Science Buddies Blog (Page 33)

February 7, 2019 6:00 AM

Don't let winter weather put the freeze on your science class! Try one of these wintry science projects or activities with your students for exciting snow, ice, and cold weather-themed science. Ten Winter Science Activities! Note: For an updated collection of winter-themed science and engineering activities and lessons, see Winter Science Projects, Lessons, and STEM Activities. Foaming Fake Snow: mix up fake snow and make snow people or other small… Read more

3 Lesson Plans for Super Bowl Week

January 29, 2019 6:00 AM

Score points with your science classes with free lesson plans for 3 catapult science projects for the classroom. Three Catapult Science Lesson Plans for Super Bowl Week: Hands-on Science Lessons. www.sciencebuddies.org Is Super Bowl Sunday generating excitement among your students? Talking about (or making) catapults and exploring questions related to physics, engineering, and math is a great way to tie the big game and the science of football to science… Read more

Student Science Project Success Story: Planaria Regeneration

January 25, 2019 6:00 AM

This middle school student turned an experiment pitting worms that regenerate against magnetic fields into a winning science fair project. When a teacher suggested he use Science Buddies to locate a project for his first science fair, Tobias, then a 7th-grade student in New Mexico, filled out the Topic Selection Wizard survey and browsed results. When he saw the Do Magnets Affect Regeneration in Planaria? project about the effects of magnetic fields on… Read more

Make a Glitter Surprise Package with a Simple Circuit

December 21, 2018 11:00 AM

Student Engineering: Make Your Own Glitter Surprise Package! www.sciencebuddies.org Turn a Video Phenomenon into a Student Science Project You probably have seen or heard about Mark Rober's Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap video in the last few days. After spotting a package being swiped from his porch, the former NASA engineer rigged a fake package to let loose a bunch of glitter when opened. His high-tech gag package also included multiple phones for GPS-tracking and… Read more

Nine creative science projects to make and give!

December 14, 2018 6:00 AM

Nine creative science projects to make and to give! Note: See Holiday STEM Projects to Make and Give for our updated Make and Give collection! Pairing science learning with creative projects that students can keep at the end of the activity is a win-win for students. Whether they make something to use or to display, finishing a science activity and taking home the results is always fun. At this time of year, there are many science activities that can also do double… Read more

Science Project Success Story: Making paper speakers after school

November 29, 2018 6:00 AM

For this dedicated after-school educator, science activities from Science Buddies are a great fit for fun and engaging science exploration that doesn't feel like school. Over the last few months, she's done a number of activities from Science Buddies, including a creative science project with circuits and magnets that lets students make their own working speakers or headphones! Paper speakers science project combines magnets and circuits - and works! Above: Using… Read more

Making Connections with Science Reading Assignments

November 14, 2018 6:00 AM

Are your students doing science research related to their science projects? Do you talk with students about world events and science news? The news feed at Science Buddies makes it easy to locate science news articles, and Google Classroom teachers can make reading assignments directly from the Science Buddies site. Two cropped screenshots show a search filter being used to find a news article on the website ScienceBuddies.org. The screenshot on the left shows a… Read more

Paper Rockets at the Library

November 9, 2018 6:00 AM

Science Buddies' Lesson Plans help educators lead STEM activities in and out of the classroom. This librarian used the Paper Rockets Lesson Plan as part of an ongoing STEM series at the public library! Lesson plans support STEM education everywhere! At Science Buddies, we want educators to feel confident leading STEM activities with students in any setting, even at the local library! Many educators using Science Buddies' free, NGSS-aligned Lesson Plans… Read more

Engineering a Solution to an Everyday Problem

November 2, 2018 6:00 AM

For Science Buddies' scientists, everyday challenges provide inspiration for student STEM projects. Engineers create solutions for everyday problems! Scientists and engineers don't always leave their work at the office at the end of the day. Many scientists think like scientists all the time. It is how they approach the world both at home and at work. They ask questions. They form hypotheses. They set up experiments. They analyze data. (See the… Read more

Exploring Pitch with a Sensor App

October 23, 2018 9:00 AM

The next in our "how-to" series for using Google's Science Journal app for science class focuses on the pitch sensor. Experiment with the pitch sensor in the Science Journal app. www.sciencebuddies.org Note: The Google Science Journal app is no longer available. Projects and Lesson Plans at Science Buddies that used the app have been revised to use other sensor apps for mobile devices that have similar functionality. The information below may still… Read more

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