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Explore Coding and Electronics with Raspberry Pi

March 4, 2020 6:00 AM

The Raspberry Pi Projects Kit offers a customizable set of activities for progressive learning. Students use Scratch to write computer programs and combine those programs with circuits and sensors for interactive fun. Above: Girls at a GirlSPARC event working on hands-on coding and electronics projects with Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi Projects Kit from Science Buddies works with a series of eight interactive activities that combine computer… Read more

Teacher Puts Black History Month on the Door to Science Class

February 13, 2020 6:00 AM

This teacher is emphasizing Black History Month in STEM education and helping students learn more about scientists and engineers every time they walk through the door to her classroom. February is Black History Month, but the month also includes Valentine's Day and Heart Health Awareness. All of these observances offer opportunities for educators to make science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) connections with students of all… Read more

Student Discovers Green Thumb Growing Plants without Water

October 7, 2019 12:00 PM

A hydroponics experiment gave this student more than just the chance to learn more about growing plants. She also cultivated strong problem-solving skills as she moved her experiment to the garage. Above: Madeline at the science fair with her hydroponics project. No matter where you live, fall and winter months are not necessarily the best months for doing plant biology projects, but at Science Buddies, we know that picking a project of interest can… Read more

Sustainability Lessons Help Make Environmental Awareness Real

October 1, 2019 6:00 AM

For this fifth grade teacher, an interactive Science Buddies lesson on sustainability and human impact was a great way to refresh the importance of a project-based learning unit her students did earlier in the school year. Above: Melissa Zeiszler used a sustainability lesson plan from Science Buddies as a follow-up to a 'clean it up' environmental science project (part of which is shown here) that her students did earlier in the year. Last year,… Read more

Elementary School Student Finds Science Fair Success

September 16, 2019 6:00 AM

For this third-grade student and his mother, Science Buddies is a trusted resource for finding innovative and engaging science projects that meet the need and don't break the bank. Above: Trevor at his school science fair in second-grade with his project on turning milk into plastic. Trevor recently started third grade. Third grade is sure to be full of exciting new things to learn and discover, but one thing Trevor can count on is that there will… Read more

Teacher Uses Hashtag Bellwork System to Introduce STEM Careers

August 29, 2019 6:00 AM

This middle school technology teacher wants kids to know about as many careers as possible. Her creative bellwork system includes a series of daily activities for career exploration, including #TechJobTuesdays, which focuses on STEM careers. Above: Students in Cassie Nix's Career Explorations class make use of the first 10 minutes of class on Tuesdays to learn about a STEM career. Cassie Nix teaches at Turner Middle School in Kansas City, KS. Her… Read more

Middle School Microbes Spark Career Interest

August 1, 2019 6:00 AM

This high school graduate is starting college this fall in microbiology, pursuing an interest she tracks back to a middle school science project. Above: Gabby with elementary school and high school science projects and at her recent high school graduation. Gabby Irons, a recently graduated high school senior, did a project in middle school that sparked an interest in microbiology that stuck. Inspired by her mother, a soil and water scientist,… Read more

Polymers Project Gets a Slime Update

July 8, 2019 6:00 AM

A team of PPG volunteers got hands-on with homemade slime! The team applied their science expertise to the process of making slime and tested directions and variations for student and educator use. Above: PPG employees put the Slime Chemistry student science project to a hands-on test to find ways to make the popular project even more fun and rewarding as a STEM learning activity. A Commitment to Student STEM Education For the last several years,… Read more

School Launches STEM Fair with Science Projects Done at School

May 20, 2019 6:00 AM

Science Buddies projects were a hit among students working on science and engineering projects for this California school's first STEM fair. Above: These students completed a video game design project using Scratch for the STEM Fair. Students in grades K-8 at St. John the Baptist School in Milpitas, California recently showed off their hands-on science and engineering projects at the school's first ever STEM Fair. The school integrated a STEM Lab… Read more

Student Science Project Success Story: Planaria Regeneration

January 25, 2019 6:00 AM

This middle school student turned an experiment pitting worms that regenerate against magnetic fields into a winning science fair project. When a teacher suggested he use Science Buddies to locate a project for his first science fair, Tobias, then a 7th-grade student in New Mexico, filled out the Topic Selection Wizard survey and browsed results. When he saw the Do Magnets Affect Regeneration in Planaria? project about the effects of magnetic fields on… Read more

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