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Candy Experiments: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #23)

May 8, 2020 11:00 AM

Follow along with a Science Buddies parent who is using family STEM activities to keep her kids learning at home during the COVID-19 school shutdown. New posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today's adventure... experimenting with how candy coatings dissolve and the colors mix. An Experiment Full of Candy Makes the Whining Go Down Have you experienced a day during this quarantine when the whole family just seems to hit a wall? Everyone is… Read more

Popsicle Stick Catapults: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #22)

May 6, 2020 10:00 AM

Follow along with a Science Buddies parent who is using family STEM activities to keep her kids learning at home during the COVID-19 school shutdown. New posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today's adventure... taking aim with a homemade popsicle stick catapult. Making Do with What You Have Are you the kind of person who starts with the end product and then figures out the list of things you need to make that happen, or are you the kind of… Read more

Curling Metal: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #21)

May 4, 2020 1:00 PM

Follow along with a Science Buddies parent who is using family STEM activities to keep her kids learning at home during the COVID-19 school shutdown. New posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today's adventure... exploring how heat expands aluminum foil. Example of aluminum foil and paper strip being held over a flame and curling Sensory Play as a Young Version of Materials Science When my kids were little, they loved the sensory table at their… Read more

Wind-powered Sail Cars: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #20)

May 1, 2020 10:00 AM

Follow along with a Science Buddies parent who is using family STEM activities to keep her kids learning at home during the COVID-19 school shutdown. New posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today's adventure... building a beast of a wind-powered sail car. Building Your Dream Toy Car Does your child ever wish for a toy that doesn't exist? Although I don't recall my seventh-grade son doing so, my second-grade daughter has done this for years. … Read more

Making Ice Cream: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #19)

April 29, 2020 10:00 AM

Follow along with a Science Buddies parent who is using family STEM activities to keep her kids learning at home during the COVID-19 school shutdown. New posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today's adventure... making ice cream in a bag. The Science of Treats What are you doing to treat yourself these days? A glance at Instagram and Facebook suggests many of us are doubling down on comfort food and delicious treats. I know that's true at my… Read more

Exploring Surface Tension: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #18)

April 27, 2020 11:00 AM

Follow along with a Science Buddies parent who is using family STEM activities to keep her kids learning at home during the COVID-19 school shutdown. New posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today's adventure... exploring surface tension by making wire water striders. A Spill Leads to Exploring Surface Tension What happens when you put a freshly laundered tablecloth on the table? Well, in my house, it immediately triples the chance that someone… Read more

Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #17)

April 25, 2020 11:00 AM

Follow along with a Science Buddies parent who is using family STEM activities to keep her kids learning at home during the COVID-19 school shutdown. New posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today's adventure... building a cotton ball launcher. Rubber Bands — A Simple Frustration-Easer How is it going for you? I'll be honest, it hasn't been a great day here. Today was one of those days where nothing goes right: four cranky family… Read more

Earth Day Any Day: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #16)

April 22, 2020 11:20 AM

Follow along with a Science Buddies parent who is using family STEM activities to keep her kids learning at home during the COVID-19 school shutdown. New posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today's adventure... exploring solar energy by building a solar updraft tower. Any Day (or Every Day) Can Be Earth Day Earth Day 2020 marks 50 years since the first Earth Day celebrations — I didn't think we'd be spending it like this! Typically,… Read more

Gumdrop Geometry: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #15)

April 20, 2020 1:00 PM

Follow along with a Science Buddies parent who is using family STEM activities to keep her kids learning at home during the COVID-19 school shutdown. New posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today's adventure... building geodesic domes and other gumdrop geometry structures. Geometric structures of varying sizes made from toothpicks and gumdrop candies Math and Science Go Hand-in-Hand From the beginning of our learn-from-home STEM adventure… Read more

Playing with Balance: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #14)

April 17, 2020 10:20 AM

Follow along with a Science Buddies parent who is using family STEM activities to keep her kids learning at home during the COVID-19 school shutdown. New posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today's adventure...building and balancing a creative mobile. A Balancing Act I have a half-dozen one-liners running through my head about how there is no "balance" for parents in today's pandemic world. I'll spare you though — you can probably… Read more

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