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June 13, 2025 6:00 AM
Series of STEM activities guides students in building and experimenting with a popsicle stick drone. From a beginner build to adding advanced Arduino controls, follow along to build and test your own mini drone!
Drones can be fun (and challenging!) to fly. A drone's hovering flight may look effortless, but whether you've experimented with a drone indoors or outside, you know that a lot goes into expertly navigating a drone to keep it in the air and…
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June 11, 2025 6:00 AM
High school student furthers interest in coding by helping test machine learning projects at Science Buddies.
Volunteering to Support STEM Education
Carissa is finishing her sophomore year at Valley View Charter Prep and will transfer to Acalanes High School in Lafayette, CA, in the fall. She volunteered this year as a student mentor in the Ask an Expert forums at Science Buddies as part of a team of volunteers who answer student questions about…
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June 4, 2025 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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June 3, 2025 8:00 AM
Teach students about various ocean sciences topics, including density, acidification, ocean circulation, the impact of rising temperatures and the melting of polar ice, and more. Students exploring ocean sciences learn about the formation of the ocean, the role of the ocean in the Earth's water cycle, the importance of the ocean as a habitat, and how the ocean fits into sustainability goals for the future.
Ocean Sciences Lessons, Projects, and…
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May 27, 2025 8:00 AM
Science Buddies' founder, Kenneth Hess, was an astronaut on Blue Origin's NS-25 suborbital spaceflight. Follow along as he recounts the minutes of descent and rapid changes in g-force before touching back down on Earth—and explore science projects students can do to experiment with the physics of spacecraft design and landing.
Above: Blue Origin NS-25 booster coming in for a vertical landing at Launch Site One spaceport in the West Texas desert, May 19,…
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May 22, 2025 6:00 AM
Online resources and engineering challenge help student build robotics skills and further interest in space science and aerospace engineering.
Student Fuels Passion for STEM with Science Buddies
Jayden, a junior at International Leadership of Texas, Garland High School, in Garland, TX, participates in science fairs and Science Olympiad, is currently experimenting with a way to make anode materials (used in Lithium-Ion batteries) from kiwi peels,…
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May 16, 2025 8:00 AM
Looking for last-minute STEM ideas for the end of the year, for after testing, for a classroom warmup, or for a rainy day at home? Try these paper-based STEM activities!
Science Activities that Use Paper!
Doing science and engineering activities doesn't have to require lots of materials. If you are looking for something to do with students in the classroom or with kids at home, an engaging STEM learning experience might be just a stack of paper…
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May 9, 2025 6:00 AM
Middle-school students design and build an Arduino-based smart sprinkler system to address water waste.
Middle School Students Team Up for an Electronics & Coding Project
As 7th-grade students at the Franklin School in Corvallis, Oregon, Ayush and Virya are both interested in STEM. The school doesn't currently hold a science fair, so these middle school students independently worked on an ambitious electronics project this year aimed at improving…
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May 2, 2025 6:00 AM
May is Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Learn more about inspiring AANHPI scientists and engineers!
May is Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month. As part of our ongoing work to introduce students to a wide range of scientists and engineers and to continue to represent diversity in STEM, our list of AANHPI individuals joins our other lists dedicated to Black History Month,…
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April 28, 2025 12:00 PM
May the 4th be with you! Tie simple science explorations in with Star Wars for Star Wars Day. Great STEM ideas for the classroom or for family science with kids at home. Connect favorite characters, epic movie scenes, Star Wars lore, and more with hands-on learning!
May the 4th Be with You (AKA Star Wars Day)
May 4th is a day of epic proportions for Star Wars fans. Echoing the popular movie line, the day is celebrated as May the 4th Be with You…
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