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April 15, 2024 6:00 AM
Find science projects and STEM resources to explore environmental problems related to plastics for Earth Day.
The theme of Earth Day 2024 is Planet vs. Plastics. This focus highlights the dangers of plastics for lifeforms, biodiversity, the environment, and the planet.
Addressing problems related to plastics involves a number of strategies, including:
Reducing the overall use of plastics
Finding alternatives to plastics
Prioritizing…
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April 5, 2024 8:00 AM
Use Arduino to combine circuits and programming for a range of cutting-edge physical computing science projects.
Use Arduino to Add Coding to Electronics Projects
The Arduino UNO is a microcontroller board that makes it easy for students to get started with physical computing. Unlike programming or coding projects that involve writing programs that run on a computer, physical computing (also called embedded computing) involves adding programming to circuit-based projects, like…
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April 3, 2024 8:00 AM
Use the BlueBot Robotics kit for a progressive series of robotics engineering and Arduino programming and physical computing projects, from intermediate to advanced.
The BlueBot 4-in-1 Robotics Kit comes with the electronics parts to build four different robots, each with its own sensor-driven behavior. The kit is excellent as a starter kit for students interested in robotics engineering and ready to build circuits on a breadboard, and the first four…
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March 22, 2024 6:00 AM
Colorful Peeps candies are popular Spring treats. Put your extras to use with one of these five easy science activities for some bunny-inspired STEM fun.
We've shared ideas in the past for egg boiling and egg dyeing, fun and unusual egg shapes, and even using the Ping Pong Catapult for launching plastic eggs. Egg science can be a lot of fun!
This year, our scientists have Peeps® on the brain.
If you have extra marshmallow Peeps in coming weeks,…
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March 19, 2024 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…
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February 28, 2024 8:00 AM
March is Women's History Month! Learn more about women in STEM in science history and get inspired! More than 60 profiles of scientists and engineers!
Women's in STEM for Women's History Month: 60+ Scientists to learn more about!
Update! This post has been updated for 2024 to highlight additional scientists and engineers!
There have always been women in science. Whether recognized at the time or not, women interested in science and engineering…
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February 26, 2024 6:00 AM
Student science projects to explore AI, machine learning, and artificial intelligence algorithms.
Explore Cutting-edge Science with AI Projects
Have you had a chat with a chatbot or used ChatGPT? Advancements in image- and text-creation tools have brought artificial intelligence (AI) into mainstream conversations. No longer is AI stuck in the realm of science fiction books and movies! AI is an increasingly prevalent and important part of our world, with uses ranging from medical diagnoses…
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January 30, 2024 8:08 AM
Thinking about the 2024 Rubber Band Car 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…
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January 23, 2024 8:00 AM
February is Black History Month. Learn more about some of the many African American scientists and engineers who have made important contributions to science history.
Black History Month: 35 Scientists to learn more about!
Update! This post has been updated for 2024 to include additional African American scientists and engineers.
In honor of Black History Month, we highlight 38 African American scientists and engineers who made important contributions…
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December 27, 2023 12:00 AM
A summary look at the exciting range of hands-on science and engineering projects and STEM lessons added to our STEM project library in 2023!
Our team of staff scientists and engineers worked hard all year long to create engaging new materials to support hands-on K-12 STEM exploration.
The projects below highlight additions to our library of student science and engineering projects in 2023 in the following areas:
Aeronautics
Agricultural…
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