Make your own craters using "meteorites" and some kitchen ingredients in this fun STEM activity. For an added bonus, use your smartphone to film the impact in slow motion! Find written instructions here: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/creating-craters?ytid=KuA_tjYqODc&ytsrc=description
Science Buddies also hosts a library of instructions for over 1,000 other hands-on science projects, lesson plans, and fun activities for K-12 parents, students, and teachers! Visit us at…
In 2013, Jessica Mong arrived in the Bay Area with $100 in her pocket and a desire to enter the field of software engineering. Fast forward two years, and Jessica is now a software engineer with SurveyMonkey, a tech company that creates and designs custom online surveys. Jessica works on the billing side, writing code to ensure that customers can access and pay for surveys.
Growing up in Nigeria, Jessica excelled at science and math. She received a scholarship to attend college in the United…
This career video provides day in the life information about the following jobs and occupations.
JOB TITLE: Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers
OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION: Develop and execute software test plans in order to identify software problems and their causes.
RELATED JOB TITLES: Product Assurance Engineer, Quality Assurance Analyst (QA Analyst), Quality Assurance Director (QA Director), Quality Assurance Engineer (QA Engineer), Quality Assurance Practice Manager (QA…
Overview of Conservation Scientist career from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. For use in Science Buddies Career Profiles. http://tinyurl.com/y8s5opp
How does the angle of a solar panel relative to the sun affect its power output? How does this affect the speed of a model solar-powered car? You should take this into account when building your own solar-powered car for a competition like the Junior Solar Sprint. See the Science Buddies website for an NGSS-aligned classroom lesson plan: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/teacher-resources/lesson-plans/solar-powered-cars-junior-solar-sprints?ytid=SyQQt0jzLu4&ytsrc=description and instructions for…
The Planetary Society's citizen-funded mission, LightSail-1, will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy in 2016. It will test solar sails to propel low-cost "cube-sats," with technology that could open highways to the planets. STORY: http://goo.gl/7t
You probably know that light travels in straight lines. So, how can you guide a light beam through a maze and around obstacles to a target? You can use mirrors to do that! As light bounces off of reflective surfaces, you can redirect a light beam to wherever you need to if you place the mirrors correctly. Can you solve the mirror maze challenge shown in this video? Written instructions as well as free maze and target templates are available on our website at…
This video shows you how to create a K-Means model to categorize songs into a set number of categories using machine learning and libraries on Google Colab. Written instructions and example code are available on the Science Buddies website: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/ArtificialIntelligence_p012/artificial-intelligence/K-Means-Spotify?ytid=PnLz0L7LGhE&ytsrc=description
K-Means overview video: coming soon!
Science Buddies also hosts a library of…
This video is a quick overview of our sound-following Arduino robot project. The robot uses two microphones to drive toward a sound source. You can find written instructions, including a parts list, circuit diagram, and example code, on our website: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Robotics_p048/robotics/sound-tracking-robot?ytid=AUguvwpnJ5M&ytsrc=description We also have a separate tutorial video about using a microphone with an Arduino:…
This video provides an introduction to squishy circuits as a classroom activity, for teachers and educators who want to use squishy circuits in an in-school or after school setting. This is the first video in a two-part series. The second video goes into more detail about the basic circuit terminology and concepts that can be taught with squishy circuits. Kit available here: https://www.homesciencetools.com/product/squishy-circuits-kit/?aff=SB1
To view full directions for this activity, see…
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