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Teach Chemistry - Lessons, Projects, and Activities for K-12 Educators

October 9, 2024 6:00 AM

Discover Chemistry Lessons for Your K-12 Classroom What are you teaching this week? Next week? Next month? When do you teach chemistry? What topics do you cover to meet your curriculum needs? Mixtures and solutions? Chemical reactions? Enzymes? Substrates? Replacement? Catalysts? Polymerization? Green chemistry? We know educators spend a lot of time searching for quality lessons to fit their curriculum needs each year. You want quality materials that align with your… Read more

Teach Earth & Space Science - STEM Resources for Educators

October 7, 2024 6:00 AM

Discover Earth & Space Science Lessons for Your K-12 Classroom What are you teaching this week? Next week? Next month? When do you teach Earth & Space Science? What topics do you cover to meet your curriculum needs? The water cycle? The solar system? Weather and climate? Landforms and ocean sciences? We know educators spend a lot of time searching for quality lessons to fit their curriculum needs each year. You want quality materials that align with your class… Read more

After-school STEM Club Fuels Exploration

September 11, 2024 8:00 AM

This elementary school teacher's after-school STEM club creates a space where students can explore coding, engineering, science experiments, and more...because they want to. Staying After School for STEM Every other Thursday, after the final bell rings, Tammy Sila opens the door for twenty or more students who stay after school for STEM club. For these students, mostly grades 4-6, STEM club is an exciting chance to get hands-on with science beyond… Read more

A Firsthand Account of Suborbital Spaceflight - An Astronaut's Perspective

September 5, 2024 8:00 AM

Science Buddies' founder recounts Blue Origin NS-25 suborbital space flight and the wonder of seeing Earth—and the Sun—from space. Photo: Launch of Blue Origin NS-25, May 19, 2024. © Kenneth Hess and Blue Origin Our crew of six was quiet, each of us lost in our thoughts as we sat atop the rocket waiting for our flight to space. There's something sobering about sitting on top of something equivalent to 20 tons of TNT… Read more

Competitions for Student STEM Projects (2024-2025)

August 28, 2024 8:00 AM

Are your students choosing science and engineering projects for the science fair? They may be able to enter their projects in other national competitions, too! Above: Student with science project display board at the 2023 Central New York Science & Engineering Fair (CNYSEF). Enter Science Projects in National Competitions Are your students choosing science and engineering projects for the school fair or a classroom assignment? In addition to… Read more

Advanced Materials and "Lab to Table" Sustainability Science Projects

August 27, 2024 8:00 AM

Explore the lab-to-table movement, cellular agriculture, microfluidics, and scientific advanced materials with new, cutting-edge student projects that address questions related to sustainability. From Biofilms to Biodegradables Five new projects in areas of chemistry, microbiology, biotechnology, food science, and plant biology have been added to the project library to enable middle and high school students to do exciting, cutting-edge experiments… Read more

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

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