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Gumdrop Geometry: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #15)

April 20, 2020 1:00 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 geodesic domes and other gumdrop geometry structures. Geometric structures of varying sizes made from toothpicks and gumdrop candies Math and Science Go Hand-in-Hand From the beginning of our learn-from-home STEM adventure… Read more

Playing with Balance: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #14)

April 17, 2020 10:20 AM

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 and balancing a creative mobile. A Balancing Act I have a half-dozen one-liners running through my head about how there is no "balance" for parents in today's pandemic world. I'll spare you though — you can probably… Read more

Just Because She Wanted To: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #13)

April 15, 2020 10:00 AM

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 and playing with air cannons. Letting My Child Lead the Way Have I mentioned that I'm a bit of an obsessive planner? That hasn't been working out so well for me lately. We've had to throw away the plan a number of times. So,… Read more

Your Plan, Your Planet for Earth Day

April 14, 2020 9:25 AM

Small changes add up! While we are all spending more time at home, Google's Your Plan, Your Planet tool is a fantastic way to engage with students about sustainability. Using the interactive tool, kids will pick up tips and information they can put to use, right now, to start making a difference in their household's ecological footprint. Can one person help save the world? In the best of times, it is a big question. Students may think that saving… Read more

Answering Kids' COVID-19 Questions: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #12)

April 13, 2020 1:00 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... answering COVID-19 questions by building models of viruses and understanding how soap can help kill coronavirus. Activities to Address Kids' Questions About COVID-19 Do your children have questions about this coronavirus or the… Read more

Hello, Noise: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #11)

April 10, 2020 11:00 AM

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... constructing a rubber band guitar. Quarantine with Kids is Not Quiet How's it going at your house? Are you managing to find moments of quiet? I've given up. In my house, quarantine is noisy. There are arguments, video game music,… Read more

Egg Rockets - Silliness and Celebrations: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #10)

April 8, 2020 2:00 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... launching rockets made out of plastic Easter eggs. Embracing Silliness, Themes, and Celebrations I find myself forgetting what day it is more and more. I'm used to keeping track of the day by the hustle of our family-life schedule. … Read more

Not a Normal Week: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #9)

April 6, 2020 11:00 AM

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 grasping robot hand out of household materials. Nothing Normal Around Here If this was a normal week, I'd be telling you all about how this is National Robotics Week (#RoboWeek), how awesome building robots is for kids of… Read more

Throwing Away the Plan: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #8)

April 3, 2020 11:00 AM

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... writing secret messages with invisible ink. Oops... New Plan Needed! How many plans have you made since your school closed? Are you on your first or fourth family schedule? Have you tossed all schedules out the window? We've made a… Read more

Wacky Tricks: Doing Fun Science at Home during School Closures (Activity #7)

April 1, 2020 10:00 AM

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... molding hard-boiled eggs into wacky shapes. Weird Tricks are Often Cool Science It's April Fools' Day, a day well known for its pranks, hoaxes, and tricks. My mom instincts are screaming "no!" this year. I'm pretty sure that now,… Read more

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