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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

Smarter Lawn Watering with Arduino for Water Conservation

May 9, 2025 6:00 AM

Middle-school students design and build an Arduino-based smart sprinkler system to address water waste. Middle School Students Team Up for an Electronics & Coding Project As 7th-grade students at the Franklin School in Corvallis, Oregon, Ayush and Virya are both interested in STEM. The school doesn't currently hold a science fair, so these middle school students independently worked on an ambitious electronics project this year aimed at improving… Read more

Inspiring AAPI Scientists and Engineers - Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May 2, 2025 6:00 AM

May is Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Learn more about inspiring AANHPI scientists and engineers! May is Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month. As part of our ongoing work to introduce students to a wide range of scientists and engineers and to continue to represent diversity in STEM, our list of AANHPI individuals joins our other lists dedicated to Black History Month, Women's… Read more

Teach Genetics and Heredity with Free STEM Lessons & Activities (DNA Day)

April 21, 2025 8:00 AM

Use these free STEM lessons and science activities to explore DNA, heredity, and genetics with K-12 students. How are we like our parents? What makes apples and onions different? Why are some siblings similar in appearance or behavior and others different? How do our genes determine our features and physical characteristics? Can our genes also predict our health or the probability that we will get a disease? DNA holds the key to answering these… Read more

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