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November 5, 2013 11:22 AM

November is a great time to experiment with a kitchen science project. A cheesecake smackdown explores how subtle variations in cooking methods can create very different results! By Kim Mullin Make Cheesecake a Scienctific Part of Your Next Family Gathering! Volunteer to make dessert for your next family event, and you can combine making a tasty contribution for after dinner with a kitchen science exploration! (Image: Wikipedia)When is a cake not a cake? When it is a cheesecake! … Read more

Spilling Candy: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight

October 31, 2013 9:00 AM

In this week's spotlight: a pair of physics science projects that invite students and families to explore the granularity of materials. Can you pour candy in a way that is similar to pouring water? What determines whether or not a material can "flow" in this way? Which variables affect how smoothly the material flows? With your Halloween candy bag at hand, you can put it to the test with your own "candy waterfall" in these hands-on science project and family science… Read more

Slime, Catapults, and Halloween Science

October 30, 2013 10:30 AM

Inspire hands-on learning by getting creative. You can easily turn chemistry and physics science experiments into Halloween-inspired activities that your students will enjoy! Halloween is tomorrow. Hopefully you've found, stitched, glued, or otherwise assembled all necessary gear for the big night of knocking door to door for fun treats. To keep you in the mood, we've got two more hands-on science suggestions, both of which are fun ways to tie science into the festivities, even after the… Read more

Time for Spooky Halloween Science

October 28, 2013 9:00 AM

As trick-or-treat night approaches, we have plenty of suggestions for hands-on science you can fit in with Halloween festivities and discussions! Meet your kids where they are—in the Halloween mindset! Science Buddies has great ideas for giving Halloween a boost of hands-on science.Every year we highlight projects at Science Buddies that, when carved or backlit this way or that, can easily be adapted for Halloween and trick-or-treat fun with students in the classroom or at home. If… Read more

Electronics and Play Dough: Fun, Tactile Family Science

October 25, 2013 10:00 AM

With a new group of electronics Project Ideas and a cool kit from the Science Buddies Store, you can turn ordinary play dough modeling into a great hands-on electronics activity with your kids. Since the trio of electric play dough projects launched at Science Buddies, I have wanted to give these hands-on science projects a try as a weekend science activity with my kids. The idea of rigging up an electronics-friendly batch of dough to some LEDs has… Read more

Afterimages Eye Science: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight

October 24, 2013 10:10 AM

In this week's spotlight: a trio of human biology and health science projects that invite teachers, families, and students to explore the way the human eye works. What happens when you stare at something for a period of time and then look away? You might continue to see the image, what is called an afterimage. We have versions of this exploration for an independent student project, a family activity, or a classroom activity! Afterimages: The Colorful Tricks Eyes Play… Read more

Science Projects that Double as Halloween Costumes

October 21, 2013 10:17 AM

If you are still thinking about what to wear this Halloween, you might find you can combine a science project and your costume needs to good, possibly ghoulish, effect! My favorite Halloween idea this year is low-tech. I saw a "stick man" figure homemade costume, and I can't get it out of my head for its sheer simplicity—black electrical tape on a white shirt and pants. It is an unusual and fun twist on the classic DIY white tape skeleton costume and perfect for someone who loves to… Read more

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

October 17, 2013 8:00 AM

How does the rate of decomposition compare for different items and materials? Set up an indoor composter to find out! In this week's spotlight: a pair of environmental science projects that help guide families in an investigation of different biodegradable and compostable items. Do all environmentally-friendly items decompose at the same rate or as completely? With a homemade indoor composter, you and your students can run your own experiment and see… Read more

A Trick of the Eye for Halloween

October 14, 2013 9:30 AM

Exhaust your eye cones in just the right way, and you can enjoy the spookiness of seeing something that isn't really there! The screenshots above are from a project a student created using Scratch to demonstrate afterimages.Seeing something that isn't there can be spooky, right? That's what I thought one morning this month when I got out of the car after dropping my kids at school and saw a giant "phantom" in the basement window of the house next store to mine. After doing a… Read more

Falling Objects: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight

October 10, 2013 9:40 AM

In this week's spotlight: a pair of physics science projects that encourage families and students to put a classic question to a hands-on test. Does a heavier object fall faster than a lighter one if both are about the same size? What role do gravity and inertia have in explaining what happens when two objects of differing weights are dropped at the same time from the same height? Put it to the test! What Goes Up, Must Come Down: Conduct Galileo's Famous Falling Objects Experiment… Read more

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