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Environmental Education STEM Project Roundup!

April 18, 2016 11:00 AM

Science Buddies has great ideas for hands-on science projects and activities students can do to learn more about environmental science and sustainability. There are many projects at Science Buddies that help guide students in independent exploration of environmental science topics and issues. The list below highlights 22 projects related to recycling, stewardship, conservation, sustainability, and environmental awareness from our library of more than 1,100 science projects for K-12 students.… Read more

Quick and Dirty Science--Testing Laundry Detergents

April 12, 2016 1:07 PM

A student investigates whether enzymes are the key to laundry stain removal. By Kim Mullin Above: Mustard stains on swatches of fabric from my son's Are Enzymes in Laundry Detergents Effective Stain Removers? science project. "I need a science project that has a real-world application," said my 7th grade son. "Our teacher says we can't just put Mentos in a bottle of soda." "Fair enough," I thought. While a soda geyser has a big "wow" factor, by middle school, experienced science fair… Read more

Food Fat Science

April 8, 2016 10:00 AM

Being aware of key macronutrients of fat, protein, and carbohydrates in the foods you eat is an important part of eating a balanced diet and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Different nutritional plans recommend different ratios of these macronutrients, but when it comes to fat, certain kinds of fats are better for you than others. With this student food sciences project, students can see firsthand how the fats in foods compare. Depending on the nutritional guidelines you follow, your… Read more

Try one of these 14+ robotics projects for National Robotics Week!

April 5, 2016 1:00 AM

Students can have a lot of fun building, testing, and personalizing robotics projects and can learn about electronics, engineering design, and circuit building at the same time. Our robotics engineering collection has great hands-on robotics projects to explore during National Robotics Week or any time! Fourteen Plus Robotics Projects for K-12 Students. Hands-on STEM with Science Buddies. www.sciencebuddies.org Update! For an updated collection of… Read more

Build a BlueBot Guard Robot!

April 4, 2016 1:00 AM

With the BlueBot: 4-in-1 Robotics Kit, students can build four different robots using the same core BlueBot chassis. The first robotics project in the BlueBot series is the Guard Robot, a protective robot with a motion-detecting sensor. The BlueBot kit can be used to build four different robots, each of which uses a different sensor and a different circuit on top of the core BlueBot chassis. The Guard Robot circuit makes use of a passive infrared… Read more

Sniffing Out the Science of Smell

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… Read more

Egg Science Projects for K-12 Students

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… Read more

Spring Break Science: STEM at Home

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.… Read more

Green Candy Chemistry with Paper Chromatography!

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… Read more

Slimy, but Smart: Slime Mold Science

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… Read more

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