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Pocket-Sized Physical Computing Projects with micro:bit

August 1, 2025 8:00 AM

With support for block-based programming and an array of on-board input/output features, pocket-sized micro:bit makes it easy for students to jump in with physical computing projects that enable them to design and code real-world solutions. Making Coding Accessible At Science Buddies, we have a wide range of resources to support students interested in exploring coding, electronics, and circuit building with hands-on science and engineering projects.… Read more

SCOBY Science - Fermentation and Kombucha for the Science Fair

July 29, 2025 6:00 AM

Interested in consumer and food science, this middle school student turned a fizzy kombucha project into an exploration of how biofilms make fermentation possible. Extra Credit for the Middle School Science Fair At Lancaster Country Day School in Lancaster, PA, students in the 7th and 8th grade are required to participate in the school's annual science fair. Students can earn extra credit if they also participate in one of the local area fairs,… Read more

Four Ways to Teach the Scientific Method

July 16, 2025 8:00 AM

Teaching students about the scientific method helps prepare them to do science experiments and to design and execute their own science fair projects to explore science questions. These four free plug-and-play resources help you approach the scientific method with tools and learning aids that suit the needs of your classroom. Teaching Steps of the Scientific Method Whether preparing students to do classroom science experiments and science fair projects… Read more

Elementary School Student Builds Levitating Water Fountain

July 15, 2025 6:00 AM

Science Buddies helped this fifth grade student find the perfect match for his curiosity, and it changed how he sees science. A Physics Project for the School Science Fair School science fairs give students a chance to delve deeply into a project of interest and then share the project with others, explaining the procedure they followed, what they expected to happen, how things went, what they learned, and what they might do next if they continued… Read more

13 Boat and Submarine Science Projects and Experiments

June 24, 2025 8:00 AM

Investigate the physics of boat design, floating, sinking, and more with boat and boat design science and engineering projects, including DIY sailboats, submarines, and underwater ROVs. Boat and Submarine Science Experiments For students fascinated with boats, submarines, and other water vehicles, science projects can make great hands-on explorations. These projects can be fun in summer months or for a school science project or the science fair.… Read more

Sew Red, White, and Blue with Wearables and Soft Circuits

June 20, 2025 11:00 AM

When you combine circuit building, conductive thread, LEDs, and fabric, you can, literally, wear your electronics on your sleeve! Above: Made with conductive thread, this little monster is a fun and kid-friendly electronic textile patch that lights up red, white, and blue! There may be plenty of loud, booming, and colorful nighttime celebrations for local 4th of July celebrations. Even before the sun goes down, the sounds of fireworks begin,… Read more

DIY Popsicle Stick Drone STEM

June 13, 2025 6:00 AM

Series of STEM activities guides students in building and experimenting with a popsicle stick drone. From a beginner build to adding advanced Arduino controls, follow along to build and test your own mini drone! Drones can be fun (and challenging!) to fly. A drone's hovering flight may look effortless, but whether you've experimented with a drone indoors or outside, you know that a lot goes into expertly navigating a drone to keep it in the air and… Read more

Student Volunteer Puts Passion for Coding to Use Testing AI Projects

June 11, 2025 6:00 AM

High school student furthers interest in coding by helping test machine learning projects at Science Buddies. Volunteering to Support STEM Education Carissa is finishing her sophomore year at Valley View Charter Prep and will transfer to Acalanes High School in Lafayette, CA, in the fall. She volunteered this year as a student mentor in the Ask an Expert forums at Science Buddies as part of a team of volunteers who answer student questions about their… Read more

Heading Back to Earth—An Astronaut's Perspective

May 27, 2025 8:00 AM

Science Buddies' founder, Kenneth Hess, was an astronaut on Blue Origin's NS-25 suborbital spaceflight. Follow along as he recounts the minutes of descent and rapid changes in g-force before touching back down on Earth—and explore science projects students can do to experiment with the physics of spacecraft design and landing. Above: Blue Origin NS-25 booster coming in for a vertical landing at Launch Site One spaceport in the West Texas desert, May 19,… Read more

High School Junior Finds Support and Inspiration at Science Buddies

May 22, 2025 6:00 AM

Online resources and engineering challenge help student build robotics skills and further interest in space science and aerospace engineering. Student Fuels Passion for STEM with Science Buddies Jayden, a junior at International Leadership of Texas, Garland High School, in Garland, TX, participates in science fairs and Science Olympiad, is currently experimenting with a way to make anode materials (used in Lithium-Ion batteries) from kiwi peels,… Read more

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