Science Buddies Blog (Page 34)

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

Three new Science Kits for K-12 STEM

October 16, 2018 10:00 AM

Science kits from Science Buddies make getting the right specialty items easy. New kits are now available for popular bath bomb, magnetism, and chemical reaction projects. What will your students explore? Three new science kits from Science Buddies! When it comes to student science projects, Science Buddies has more than 1,100 engaging scientist- and engineer-authored ideas for students, and our Topic Selection Wizard helps students discover projects… Read more

Lesson Plans for Sound Science

October 11, 2018 12:00 AM

Science Buddies' free Lesson Plans can help you teach students about sound with fun, hands-on activities. Explore sound science with rubber band guitars and other hands-on STEM activities! www.sciencebuddies.org Note: For additional lessons and activities to teach about the science of sound, see 18 Lessons to Teach the Science of Sound, part of our Teaching Science Units collection. Teaching about sound can be a real challenge. You can't (usually)… Read more

Help Students Explore STEM Careers

October 2, 2018 6:00 AM

Science Buddies' STEM career profiles encourage students to learn more about a diverse range of career paths and to see how careers relate to science projects and topics they enjoy. There are hundreds of STEM career paths, and job market forecasts continue to indicate high demand for employees in science fields. Without opportunities to learn more about the wide range of careers and without encouragement to explore careers that may match their… Read more

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