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10 Reasons to Do the Rubber Band Car Challenge

January 30, 2024 8:08 AM

Thinking about the 2024 Rubber Band Car Challenge? Here are 10 reasons this is a great STEM challenge for your students. The annual Science Buddies Engineering Challenge makes it fun for students to try engineering. Each year, the Science Buddies Engineering Challenge presents an innovative and engaging engineering task and asks students in grades K-12 around the world to use the engineering design process to brainstorm, design, build, and test a… Read more

Tenth Annual Science Buddies Engineering Challenge Revealed

January 11, 2024 8:00 AM

K-12 students worldwide are invited to explore engineering with the 2024 Science Buddies Engineering Challenge—The Rubber Band Car Challenge The Science Buddies Engineering Challenge Every year, from February to March, teams of students around the world work to solve a fun engineering challenge that lets them "try" engineering and builds confidence in using the engineering design process. 2024 Rubber Band Car Challenge The 2024… Read more

49 New Science Projects in 2023!

December 27, 2023 12:00 AM

A summary look at the exciting range of hands-on science and engineering projects and STEM lessons added to our STEM project library in 2023! Our team of staff scientists and engineers worked hard all year long to create engaging new materials to support hands-on K-12 STEM exploration. The projects below highlight additions to our library of student science and engineering projects in 2023 in the following areas: Aeronautics Agricultural… Read more

Diabetes Science Projects - Fostering Diabetes Awareness

November 8, 2023 8:00 AM

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Science Buddies has a robust collection of K-12 science projects that encourage students to explore questions about diabetes and the science behind it. November is Diabetes Awareness Month, a month dedicated to raising awareness about diabetes, a condition in which the body either no longer produces insulin or does not… Read more

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Science Projects

October 11, 2023 8:00 AM

Mapping of projects at Science Buddies that connect with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals helps students discover projects and experiments with real-world impact. Connecting Student Science Projects with UN Sustainable Development Goals The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 global objectives surrounding social, economic, and environmental challenges. With goals ranging from ending hunger to ensuring… Read more

Chemistry and Health Science Projects for National Chemistry Week

October 10, 2023 8:00 AM

Chemistry projects and resources for National Chemistry Week 2023! National Chemistry Week is October 15-21, 2023! The theme of this year's chemistry awareness week, hosted by the American Chemical Society (ACS), is "The Healing Power of Chemistry." Chemistry, Health, and Medicine Exploring the role of chemistry in keeping people (and animals) well and in developing medicines and vaccines to treat illnesses and health conditions can lead to… Read more

Aerodynamics Science Projects: Planes, Rockets, Kites, Drones & More

October 2, 2023 8:00 AM

Explore aerodynamics with science projects related to planes, helicopters, drones, rockets, and more! Aerodynamics Sciences Projects and Experiments Students interested in the science of flight or the design of things like planes, rockets, and helicopters, can experiment with science projects like the ones highlighted below. These experiments cover important principles of aerodynamics, aeronautics, and physics, including the four forces that act… Read more

Helping Students Build Coding Skills with Drones and Self-Driving Cars

September 20, 2023 8:00 AM

Through a mini grant program, more than three hundred students at Title 1 schools were provided with classroom kits to explore physical computing and how to build smart devices. Providing students with opportunities to explore coding gives them critical keys for actively engaging in problem solving today and in the future. Learning to code doesn't only mean writing programs to run on a computer. Physical computing combines circuit building and… Read more

Space Science & Mars STEM Lessons and Activities

September 15, 2023 8:00 AM

Use these free STEM lesson plans, projects, and hands-on STEM activities to explore space science and the solar system with students. These science projects, STEM activities and NGSS-aligned lesson plans help educators create hands-on learning opportunities to teach about space science, the solar system, and Mars, in the context of the Perseverance rover. At the bottom of this resource, you will find a list of independent space science projects… Read more

26 Science Projects and Experiments To Teach About Types of Energy

September 8, 2023 8:00 AM

Use these free STEM lessons and activities to help students get hands-on building, testing, and exploring the science of energy and the different types of potential and kinetic energy. From the classic snake-in-a-can prank to stretching and shooting rubber bands across the room, bouncing a basketball, or rolling a marble down a ramp, kids know energy in motion when they see it. The world is full of energy, and energy is constantly being used,… Read more

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