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May 28, 2015 3:56 PM
The classic game of Galaga provided inspiration for this sixth grade student as he designed his own video game to learn more about the role of hit boxes in creating a successful game.
Above: Kolben with his 6th grade project on video game design.
For kids who love video games, working on science, technology, engineering, and math projects that involve computer coding and video game design can be an exciting way to combine a personal interest with science exploration and the…
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May 22, 2015 9:00 AM
How do sugar-free substitutes compare to sugar in terms of sweetness? Whether you make something sugar-free to cut calories or carbohydrates or for medical reasons, there are a wide range of sugar alternatives available. But how do these substances compare in terms of taste? In this food science family activity, you can investigate levels of sweetness by making your own homemade lemonade with sugar and with a sugar alternative.
(The full project idea doesn't involve making…
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May 19, 2015 9:00 AM
With more data flowing in than most of us can ever hope to sift through, infographics have emerged as a viewer-friendly way to convey data-driven information. In a new human behavior science project, students explore the process of turning big data into visual representations and investigate how easy it can be to create a picture of data that may lead viewers to draw the wrong conclusions.
Above: The graph above contains a small sampling of a blood glucose data set…
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May 14, 2015 1:06 PM
Heading outdoors lets kids experience real-world applications of their classroom learning.
By Kim Mullin
On a sunny, breezy, and unusually cold spring morning, a parade of 120 sixth graders, their teachers, and chaperones snaked its way from their middle school, through the neighborhood, to a local stream. Clipboards, test tubes, nets, camp tables, and a variety of other equipment tagged along. The students had spent the previous weeks learning…
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May 11, 2015 12:04 PM
This sixth grade student is blazing a path in astroscience with a string of successful science projects that are out of this world and yet amazingly down to Earth. With this year's project, she took a comparative look at the change in intensity of a star's light in relation to its distance. She spent a lot of time gathering light meter readings and ended up with a winning combination of math and physics!
While every student can and should do and enjoy hands-on science, some students…
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May 7, 2015 10:00 AM
What happens when you bend your favorite candy in half? Does it break? Does it bend? Does it snap back into shape? In this week's materials science-themed family science activity, students put candy to a "bend it" test to explore how some materials are more flexible than others. While it may be obvious that some candy bars will break (or snap in half) when bent while other more "gummy" candies bend, changing the temperature of the candies gives this experiment an extra…
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