If your project involves making observations and doing…
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