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A Few Hours Left! View Iron Man Content to Support Science Buddies

April 29, 2013 4:18 PM

Your View Supports Science Buddies Today only! Your view of exclusive Iron Man 3 video footage helps support Science Buddies, thanks to Verizon FiOS' View to Give program. Verizon FiOS will donate $0.01 to Science Buddies for every view of the video footage on Monday, April 29 only. Help support science education and Science Buddies by taking watching the short video footage. Please watch and share! verizon.com/ironman3 Engage Students in Science By Making Iron Man… Read more

Your View Counts! Watch Iron Man 3 to Support Science Literacy

April 29, 2013 10:15 AM

Today only! Your view of exclusive Iron Man 3 video footage helps support Science Buddies. Verizon FiOS will donate $0.01 to Science Buddies for every view of the video footage on Monday, April 29 only. verizon.com/ironman3. Please follow Science Buddies at Facebook to catch our Iron Man posts and updates throughout the day today. Kickstart Student Science with Iron Man "Iron Man: Behind the Science": resource for connections students can explore between the big screen… Read more

Watch Exclusive Iron Man 3 Footage on Monday to Support Science Buddies!

April 27, 2013 12:32 PM

Science Buddies is gearing up to for special Iron Man 3 video footage on Monday from Verizon FiOS. As part of Verizon's View to Give program, Verizon will donate $0.01 to Science Buddies for every view of the video footage on Monday, April 29 only. Your view will help support Science Buddies! Please plan on catching the video Monday and sharing the link on Monday with your friends and family. The video will be available at verizon.com/ironman3. Please follow Science Buddies at Facebook… Read more

Iron Man and Fiber Optics—Technology at the Speed of Light

April 25, 2013 10:26 AM

Verizon FiOS teams up with Science Buddies in support of science literacy. Fiber optics technology offers high-speed data delivery, but what's going on in a fiber optics system? Look to the 'light' for answers with hands-on science projects that let students explore the physics of light to better understand how fiber optics work. 1,000,000,000 Views to Support Science Buddies and Science Literacy On Monday, April 29, Verizon FiOS will be showing exclusive video footage from Iron Man… Read more

Excitement About Iron Man Fuels Student Science Inquiry

April 24, 2013 6:15 AM

With the third Iron Man movie coming to the big screen next week, now is a great time to spark science and engineering excitement among student fans. With Marvel's Iron Man 3 hitting theaters on May 3, excitement among sci-fi fans is mounting. Whether you are a long-time follower of Iron Man or are just getting acquainted with Tony Stark and his series of high-tech, high-flying suits, the momentum of the coming release is palpable. If you are anxiously awaiting the next Iron Man movie… Read more

Celebrating DNA and the History of the Double Helix

April 22, 2013 1:00 PM

April 25 is National DNA Day, a day that commemorates the 60th anniversary of DNA's double helix discovery in 1953 and the completion of the human genome project in 2003. We all boil down, genetically, to chains of DNA—each of us with an individual DNA sequence. Take time this week to talk with your students and kids about DNA, its history, the scientists who helped crack the code, and ways that students at all levels can get hands-on with DNA-related science. DNA's familiar… Read more

Girls Explore Engineering with Marble Run Challenge

April 19, 2013 11:46 AM

Getting girls inspired about engineering can be as simple as giving them the tools and a fun hands-on challenge to solve. Thanks to community support from Northrop Grumman, a group of Maryland middle school girls tested their marble run mettle —and had a great time doing it! Whether using foam tubing or an assortment of found and recycled materials (as in the photo above), creating a marble run or marble roller coaster is great hands-on engineering for students of all ages! Throw in… Read more

Flip-book Animation Science: Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight

April 18, 2013 11:17 AM

Put drawings in motion with a flip book animation science project! Science Buddies Hands-On Projects: Science and Engineering for school and for home In this week's spotlight: a pair of projects that explore the way the brain interprets a series of images. Both traditional cartoon animation and stop motion animation (like claymation) rely on the brain viewing a sequence of images as "in motion." By creating easy and fun flip-book animations, you and… Read more

Turning Biomass into Biofuel: These Cows Are Making Massive Amounts of Potential Alternative Energy

April 16, 2013 6:29 AM

Living on a farm can be smelly business. But stinky piles of biowaste can hold the key to an alternative energy solution that can have a major impact on a farm's available energy and power. Get inspired by one dairy's success and find out how you can explore the potential of turning waste, trash, and other unexpected bio sources into alternative energy. Image: The hands-on "From Trash to Gas: Biomass Energy" science Project Idea lets students experiment with the production of biogas and… Read more

Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight: Circus Science

April 11, 2013 8:00 AM

In this week's spotlight: a pair of projects that put your understanding of balance to the test! What makes some things topple and other things stable? Use marshmallows and wooden sticks to explore how the distribution of an object's mass determines how the object will balance. You can investigate using these science project and activity procedures: Circus-Trick Science: How to Balance Anything (full Science Buddies Project Idea) Circus Science: How to Balance Anything… Read more

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