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March 19, 2020 6:00 AM

These science activities are great choices for parents doing science at home with their kids during the pandemic and for teachers planning online learning activities. Free STEM Activities! With many kids at home due to COVID-19 school closures, we know parents are looking for engaging activities to do with kids and to… Read more

Simplified STEM Activities Help Fill Gap for Online, Remote, Hybrid Learning

March 16, 2020 10:00 AM

Science Buddies has more than 200 free science and engineering activities teachers can use in preparing for classroom, remote, hybrid, or pod learning. This activity with balloons is one of 200+ activities available at Science Buddies that can be used for classroom, remote, hybrid, and pod learning - or in afterschool and out-of-school programs Science Buddies has more than 200 free science activities that offer fun, easy-to-follow, informal STEM… Read more

Thinking Through the Shift to Online Learning for STEM

March 12, 2020 10:00 AM

Are you one of the many educators around the U.S. thinking about what it will take to successfully shift your classes to online distance learning in the event of school closures due to COVID-19? Science Buddies has suggestions and strategies for taking existing lessons and adapting them for remote learning. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now officially (March 11, 2020) labeled COVID-19 a pandemic, a designation that reflects, specifically, the… Read more

Best of STEM Resources in 2019

January 2, 2020 6:00 AM

STEM education has never been more exciting and more fun than it was in 2019. Here's a look back at what was hot, popular, and most-used this year by K-12 teachers, students, and families. Thank you for being a part of Science Buddies in 2019! We are excited about STEM education in 2020! P.S. Don't miss our special recap of educator success stories from 2019, A Look Back at 2019's STEM Teacher Successes. 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

10 Projects to Get Started Building Circuits on a Breadboard!

August 16, 2019 9:00 AM

Using a breadboard is an important "next step" in exploring circuits and electronics STEM projects. Try one of these ten Science Buddies projects to get to know your breadboard and start building circuits with confidence. Breadboards! A simple way to take circuits and electronics projects to the next level! Students who are just getting started exploring electronics often begin with basic circuits in which batteries are connected directly to motors or… Read more

How to Use a Science Buddies Lesson Plan

August 13, 2019 6:00 AM

Science Buddies has 100+ NGSS-aligned lesson plans that are free to use for K-12 STEM educators. Walk through a sample lesson to see how they work! A collage of screenshots show a materials page for a project turning milk into plastic on the website ScienceBuddies.org. Other screenshots show NGSS alignment details, project details, links in a Teacher toolbox, links to a lesson plan and a related video. Science Buddies Lesson Plans blend our dedication… Read more

5 Reasons Global Problem Solvers: The Series Will Inspire STEM Interest in Your Students

May 14, 2019 6:00 AM

A free animated series from Cisco emphasizes teamwork, social, and creative skills in solving world challenges. With a team of teens each with a real-world superpower, the GPS series educates kids about STEM-based problem solving and social entrepreneurship and inspires them to find and use their own superpowers. Above: The Global Problem Solvers: The Series trailer. "My name is Putri, and I have assembled a team to take on our world's toughest challenges." Meet the Global Problem Solvers… Read more

Making Connections with Science Reading Assignments

November 14, 2018 6:00 AM

Are your students doing science research related to their science projects? Do you talk with students about world events and science news? The news feed at Science Buddies makes it easy to locate science news articles, and Google Classroom teachers can make reading assignments directly from the Science Buddies site. Two cropped screenshots show a search filter being used to find a news article on the website ScienceBuddies.org. The screenshot on the left shows a… Read more

Lesson Plans for Sound Science

October 11, 2018 12:00 AM

Science Buddies' free Lesson Plans can help you teach students about sound with fun, hands-on activities. Explore sound science with rubber band guitars and other hands-on STEM activities! www.sciencebuddies.org Note: For additional lessons and activities to teach about the science of sound, see 18 Lessons to Teach the Science of Sound, part of our Teaching Science Units collection. Teaching about sound can be a real challenge. You can't (usually)… Read more

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