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Teaching Good Science and Engineering Habits: Keeping a Lab Notebook

October 2, 2012 10:00 AM

Science and engineering projects often involve many steps, many trials, many materials, and may take many weeks. Help your students learn critical organization and recordkeeping skills by requiring a science project lab notebook! Good recordkeeping is a skill that is valuable in many academic areas. The time your students spend making a lab notebook a routine part of their science and engineering project experience may be useful in other classes as well! The first step of the scientific… Read more

Success Story: Lip Balm Project Shines at Science Fair

September 28, 2012 9:00 AM

Americans spend billions on cosmetics every year. Who creates and tests all of these shampoos and lotions? Cosmetic chemists! Emma Sesar was surrounded by science fair attendees last Spring as she handed out samples of the lip balms she developed as part of her science project. Why was Emma Sesar surrounded by groups of young girls at her school science fair? Lip balm samples! For her sixth-grade science project, Emma chose the Cosmetic Science: Testing Lip Balm Recipes science… Read more

Success Story: Student Engineer Tests Solar-Powered Robot

September 24, 2012 11:52 AM

This fourth-grade student had fun building and playing with a solar-powered bot—and learned about alternative energy and electricity in the process! As a fourth-grade student, Keeley (above) investigated how effective different light sources are for a solar-powered robot. Read about other student science successes in the Science Buddies in Action area. For his first science fair project, Keeley Hilliard explored Avatar-style water bending using an Archimedes… Read more

Science Buddies Recognizes "Volunteer of the Year"

September 12, 2012 9:00 AM

Exceptional Science Buddies Volunteer Expert from Bio-Rad Laboratories assists hundreds of students with science projects. Her dedication to helping students exemplifies the volunteer spirit—and makes a difference in how students view and experience science. Congratulations to Donna Hardy of Bio-Rad Laboratories! Donna Hardy (pictured above) has been named Science Buddies Volunteer of the Year in recognition, especially, for her service in the Ask an Expert forums. (Image:… Read more

High School Scientist Develops Cancer Screening Test

August 31, 2012 8:00 AM

A top math and science student, fifteen-year-old Jack Andraka swept the 2012 Intel ISEF with his pancreatic cancer screening test. His project involved countless hours in the lab, a determined search for a mentor, and loads of perseverance. Jack Andraka, winner of the 2012 Intel ISEF, applied nanotechnology in the development of his pancreatic cancer screening test. Jack (pictured above with his project display board) says he is "fascinated" by nanotubes, "specifically carbon nanotubes… Read more

Tonight's Blue Moon

August 31, 2012 6:28 AM

You've heard the phrase, "once in a blue moon"? The phrase often refers to something unusual or rare. A "blue moon" doesn't happen every day—or even every year. As the infographic below from Space.com explains, the name of this event has nothing, really, to do with color. Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration For more information about the history of the "blue moon," see "Last 'blue moon' until 2015 lights up night sky tonight." View Science… Read more

Success Story: Science Fair Projects with Real-World Impact

August 27, 2012 10:00 AM

A science teacher at Brawerman Elementary School in Los Angeles views Science Buddies as an indispensable classroom partner, especially when it comes to helping students locate quality science Project Ideas—in all areas of interest. Above: Teacher Lisa Niver Rajna with a student at last year's school science fair. Science Buddies is an important part of Lisa's approach to science education in the classroom. Lisa's students used the Topic Selection Wizard to help them locate exciting… Read more

Success Story: A Crash Course Science Project

August 14, 2012 8:00 AM

"Distracted driving" accounts for a staggering number of accidents. A fourth grade student in LA put distracted drivers to the test with a familiar video game. Andrew Lee, pictured above, put questions about cell phone use and driving to the test using a popular driving-based video game. "I collected data that could save lives," he says. Science Buddies Project Ideas in Video & Computer Games assist students in exploring science and engineering questions both by using video… Read more

Success Story: Renewable Energy Ignites the Imagination of a Young Chemist

August 9, 2012 8:00 AM

A 6th-grader combines his interests in chemistry and renewable energy with a particular goal in mind: to save the world with science! By Kim Mullin Matthew Early, pictured above, turned his enthusiasm for renewable energy into a winning science project. The "Water to Fuel to Water: The Fuel Cycle of the Future" Project Idea was developed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as part of a Science Buddies Academic Outreach Partnership. Partnerships like this… Read more

Success Story: Zapping Zits in the Name of Science

August 2, 2012 8:00 AM

A Science Buddies Ask an Expert advisor guides a budding microbiologist through a project on the scourge of the teenage years: acne! By Kim Mullin In his senior-year science project, Matthew Brewer (pictured above) tackled a problem familiar to many teenagers—acne. Project Ideas in Medical Biotechnology enable students to investigate questions related to connections between medicine, genomics, diseases, prescription drugs, and more. Read about other student science successes… Read more

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