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May 27, 2020 4:00 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 a crazy wall marble run from toilet paper tubes.
Digging into bigger STEM projects
Twelve weeks — that's how long it's been in my house since COVID-19 transmission forced schools to send kids home, businesses to close or…
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May 22, 2020 6:00 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, floating, and sinking aluminum foil boats.
Sinking and Floating Science
We used to have an army of rubber duckies and other bath toys. Sometimes it felt like the toys took up more of the tub than the kids did! Those days…
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May 20, 2020 7:30 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 balloon hovercraft.
Two homemade hovercrafts made from balloons and CDs and decorated with smiley faces
Balloons + Science = Party Time
Balloons automatically make everything more festive. Whether that's due to their cheerful…
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May 18, 2020 6:45 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... foaming fun with elephant toothpaste.
Magic, Otherwise Known as Chemistry
Why are Harry Potter and unicorns so popular? I think it is because kids love magic. They delight in the possibilities and transformations that magic can bring. …
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May 15, 2020 6:30 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... making a straw water siphon.
Moving Water
How much screen time have your kids had during the pandemic school closures? I confess, our typical screen time rules have gotten much laxer over the last 10 weeks! Earlier this week, my kids…
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May 13, 2020 6:00 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... making several different types of oozy slime.
Slimy, Goopy, Tactile Fun
The messier the better — that's what my kids seem to think. From mud pies to crazy food concoctions, my children have always loved mixing up ingredients to…
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May 11, 2020 6:00 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... some family time with STEM videos.
Family Time with STEM Videos
By now, it's a theme we all know: juggling work, family, a parent's role in remote learning, and the very real anxieties of the COVID-19 pandemic... it's a lot. This past…
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May 8, 2020 6:00 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... 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…
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May 6, 2020 5:00 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... 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…
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May 4, 2020 8:00 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…
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