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Cooking Caramel: Family Science Spotlight

September 12, 2013 8:30 AM

As this family discovered in their kitchen science activity, making caramel doesn't require much in the way of ingredients, but recipes vary, and timing and temperature matter! "My younger son wanted to make caramel sauce," reports the mom who sent in these photos. Sometimes a perfect science moment begins just like that! When the mom told her son that they only needed sugar and water to make caramel sauce, he was surprised and intrigued. Only two ingredients? As he and his mom… Read more

Rooftop Gardens: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight

September 5, 2013 9:00 AM

Science Buddies Hands-On Projects: Science and Engineering for School and for Home In this week's spotlight: a pair of environmental engineering science projects for a hands-on look at the benefits of taking a rooftop approach to going and growing green. Can rooftop gardens help you keep your house cooler and lower your energy bill? Explore with a student science Project Idea or a hands-on family science activity: Rooftop Gardens: Are They a Cool Idea? (full Science… Read more

Building Bristlebots: Basic Toothbrush Robotics

August 30, 2013 11:30 AM

As this mom discovered, with a bag of toothbrushes and some basic electronics supplies, you can give a group of kids a fun introductory robotics experience—no prior robotics expertise necessary! Since the BristleBots robotics project first appeared at Science Buddies, I have wanted to try these little toothbrush-head bots with my kids. The light-tracking robot project appeared shortly after the more ubiquitous brush bot. The light-tracking bot is more complicated, but I marked it,… Read more

Fizzy Chemical Reactions: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight

August 29, 2013 6:09 AM

In this week's spotlight: a trio of chemistry science projects for fizzy, science fun. When you drop an Alka-Seltzer® tablet into water, a chemical reaction begins. What influences the rate of this reaction? Explore the role of temperature on the reaction with the student science Project Idea, a hands-on family science activity, or a classroom activity: Plop, Plop, Fizz Fast: The Effect of Temperature on Reaction Time (full Science Buddies Project Idea) Carbonation Countdown: The… Read more

Moon Size Science: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight

August 22, 2013 9:00 AM

(Moon rise image credit: Thomas Fietzek, Wikimedia Commons) In this week's spotlight: a pair of human biology and health science projects to help students and families better understand the way our eyes perceive the full moon rising. If you have noticed that a full moon sometimes seems very big and then smaller as it rises, you have seen the full moon illusion in action. Learn more about Emmert's Law and experiment to find out why and how our perception of the moon's size changes based on… Read more

Laboratory Kidneys: Bioengineering Success Offers New Hope for Patients with Kidney Disease

August 20, 2013 6:00 AM

Recent reports of laboratory-created rat kidneys provide hope for the future of bioengineered kidneys for those with kidney disease. Students can get involved in this hot area of biomedical technology and research with their own bioinformatics projects. By Yvette Leung and Amy Cowen Cutting Edge Science Projects: Putting Medical Biotechnology in the Hands of Students For students interested in medical biotechnology, the desire to explore, tinker, and experiment may pose an obvious… Read more

Family Math: M&M Color Statistics

August 19, 2013 2:56 PM

What can you do with hundreds and hundreds of M&M's? Family math! My family's lineup of summer hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math projects and activities included almost enough M&M's to bring Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to mind. Maybe not quite that many, but summer was busy, and when I added three bags of M&M's to the list with this project in mind, I had in my head that we needed big bags of M&M's. When we sat… Read more

Meteor Science: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight

August 8, 2013 1:00 PM

In this week's spotlight: a pair of astronomy science projects perfectly timed for this year's peak Perseids meteor shower activity. Most meteors that pass through the Earth's atmosphere burn up before they hit the ground. But what happens when a meteorite hits? In this pair of hands-on science activities, students and families experiment to find out how the size of a meteorite is related to the size of the resulting crater. Craters and Meteorites (full Science Buddies Project… Read more

The Science Behind Sun Protection

August 7, 2013 11:02 AM

If you knew more about sunscreen and UV rays, would you change your sun protection habits? By Kim Mullin Understanding Differences in Sunscreens With hands-on science projects, students can investigate differences in sunscreens and how different ingredients and different levels of SPF work to protect the skin and block UV rays. See the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for additional information on labeling requirements in the U.S. (Image: FDA)"Don't forget the sunscreen!" How often… Read more

Changing Diabetes: A Pro Cycling Team with a Mission

August 5, 2013 10:00 AM

This summer, top cycling teams from around the world tackled extreme terrain and intense competition in the centennial Tour de France. The race, one of the most well-known in the sport, is a goal for many professional cycling teams—including an international team of cyclists who all have Type 1 Diabetes. Meet Team Novo Nordisk. As the team trains for a future Tour de France, they are spreading awareness about Type 1 Diabetes with every ride they take. Members of Team Novo Nordisk… Read more

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