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March Madness Basketball Science Projects

March 18, 2025 8:00 AM

As college basketball prepares for the March Madness spring championship, students can investigate basketball science and the math and physics behind hoops success. March Madness Sports Science Great hands-on sports science projects help students explore science, physics, and math principles at work in the sports they love to play and watch. When it comes to basketball and March Madness, students can bounce through physics experiments related to… Read more

Preparing to Go to Space! - An Astronaut's Perspective

February 11, 2025 6:00 AM

Science Buddies' founder, Kenneth Hess, was an astronaut on Blue Origin's NS-25 suborbital spaceflight. From setting up a spacecraft simulator at home to doing zero-g training, here are some of the steps he took to prepare for this once-in-a-lifetime experience—and science projects students can do to explore how astronauts train. Photo: Ken Hess (right) did zero-g flight training with daughter Amber (left) (who wrote many resources for Science Buddies) in… Read more

10 Steps to Do the Rocket Catcher Challenge!

February 6, 2025 8:06 AM

Follow the 10 steps below to do the 2025 Science Buddies Engineering Challenge with your students! The Rocket Catcher Challenge is a fun and accessible space science activity for students in grades K-12. The 2025 Rocket Catcher Challenge is an exciting way to have students try engineering. As they design, build, test, and improve their rocket catcher devices, students will be using the engineering design process, engaging with relevant, cutting-edge… Read more

10 Reasons to Do the Rocket Catcher Challenge

January 23, 2025 8:00 AM

Thinking about the 2025 Rocket Catcher Challenge? Here are 10 reasons this is a great STEM challenge for your students! The annual Science Buddies Engineering Challenge makes it fun for students to try engineering! Each year, the Science Buddies Engineering Challenge presents an innovative and engaging engineering task and asks students in grades K-12 around the world to use the engineering design process to brainstorm, design, build, and test a… Read more

Science Projects in Elementary School Fuel Student Curiosity

January 16, 2025 8:08 AM

Elementary school teacher uses Topic Selection Wizard with fourth-grade students to encourage personalized project selection. Adriane Greene teaches 4th-grade math and science at Inspire Elementary in Denver, Colorado. The science fair is a hallmark of the Spring semester at Inspire Elementary. All students in grades 3-5 participate and exhibit projects in their classrooms. Classroom winners move on to the school fair, and school fair winners move… Read more

51 New and Cutting-Edge Science and Engineering Projects in 2024!

January 2, 2025 8:00 AM

A summary look at the exciting range of cutting-edge science and engineering projects added to our STEM project library in 2024! Our team of scientists and engineers worked hard all year long to develop engaging and accessible materials to support hands-on K-12 STEM exploration in a broad range of interest areas. Projects added to our library of student science and engineering projects in 2024 appear in the following areas: Artificial Intelligence,… Read more

Make Some New Year's Noise with Science Projects!

December 27, 2024 8:00 AM

Turn Up the Volume with this Quartet of Noisemaker Science Activities! Whether you are looking for last-minute ideas for the science classroom before winter break or suggesting fun DIY science ideas for students to explore at home, these hands-on science activities make learning about sound fun—and noisy! With New Year's celebrations coming, these short science projects are a great way for students to explore the physics of sound and make something they can use,… Read more

Light Up Your Creativity with Electric Play Dough

December 20, 2024 9:00 AM

Kids can add a kick of STEM to the equation when they integrate LEDs and circuits to their play dough creations! Light Up the Holidays with Electric Play Dough. Make creative light-up projects and learn about circuits and electricity at the same time! Hands-on STEM with Science Buddies. www.sciencebuddies.org Hands-on Creative Science Rolling a ball or making a snake from dough can be fun for all ages. With simple electronics concepts and two different… Read more

Winter Science Projects, Lessons, and STEM Activities

December 19, 2024 8:00 AM

Warm up with hands-on science and engineering! Match winter's cold weather, snow, and ice with these free lessons and activities for engaging hands-on STEM. STEM Activities to Bring Winter Themes to Science Class 1. Make Foamy Snow In the Foaming Fake Snow activity, students use baking soda and water to make fake snow they can then use to make snow people or other small sculptures. Like real snow, the fake snow won't last. What happens when… Read more

Holiday STEM Projects to Make and Give

December 17, 2024 8:00 AM

These 16 activities combine creativity, science, and engineering to make unique STEM gifts students can make to keep or to give! Science and Engineering to Make and Give Do your students like to do projects that give them a take-away at the end? Many students especially enjoy projects that result in a finished product they can use, display, keep, or share. All of the projects and activities below provide opportunities for STEM learning and result in… Read more

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