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Wizardly STEM! (Awesome Summer Science Experiments)

June 21, 2021 9:00 AM

Check in each week at Science Buddies this summer for our Awesome Summer Science Experiments series! Each week, we'll highlight a few activities for awesome science and engineering kids can do at home. We've got a whole summer of fun STEM themes lined up for kids of all ages — for free. This week: awesome summer science experiments with a wizardly twist! Awesome Wizardly STEM Our Awesome Summer Science Experiments picks for Week 3 will bring out… Read more

Kitchen Concoctions! (Awesome Summer Science Experiments)

June 14, 2021 10:00 AM

Check in each week at Science Buddies this summer for our Awesome Summer Science Experiments series! Each week, we'll highlight a few activities for awesome science and engineering kids can do at home. We've got a whole summer of fun STEM themes lined up for kids of all ages — for free. This week: awesome summer science experiments in the kitchen! Awesome Kitchen Science Concoctions Head to the kitchen this week for science you can eat! Many of… Read more

Rubber Band STEM (Awesome Summer Science Experiments)

June 7, 2021 8:00 AM

Check in each week at Science Buddies this summer for our Awesome Summer Science Experiments series! Each week, we'll highlight a few activities for awesome science and engineering kids can do at home. We've got a whole summer of fun STEM themes lined up for kids of all ages — for free. This week: awesome summer science experiments with rubber bands! Awesome Rubber Band STEM Rubber bands are fun to stretch and even fun to fling across the room.… Read more

18 Science Lessons to Teach Circuits

May 26, 2021 9:00 AM

Use these free STEM lessons and activities to help students get hands-on building, testing, and exploring the science of circuits. The free STEM lessons and activities below guide students in designing, building, testing, and troubleshooting circuits. In these activities, students will learn about series and parallel circuits; open, closed, and short circuits; the importance of conductive and insulating materials; voltage, current, resistance, and… Read more

18 Lessons to Teach the Science of Sound

April 26, 2021 12:00 PM

Use these free STEM lessons and activities to explore the science of sound. The free STEM lessons and activities below help you teach students about the science of sound, from learning about the relationship between sound waves and vibration to understanding amplitude, frequency, and pitch. In these activities, students can experiment with sound waves by building and testing a variety of simple instruments and noise makers, including rubber band… Read more

11 Lessons to Teach Magnetism

February 15, 2021 8:00 AM

Use these free STEM lessons and activities to explore magnetism, the strength of magnetic fields, and the real-world application of magnets. When teaching about magnetism, hands-on learning opportunities enable students to actively observe and engage with principles of magnetism and magnetic fields. Experimenting with magnets, students quickly grasp the concept of magnetic poles and how magnets attract and repel. In early grades, students can expand… Read more

STEM is for Everyone: Jane Goodall, Zoologist

January 12, 2021 1:00 PM

Dr. Jane Goodall's fieldwork with chimpanzees in Tanzania changed how we think about primates and their relationship to humans. Stories of Diversity, Disability, and Difference in STEM This profile is the 10th in our STEM is for Everyone: Scientists with Disabilities series, sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation. Many of the inspiring scientists and engineers we have featured have disabilities that are visible or more apparent from the… Read more

Virtual STEM Expo

January 4, 2021 8:00 AM

Try one of these 30 hands-on STEM activities for fun science and engineering exploration at home or in the classroom! 30 Fun Science Activities You Can Do at Home You'll find directions for each of the short STEM activities featured in the video above linked below. How to Make Slime Build a Popsicle Stick Catapult Make Marbled Cards Using Science! Build a Balloon Car Make a Lemon Volcano Build A Vortex Cannon! Grow Rock Candy Crystals Popsicle Stick Chain… Read more

STEM is for Everyone: Annie Jump Cannon, Classifier of Stars

November 20, 2020 8:00 AM

Annie Jump Cannon's work evaluating the brightness of stars led to the spectral classification system used by astronomers today. A Fascination with Stars Born in 1863, Annie Jump Cannon was fortunate that her mother encouraged an interest in astronomy. Cannon learned the constellations as a child, and she and her mother observed the stars in the night sky from a lookout in their attic. Cannon's early love of the sky led her to study physics at… Read more

Plan, Run, and Succeed with a Virtual Science Fair – 9 Easy Steps!

November 9, 2020 10:00 AM

Is your school shifting from an in-person science fair to a virtual one? These nine steps provide an easy-to-follow roadmap for success. The annual science fair is a hallmark of student science and engineering for many schools, an event where the hard work students put into their independent science projects is on display for peers, family, teachers, the community, and judges. As a culmination of the individual science project process, the science fair… Read more

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