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A Family Science Hop Along: Egg-centric Science Exploration

March 24, 2013 9:00 AM

Egg science is fun at any time, but if you and your kids are planning to boil and dye eggs this week, don't miss out on the great opportunities for fun, colorful, and possibly smelly, family science! Above: the results of our first attempt at using natural dyes for our eggs. In the years that I have worked at Science Buddies, the tradition of dyeing Easter eggs has taken on new meaning and significance. Instead of simply being a requisite family craft… Read more

Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight: Silk Tie Dyed Easter Eggs

March 21, 2013 9:30 AM

Are you looking for a school science project topic or a hands-on science activity to do on the weekend or with your family? Science Buddies' science projects come in all sizes! In this week's spotlight: a pair of art-meets-chemistry projects perfect for Easter-inspired science with your family! Explore the process of using silk ties to dye eggs in our updated chemistry project and in the family-friendly activity at Scientific American's Bring Science Home. Dye Eggs Using… Read more

Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight: Cabbage Clones

March 14, 2013 12:01 PM

Are you looking for a school science project topic or a hands-on science activity to do on the weekend or with your family? Science Buddies' science projects come in all sizes! In this week's spotlight: a pair of green-thumb projects straight from the pages of science fiction! Growing a cabbage plant from a piece of cabbage is a great way to explore one kind of plant reproduction and the process of plant cloning. But what piece of the plant do you use? Explore plant cloning in our… Read more

Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight: Mixing Up Some Science Fun

March 7, 2013 8:45 AM

Are you looking for a school science project topic or a hands-on science activity to do on the weekend or with your family? Science Buddies' science projects come in all sizes! In this week's spotlight: a hands-on kitchen science investigation. What happens when you mix sand and water and how does the resulting mixture compare to a mixture of cornstarch and water? Learn more about mixtures, solutions, and colloids in this pair of fun, tactile science projects: Making Mixtures:… Read more

Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight: Paper Airplanes

February 28, 2013 10:37 AM

Are you looking for a school science project topic or a hands-on science activity to do on the weekend or with your family? Science Buddies' science projects come in all sizes! In this week's spotlight: a pair of paper airplane science projects that turn ordinary paper airplane folding and flying into a fun hands-on science activity. Explore the effect of drag on flight in our updated aerodynamics project and in the family-friendly activity at Scientific American's Bring Science… Read more

DNA Show and Tell: Biotechnology You Can Wear Around Your Neck

February 27, 2013 8:45 AM

A biotechnology kit from Bio-Rad Laboratories introduces young scientists to the world of biochemistry. In this fun science activity, kids can extract their own DNA, examine it without a microscope, and create a pendant containing their DNA—the ultimate item for cool-but-geeky show and tell! By Kim Mullin With a fun science kit from Bio-Rad Laboratories, you and your students can extract DNA—and then preserve it in a cool necklace. This is hands-on science that is sure to be a hit… Read more

Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight: Tie Dye

February 21, 2013 12:00 PM

Are you looking for a school science project topic or a hands-on science activity to do on the weekend or with your family? Science Buddies' science projects come in all sizes! In this week's spotlight: a pair of science projects related to a favorite summer or camp activity—tie dye. Don't miss our freshly updated hands-on chemistry project and a family-friendly version at Scientific American's Bring Science Home. How to Make the Boldest, Brightest Tie-Dye! (full Science… Read more

Heart-smart Science: Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight

February 14, 2013 11:45 AM

Are you looking for a school science project topic or a hands-on science activity to do on the weekend or with your family? Science Buddies' science projects come in all sizes! This week's spotlight pays tribute to Valentine's Day with a trio of health and human biology science projects that let students better understand how the heart works and how doctors can listen in to monitor a person's heart beat. Our hands-on science Project Idea guides independent student… Read more

Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight

February 7, 2013 10:00 AM

Are you looking for a school science project topic or a hands-on science activity to do on the weekend or with your family? Science Buddies' science projects come in all sizes! In this week's spotlight: a pair of science projects that enable student and family exploration of left- and right-side dominance. Don't miss our newly updated hands-on science Project Idea for student exploration of this health and human biology topic and a related, family-focused, home activity at Scientific… Read more

Science in a Flash: Turn Milk into Plastic!

January 9, 2013 10:39 AM

Try this quick and easy way to introduce kids to chemical reactions and polymers. One Science Buddies mom even used it for spur-of-the moment entertainment at a slumber party! Simple household kitchen ingredients and materials let one science mom create a spur-of-the-moment science exploration for a group of early risers at a slumber party. The kitchen chemistry science activity this mom did involves polymers. For another family science investigation of polymers, see "Putty Science:… Read more

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