Online and Offline Fun With the Science of Pickles

Exploratorium is one of my favorite places to look for interesting science lessons, activities, and iPad apps. If you head to the Explore se...

Fun DIY Projects for Kids

Thanks to Patty Eyer for reminding me about this great resource. DIY.org is a neat website on which kids can find dozens of DIY projects ...

Cooking With Solar Energy - A Hands-on Project for Students

Climate.gov is a good place for teachers to find videos, interactive activities, and lesson plans for teaching about climates and climate c...

Maker Camp Starts Tomorrow - A Virtual Camp for Making Things

MAKE magazine is hosting a virtual Maker Camp starting tomorrow (July 8th) and running through August 16th. The virtual camp features new D...

Design Squad - Engage Kids in Hands-on Engineering Projects

Design Squad from PBS Kids features a great collection of hands-on activities for elementary and middle school students. The activities are...

Fun Snowy Activities for Students and Teachers

In my previous post I shared a video about the chemistry of snowflakes. Writing that post reminded me of some ideas that I've shared bef...

View Mars in 3D and How To Make 3D Glasses

Mars 3D is a NASA website that features a gallery of images of Mars that can be viewed with 3D glasses. The gallery contains dozens of imag...

DIY for Kids - Do Challenges, Earn Skills

DIY.org is a neat website on which kids can find dozens of DIY projects that they can do on their own or with their parents. DIY.org provid...

Science Fun at Home and School

Scifun.org , written by a University of Wisconsin chemistry professor, features t wenty-five fun and safe science experiments that can be p...

Discover Your World - An Activity Book from NOAA

Discover Your World is a free 158 page activity book from NOAA. The book is available as to download as a complete package in one PDF or yo...

Hands-on Science Activities for K-12

The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago has a great selection of hands-on activities that teachers can use offline in their classroo...

Fun Weekend DIY Science & Tech Projects

Three weeks ago I featured an episode of Sylvia's Super Awesome Maker Show in which she shows you how to make your own squishy circuit...

Why Can't We Let All Kids Do Cool Stuff?

Image Credit: DrBacchus This post is not about a tech tool or website. It's just an editorial from me. Feel free to skip it if you'r...

The Science of Baseball

It's Little League baseball season here in my part of the world. As I drove by a field a couple of nights ago I was reminded of a nice ...

Make Your Own Squishy Circuits

Last night on Facebook Kevin Jarrett posted a link to Sylvia's Super Awesome Maker Show . For those not familiar with the show, it feat...

Squishy Circuits - A Hands-on Electricity Lesson

Squishy Circuits is a project developed at the University of St. Thomas for the purpose of creating tools that students can use to create ...

Activity TV - Kids Activities With Video Directions

Activity TV is a great resource for anyone in search of hands-on activities for children of elementary school age. Activity TV features vi...