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19 Animal Science Lessons and Experiments

August 26, 2024 8:00 AM

Use these free STEM lessons and activities to teach about animal behavior, animal anatomy, and adaptations as you explore animal science K-12 students. The free STEM lessons and activities below help students learn about animals and animal science, including habitats, adaptations, animal behavior, and other zoology and mammalian biology topics. For key terms to review with students, see the list of vocabulary words at the bottom of this resource. For… Read more

Science Fair Director Points Students and Educators to Science Buddies

August 19, 2024 6:00 AM

For more than fifteen years, this educator and science fair director has been using Science Buddies' resources with students and recommending the site to others. A Valuable Resource for Science Fair Judy Reeves, a middle school science teacher at St. Margaret Catholic School and director of the Louisiana Region V Science & Engineering Fair, has been pointing educators to Science Buddies as a science fair resource for more than fifteen years. "I was… Read more

Personal Health Science Projects

August 15, 2024 8:00 AM

Monitor and improve personal health with innovative science projects and experiments. Personalized Science Projects From monitoring biometrics and environmental data (like air quality) to designing and building customized assistive tools, students can move beyond basic human biology and health science projects with science and engineering projects that let them explore, investigate, and build personalized solutions to monitor and improve their own… Read more

15+ Plant Science Activities and Lessons

August 2, 2024 6:00 AM

Use these free lesson plans and activities to teach students about plant science—hands-on STEM options for all grade levels! Plant science, botany, plant ecology, and plant biology can be introduced to students and explored at all grade levels. To support you in teaching K-12 students about plant science, we have a range of resources that can work well in a wide range of settings: Lesson Plans Activities Student Projects Related… Read more

Meet Janna Privette, Geoscientist and STEM Content Managing Editor at Science Buddies

July 30, 2024 8:00 AM

Janna is the former STEM Content Managing Editor at Science Buddies. Janna has an M.S. in Geology from Boise State University and seven years experience teaching middle and high school, where she saw, firsthand, the benefits of having students do independent science projects. Janna brought her experience in the classroom to Science Buddies as well as her love of earth science. In a series of posts on the value of doing independent projects, Janna offers teachers insight… Read more

Sun and Solar Science Projects

July 30, 2024 5:00 AM

Soak up the power of the Sun with science and engineering projects that explore all things solar, including the solar system, solar power and sustainable energy, solar options for cleaning water, the greenhouse effect, and more. Sun and Solar Science Projects and Experiments As the biggest star and largest object in our solar system, there are many astronomy projects students can explore related to the Sun, but there are lots of other sun and solar… Read more

Meet Laura Ohl, Ph.D., Life Scientist at Science Buddies

July 26, 2024 8:00 AM

Dr. Ohl is a Staff Scientist at Science Buddies and a STEM content creator in the area of life sciences and chemistry. Dr. Ohl is a biomedical scientist and has a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. Learn more about Dr. Ohl in the interview below. What is your field of expertise? I am a biomedical scientist with specialization in cellular and molecular biology. During my graduate studies, I studied the mechanisms of disease… Read more

Forces and Laws of Motion Lessons

July 25, 2024 6:00 AM

Covering forces and laws of motion in science class? Try one of these five free lesson plans to help students get hands-on with physics. Teach Forces and Motion with 5 Free experiments Teaching elementary and middle school students about forces, motion, energy, and Newton's laws is an important part of standards-based science curriculum. At Science Buddies, we know that getting kids hands-on with these concepts can be a powerful way to help them learn… Read more

Tracey Ngo, Computer Scientist at Science Buddies

July 24, 2024 8:00 AM

As a content creator intern at Science Buddies, Tracey Ngo is developing exciting artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning projects and tutorials that help middle and high school students explore cutting-edge STEM. Tracey is currently pursuing a graduate degree in computer science at Tufts University. Learn more about Tracey in the interview below. What is your field of expertise? I specialize in Computer Science, with a focus on machine learning and… Read more

Meet Ben Finio, Ph.D., Robotics Engineer at Science Buddies

July 15, 2024 8:00 AM

If you've tried a robotics, engineering, or Arduino project from Science Buddies, or participated in the Science Buddies Engineering Challenge, chances are good that you've used STEM resources developed by Dr. Ben Finio. Ben is a Senior Staff Scientist at Science Buddies and a robotics engineer with a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University. In addition to creating engaging hands-on STEM projects for students, Ben has also created dozens of popular science… Read more

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