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Make Environmental Sustainability Actionable for Students with These Lessons

April 16, 2019 8:00 AM

Small changes add up! Two free Lesson Plans at Science Buddies support elementary and middle school teachers using the interactive Your Plan, Your Planet tool to build student awareness and engagement with environmental issues and sustainability. Can you help save the world? It's a big question. Students may think that saving the world is something others should do, not something regular people living in regular houses in regular communities can do.… Read more

New Series of Science Buddies Books

March 18, 2019 6:00 AM

In partnership with Lerner Publishing Group, some of our most popular hands-on STEM activities are now available in book form! Hands-On STEM Discovery with Science Buddies! For almost twenty years, Science Buddies has been developing one of the most robust libraries of hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) projects and activities available online. Trusted by teachers and parents around the world and used by millions of students… Read more

STEM is for Everyone: Nicholas Saunderson, Blind Mathematician

February 13, 2019 6:00 AM

Does math require the ability to see numbers? No! Studying math when blind requires thinking about numbers in new ways. This eighteenth century mathematician developed his own tools to help him work with numbers. Nicholas Saunderson (1682-1739) was a mathematician who became known for his lectures on mathematics and geometry. Even though smallpox left him blind at age one, Saunderson's interest in math was supported and encouraged throughout his school… Read more

STEM is for Everyone: Scientists with Disabilities

February 13, 2019 6:00 AM

With a new series of profiles of scientists with disabilities, we hope to help students, teachers, and parents broaden their understanding of who can be a scientist. STEM is for Everyone! Supporting inclusivity in science education. www.sciencebuddies.org What do you want to be when you grow up? Children are asked this from the earliest of ages, and responses often yield a humorous and sometimes whimsical mix of real-world and storybook career goals. … Read more

10 Fun Wintry Science Activities

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

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