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June 1, 2016 8:00 AM

Keep kids engaged with science, technology, engineering, and math with the Science Buddies Summer STEM Camp! Add this flexible, convenient, online camp to your summer mix for creative robotics, electronics, and Raspberry Pi fun all summer long! Get Creative with Summer Science Camp!Participants in the Science Buddies Summer STEM Camp will work on projects from either the BlueBot: 4-in-1 Robotics Kit or the Raspberry Pi Projects Kit—or both! The BlueBot Kit can be used to build four… Read more

PPG Volunteers Help Science Buddies Improve Student Chromatography Project

May 31, 2016 1:00 PM

A team of PPG volunteers got hands-on with a Science Buddies student science project. The team applied their expertise with real-world chromatography to a student chromatography project that uses a homemade, low-tech setup at home. Above: PPG employees put the Column Chromatography: Can you Separate the Dyes in Grape Soda Using Space Sand™? student science project to a hands-on test to help find ways to improve… Read more

Best Practices Document Guides Out-of-School Programs Using Raspberry Pi Projects Kit

March 29, 2016 6:30 AM

The Raspberry Pi Projects Kit provides out-of-school programs with a plug-and-play set of materials and projects that can be used to lead students in engaging creative projects that build computer programming and circuit building skills. A new Best Practices document provides important insight and guidance for out-of-school and school programs using the STEM kit. The Raspberry Pi Projects Kit from Science Buddies provides students… Read more

Make Science Reading Assignments with Science Buddies

March 15, 2016 6:00 AM

With the new Google Classroom share buttons on the Science Buddies website, teachers can easily add science reading assignments for their students. Last year, Science Buddies launched a news feed to help students access science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) news articles from reputable and age-appropriate sources. With this feature, students can use Science Buddies' search tool to find articles on subjects of interest from top sources including Science News, Science News for… Read more

Science Buddies Offers Google Classroom Integration

March 3, 2016 1:00 AM

Digital classroom management tools can make a big difference in how teachers organize, plan, and track their classes. A new feature at Science Buddies allows teachers using Google Classroom to easily share Science Buddies resources with their students. Select a specific resource from the Science Buddies website and click the Google classroom button. Above: Adding science assignments to Google Classroom is easy with new Science Buddies integration! … Read more

Mastering the Project Display Board

February 3, 2016 12:15 PM

The project display board offers students a wonderful opportunity to show off and summarize their science fair project. What goes into making a well-organized and successful project display board, and how can students fill all that blank space? Review project display board basics with students to help them create effective display boards that showcase their hands-on STEM projects. It's science fair season, and as students wrap up their science,… Read more

The Best of 2015 on the Science Buddies Blog

February 2, 2016 12:00 PM

Take a look at some of our favorite blog posts from last year. These posts highlight great hands-on STEM projects, resources, and science connections for K-12 students, teachers, and families. We are well into the New Year, and many students are hard at work on science fair projects and science project assignments. As a writer at Science Buddies, every January, I enjoy looking back at the collection of science, technology, engineering, and math posts on the blog… Read more

4 Science Projects for Super Bowl Science

January 18, 2016 3:00 PM

Score extra points with student sports fans with four football-focused science projects. Explore the role of "distance" in kicking a field goal. Diagram of a catapult launching a toy football through a cardboard goalpost. Diagram includes the catapult clamped to a table with football, kicking tee, cardboard box, floor, and cardboard goalposts. Super Bowl Sunday is coming up! The science behind perfect spirals and successful field goals is… Read more

The Girl Factor: Creative Code and Computer Programming

December 7, 2015 12:55 PM

Programming is not just for boys, and Science Buddies' computer programming resources are carefully developed to engage both boys and girls. In support of Computer Science Education Week, we hope you are inspired by photos from recent code workshops with girlSPARC, check out the CODEGIRL movie, and do an Hour of Code with a student or class. Companies and educators around the world are working to change workforce… Read more

A Positive Science Fair Project Experience

August 18, 2015 10:00 AM

Science fair projects let students learn, use, and demonstrate important science and reasoning steps, and the benefits of hands-on and active exploration compared to more passive modes of learning or rote memorization are well-documented. So why do so many parents scowl at the science fair project assignment? What makes the science project a stumbling block for many families rather than an anticipated and positive learning experience? Is it simply a matter of perspective? There are many steps… Read more

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