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Wi-Fi Science: Boost Your Wireless Network

June 13, 2016 7:30 AM

If you have ever grumbled about poor Wi-Fi at your house, this pair of hands-on science projects is the perfect duo for summer tinkering. Learning more about Wi-Fi and experimenting with a DIY solution might make a big difference in your Wi-Fi signal strength! This is hands-on science that could reward industrious young engineers with a healthy dose of improved network speed. What does a parabola have to do with your Wi-Fi? Grab a protractor, your math skills, and some aluminum foil to find… Read more

10+ Backyard Bird Science Projects

June 10, 2016 7:30 AM

From bird seed to bird feet, there are exciting science projects you can do with students of all ages to encourage interest in birds. Keeping a few key tips in mind, your summer bird watching may also help build your student's science skills and reinforce important observation and recordkeeping skills. Add a creative angle to summer bird watching with a display board project to share at school or hang up as a reminder of a summer of birds! Ten Plus Science and… Read more

Clean Water and Aquifer Science

June 9, 2016 10:00 AM

Is rainwater that seeps into the ground and passes through layers of soil clean or dirty? In this week's family science spotlight, kids explore how the passage of water through underground layers can result in storages of groundwater that are surprisingly clean! Above: students can explore aquifers and filtration with simulated "dirty water" and model collection bins. Natural Water Filtering In this week's family-friendly science activity, students experiment to see how the process of… Read more

Magnetic Train Science

June 8, 2016 8:30 AM

DIY maglev train science project puts kids on track for creative summer science learning. Above: part of the fun with the maglev train science project is decorating the train. Kids can paint the wooden train however they like. Stickers, googly eyes, permanent markers—a magic train deserves special attention from the creative kid department! Engineers of all ages love a great wooden train! With the Build a Floating Maglev Train project, young… Read more

Look Up: Bird and Astronomy Summer Reading

June 6, 2016 5:40 AM

Each book in this pair of science-themed books encourages kids to "look up," but each has an eye on something quite different. Make these books a part of your child's summer reading to inspire young birders and young astronomers! Encouraging kids to keep learning and reading all summer long is always important. Parents trying to stave off academic backsliding are increasingly creative about lining up summer science and engineering camps and… Read more

Your Guide to Science Activities for Summer Break

June 3, 2016 12:00 PM

Pencil in some summer science fun with science, technology, engineering, and math activities that your kids can do at home over the break. No reports, no grades, just exciting hands-on, DIY learning, innovation, and discovery! We have suggestions to help you make sure summer break has plenty of opportunity for awesome, empowering, skill-building exploration with projects they will be excited about doing "just for fun." Awesome Science for Summer Break: Hands-on… Read more

Spot the Dot Eye Science

June 2, 2016 10:00 AM

Can you make things seem to disappear by taking advantage of how your brain and eyes work together? Put it to the test in this week's family science activity! In the image above, can you see all three colored dots? Is one harder to see than the others? What will happen if you lift the wax paper off of the background paper, keeping it between your eyes and the dots and gradually increasing the distance between the dots and the wax paper? In this week's family-friendly science activity,… Read more

New Online Summer Science Camp!

June 1, 2016 8:00 AM

Keep kids engaged with science, technology, engineering, and math with the Science Buddies Summer STEM Camp! Add this flexible, convenient, online camp to your summer mix for creative robotics, electronics, and Raspberry Pi fun all summer long! Get Creative with Summer Science Camp!Participants in the Science Buddies Summer STEM Camp will work on projects from either the BlueBot: 4-in-1 Robotics Kit or the Raspberry Pi Projects Kit—or both! The BlueBot Kit can be used to build four… Read more

PPG Volunteers Help Science Buddies Improve Student Chromatography Project

May 31, 2016 1:00 PM

A team of PPG volunteers got hands-on with a Science Buddies student science project. The team applied their expertise with real-world chromatography to a student chromatography project that uses a homemade, low-tech setup at home. Above: PPG employees put the Column Chromatography: Can you Separate the Dyes in Grape Soda Using Space Sand™? student science project to a hands-on test to help find ways to improve… Read more

Density Column Science

May 26, 2016 12:15 PM

Compare the density of different liquids by making a colorful density column at home! Why do some liquids sit on top of each other, and others do not? Find out with a hands-on science project that lets kids see how different liquids "stack up." Not all liquids have the same density. But what does this mean? Scientists define density as mass divided by volume. In the same amount of space (or volume), some substances have more mass than others. A liquid… Read more

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