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Floating Eggs: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight

April 10, 2014 9:35 AM

In this week's spotlight: an ocean sciences family experiment and science fair project. Some things float in water and some do not. Knowing the density of the object and the density of the water helps explain what is going on, and you can observe and talk about the buoyancy of an object. But adding salt can change what happens. Why? In this hands-on science experiment, you set up a series of dilutions to see at what point an egg goes from sinking to floating in salt water. How Salty… Read more

Life Sciences and Big Data: What's the Big Deal?

April 9, 2014 8:00 AM

There was no singular moment of Big Data Bang, but we are living in and heading towards a time of seemingly endless and exponential data explosion—and the race to create solutions and strategies to help tame, store, organize, and make sense of big data is on. But even before there was a moniker, there were large data sets being created and used in fields like the life sciences. Today, those data sets continue to grow and evolve. Working with publicly-available big data sets offers… Read more

Join Science Buddies at USASEF for Toothbrush Robot Racing and Catapult Launching!

April 7, 2014 6:00 AM

Take a sneak peak at an exciting pair of hands-on science and engineering activities that Science Buddies has planned for USASEF visitors and get inspired to make your own robots this week in celebration of National Robotics Week—or experiment with your own catapult project! From National Robotics Week to This Month's USASEF Expo (2014)! This week is National Robotics Week, a week dedicated to showcasing robotics engineering and… Read more

Soft Robots: Alternative Robot Design

April 4, 2014 11:00 AM

Robotics engineers are experimenting with soft robots and robots modeled after biological organisms. With a squishy project at Science Buddies, students can get in on the action and test their own soft, air-powered, robot. A recent story in MIT News shows off a cool robotic fish and highlights the softer side of robotics. This new wave of robotics research explores the benefits and possibilities of robots that sport softer, less angular exteriors, designs often inspired by biological systems… Read more

Yeasty Science: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight

April 3, 2014 10:00 AM

In this week's spotlight: a microbiology-themed family science experiment and science fair project. What conditions cause yeasts to be most active during fermentation? You and your students can find out by growing yeasts in different conditions and then using balloons to trap the gas released by the yeasts during fermentation so that you can measure it. Yeasty Beasties (full Science Buddies Project Idea) Single-Celled Science: Yeasty Beasties (science activity at Scientific… Read more

Musical Straws: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight

March 27, 2014 10:00 AM

In this week's spotlight: a music-themed family science experiment and science fair project. With a set of ordinary drinking straws, you can create a group straw "oboes." Can you play them? Sure! By blowing air through them, similar to the way you play a reed instrument, you can produce musical notes. At the end of the activity, you should have a set of straws, each of which will play a different note on a musical scale. What is the secret to changing the note each one plays? In this music… Read more

Crystal Radio: A Science Kit for Student Electronics

March 26, 2014 9:00 AM

Improvements in the Science Buddies Crystal Radio Kit make building a crystal radio a science project students may enjoy for the school science fair or just as an independent electronics experiment—no batteries required! Our scientists have worked to improve the kit and procedure for the best student science experience. Above: photos taken during a student crystal radio project experiment using the Build a Crystal Radio kit from Science Buddies. … Read more

Fun Science at Home: Give Spring Break a Science Boost

March 25, 2014 8:00 AM

Science Buddies has great ideas to keep your students engaged during spring break with cool science experiments they can do at home. Tweak our full science fair Project Ideas to challenge your kids to scientific spring break fun! Ready or not... Spring Break is here again! Whether you are able to take time to be hands-on with your kids during the days off of school or need ideas for keeping them busy and engaged, Science Buddies has great science kits and fun project ideas and science… Read more

Exploring Acid Dyeing with Eggs and Ties: A Student Science Success Story

March 24, 2014 8:00 AM

This student's school science fair project yielded a few dozen eggs sporting the prints of various recycled ties salvaged from closets and secondhand stores. These eggs are not ones to eat, but for this young scientist, egg dyeing brought the pH scale to life and has given him new chemistry questions to explore as well as a solid introduction to the scientific method! Above: Jeffery, wearing an awesome and very appropriate "egg" tie at the science fair. "Isn't my egg tie cool? I found it at… Read more

Home Sweet Bug Microenvironments: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight

March 20, 2014 9:00 AM

In this week's spotlight: a zoology family science experiment and science fair project that encourages families and students to observe pillbugs or sowbugs up close by creating cozy but different microenvironments and seeing which the bugs prefer. Although they are frequently found in the soil, pillbugs and sowbugs are not insects; instead, these bugs are crustaceans and breathe with gills.Will this have an affect on which microenvironment they choose? Put it to the test in this easy… Read more

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