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February 9, 2023 8:00 AM

Explore cutting-edge electronics and engineering with wearable electronics science projects. From e-textiles and sewn circuits to personalize clothing and accessories to DIY wearables for health and safety, students can design, build, and test their own. Experiment with Wearable Electronics Wearable electronics, also called "wearables," are circuits and electronic devices that are designed to be worn. Devices like smart watches and fitness trackers are a familiar form of wearable, but many… Read more

10 Reasons to Do the Ping Pong Pickup Engineering Challenge

January 31, 2023 8:00 AM

Why do the 2023 Ping Pong Pickup Engineering Challenge? Here are 10 reasons this is a great STEM challenge for your students. The annual Science Buddies Engineering Challenge makes it fun for students to try engineering. Each year, the Science Buddies Engineering Challenge presents an innovative and engaging engineering task and challenges students in grades K-12 around the world to use the engineering design process to brainstorm, design, build, and… Read more

Build a Water Sensor Circuit for the Tree

December 9, 2022 6:00 AM

With a bit of creative engineering, a simple circuit can do double-duty as a fun decoration and a helpful water-level monitor! Creative Engineering When faced with a problem, engineers come up with innovative and creative solutions! Keeping a cut holiday tree watered is important for preserving the life of a fresh tree, especially during dry winter days. With a bit of crafty science and engineering, one of our staff scientists added a circuit with a… Read more

Explore the Science Behind Self-Driving Cars

March 22, 2022 8:00 AM

Use these free STEM lessons and activities to help K-12 students think about and experiment with designing and training self-driving cars and autonomous vehicles. Teach About Self-Driving Cars Once thought of as something only in science fiction or the future, technologies that support self-driving cars and autonomous vehicles are in development. While fully autonomous vehicles are not yet mainstream, the number of cars being produced with… Read more

Football Science Projects for Super Bowl Sunday STEM

January 27, 2022 6:00 AM

Try these four football-themed science projects for sports science fun as the Super Bowl approaches! Four Football Science Projects for Super Bowl Week (Note: This post has been updated to reflect the date of the 2026 Super Bowl.) Super Bowl Sunday is coming up! Super Bowl LVIII will be played on February 8, 2026. Whether your hometown team is on the field or not, there is plenty of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in American football… Read more

Winter Olympics Science Experiments

January 26, 2022 9:00 AM

Go for the gold with these Winter Olympics sports science experiments and science fair projects! (Note: This post has been updated to reflect the dates of the 2026 Winter Olympics.) The XXV Olympic Winter Games will be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, February 6-22, 2026. Sports at the 2026 Winter Olympics include alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, luge, biathlon, bobsleigh, curling, speed skating, snowboarding, ski… Read more

13 Tasty Food Science Experiments!

November 8, 2021 8:00 AM

These food science experiments lead to fun, unusual, and tasty creations! Try one of these STEM projects for engaging kitchen chemistry, and molecular gastronomy. There's a bit of physics and technology baked in, too! 13 Tasty Food Science Experiments! With food science projects and experiments, students measure, mix, cook, bake, and investigate the importance of specific ingredients, the science of mixtures and solutions, and the chemical reactions… Read more

STEM is for Everyone: Jane Goodall, Zoologist

January 12, 2021 1:00 PM

Dr. Jane Goodall's fieldwork with chimpanzees in Tanzania changed how we think about primates and their relationship to humans. Stories of Diversity, Disability, and Difference in STEM This profile is the 10th in our STEM is for Everyone: Scientists with Disabilities series, sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation. Many of the inspiring scientists and engineers we have featured have disabilities that are visible or more apparent from the… Read more

STEM is for Everyone: Annie Jump Cannon, Classifier of Stars

November 20, 2020 8:00 AM

Annie Jump Cannon's work evaluating the brightness of stars led to the spectral classification system used by astronomers today. A Fascination with Stars Born in 1863, Annie Jump Cannon was fortunate that her mother encouraged an interest in astronomy. Cannon learned the constellations as a child, and she and her mother observed the stars in the night sky from a lookout in their attic. Cannon's early love of the sky led her to study physics at… Read more

2020 Nobel Science Experiments for K-12 Students

October 16, 2020 8:00 AM

Encourage your students to dream big! See K-12 STEM projects and activities that relate to the 2020 Nobel Prizes. Announcement earlier this month of the 2020 Nobel Prize winners brought recognition to exciting research in areas of physics, space science, health and human biology, biotechnology and genetics, and the global challenge of ensuring adequate food supply for the world's population. These annual awards honor the pinnacle of science,… Read more

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