Tag Archives: science for kids

Resources for Teaching Science

Posted on March 12, 2020 by scarywhitegirl

Whether you’re a science teacher, a parent, or someone who enjoy teaching kids about science in an informal setting, the University of California Berkeley Understanding Science site has you covered. There, you’ll find resources for teaching science regardless of grade … Continue reading →

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OpenSciEd for Science in Classrooms

Posted on February 18, 2020 by scarywhitegirl

For teachers looking to teach science in interesting ways, the resources have not always been available. With OpenSciEd, however, teachers have access to open source science education materials that focus on the fun parts of science rather than memorization. The … Continue reading →

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Hands-On Labs Wins Education Award

Posted on February 13, 2020 by scarywhitegirl

Hands-On Labs, a service that provides digital content and lab-grade materials kits, has been awarded the 2020 Education Innovation of the Year award in the international Cloud Computing Awards. You can read more about this here!

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Computer Science Education Week

Posted on December 5, 2019 by scarywhitegirl

Next week, December 9-15, 2019, is Computer Science Education Week. The website provides example one-hour coding lessons for pre-readers through high school levels of kids. Many of the projects involve popular characters from TV and movies, which makes the lessons … Continue reading →

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Science Experiment Subscription Service

Posted on December 3, 2019 by scarywhitegirl

If you’re shopping for a budding mad scientist, check out MEL Chemistry, which is a subscription kit service that provides science experiments for kids. The kit and experiments are geared toward kids in the 9 to 14 age range, and … Continue reading →

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Fun Thanksgiving Experiments!

Posted on November 21, 2019 by scarywhitegirl

With American Thanksgiving coming up, you may find yourself in need of ways to entertain kids, whether they’re your own, those of a family member, or those of a friend. We’re posting links to a few different sets of Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

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Mad Science Experiments for Halloween!

Posted on October 22, 2019 by scarywhitegirl

If you’ve got some burgeoning mad scientists in your life, and you’re looking for something to do with them as Halloween approaches, we’ve tracked down a bunch of fun science experiments you can do! This page lists 22 experiments, but … Continue reading →

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Summer Time Science Experiments

Posted on July 9, 2019 by scarywhitegirl

If you’re looking for fun science activities to do with your kids over the summer, check out this page with fun and simple experiments. Most of these experiments appear to be of the non-messy variety, but your mileage may vary … Continue reading →

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Awesome Find: Budding Mad Scientists

Posted on November 6, 2018 by scarywhitegirl

If you’ve got a budding mad scientist on your hands, have you checked out Mad Science Group Inc.? They provide children with hands-on science experiences, helping to promote scientific literacy among children. They’ve partnered with such organizations as NASA and … Continue reading →

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