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(Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2025)
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Chemical Reactions and Spice - STEM Projects for National Chemistry Week 2025
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2025
Description: Find science projects and experiments to connect with the theme of 2025 National Chemistry Week, The Hidden Life of Spices
Source: Science Buddies Blog
URL: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/chemistry-week-projects-spices-chemical-reactions
Activity Ideas for World Space Week
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2025
Description: A few years ago, I helped a local school create a space science day. We had a whole afternoon of Tim Peake and International Space Station themed activities. The idea was to take the children on a journey starting with whole class film...
Source: Science Experiments for Kids
URL: https://www.science-sparks.com/space-science-ideas-for-british-science-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=space-science-ideas-for-british-science-week
During heat waves, trees spew chemicals that worsen air pollution
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2025
Description: New data point to how heat waves and other climate change will make it harder to curb ozone and other types of toxic air pollution — even outside of cities.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/heat-waves-trees-worsen-air-pollution
Scientists Say: Space junk
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2025
Description: High-velocity space junk threatens space missions today. And the problem is growing.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientists-say-space-junk
Amazon Prime Day STEM Toy Deals – 2025
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2025
Description: It’s here again! Amazon Prime Day 2025 is October 7th to the 8th. It’s 2 days of highly anticipated deals with deep discounts. If you’re unfamiliar with Amazon Prime Day, it’s two full days where they slash the prices of many popular products....
Source: STEM Education Guide
URL: https://stemeducationguide.com/amazon-prime-day-stem-toy-deals/
What is a Harvest Moon?
Posted: Friday, October 3, 2025
Description: A Harvest Moon is what we call the full moon that occurs close to the first day of autumn ( the autumn equinox ). In 2025, people will be able to see a Harvest Moon on the evening of October 6th. This moon will also be a supermoon, meaning it will...
Source: Science Experiments for Kids
URL: https://www.science-sparks.com/what-is-a-harvest-moon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-a-harvest-moon
Knotted strands of 500-year-old hair tell a surprising story
Posted: Friday, October 3, 2025
Description: Used in a device called a khipu, the hair reveals the owner’s simple diet. Those data now suggest that in Incan society, even some commoners kept records.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/knotted-inca-hair-keep-records
Big News for Teachers Getting Students Ready for the W!SE Test
Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2025
Description: If your students take the W!SE (Working In Support of Education) Financial Literacy Certification exam you now have a clear, reliable path forward. W!SE ... Read more The post Big News for Teachers Getting Students Ready for the W!SE Test appeared...
Source: Khan Academy Blog
URL: https://blog.khanacademy.org/big-news-for-teachers-getting-students-ready-for-wse/
Explainer: What is a shark?
Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2025
Description: These fish have skeletons made of cartilage, not bone — and aren’t nearly as scary as portrayed in the media.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/explainer-what-is-a-shark
Save the sharks to save the ocean
Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2025
Description: Humans have driven sharks and their cousins to the brink of extinction, but it’s not too late to turn the tide. At stake is the health of the entire ocean.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/save-sharks-ocean-conservation
Instructor Spotlight: Aaron McCully
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Description: Online coding academy for kids and teens ages 8-18. Enroll to learn real-world programming languages like Python, Java, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and more! When you talk to Aaron McCully, one thing stands out right away: he loves seeing students reach...
Source: CodeWizardsHQ
URL: https://www.codewizardshq.com/instructor-spotlight-aaron-mccully/
24 Halloween Science Projects and Experiments! - Halloween STEM
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Description: Looking for spooky science for Halloween? Try these Halloween-themed STEM projects and experiments for October fun!
Source: Science Buddies Blog
URL: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/halloween-stem
Scientists transform pee into a golden opportunity
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Description: By transforming urine into a valuable medical product, scientists hope to change how we view this human waste.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/yeast-transform-pee-valuable-mineral
Fizzy Pumpkin Cups
Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Description: Our fizzy pumpkin cups are a simple fizzy science activity for Halloween. We drew a pumpkin face on a plastic cup and set up a baking soda and vinegar reaction in the cup. The orange foam fizzes up to show the pumpkin face. If you can keep the...
Source: Science Experiments for Kids
URL: https://www.science-sparks.com/fizzy-pumpkin-cups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fizzy-pumpkin-cups
Why can I see my breath on a cold day?
Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Description: Have you ever wondered why you can see your breath on a cold day? It's because of condensation. The air you breathe out is warm (close to body temperature) and very moist. When you breathe the warm air out, it immediately cools when it meets the...
Source: Science Experiments for Kids
URL: https://www.science-sparks.com/why-can-i-see-my-breath-on-a-cold-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-can-i-see-my-breath-on-a-cold-day
A shark encounter inspired this researcher’s career in marine biology
Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Description: Heidy Martinez never wanted to study sharks as a kid. That changed after encountering a white shark in South Africa.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/shark-marine-biology
New theory may at last explain a swamp’s ghostly will-o’-the-wisps
Posted: Monday, September 29, 2025
Description: Chemists have spotted tiny zaps of electricity moving between “swamp-gas” bubbles. Could they ignite methane gas to glow as dancing blue flames?
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/swamp-gas-methane-will-o-wisp-chemistry
How Big is the Universe?
Posted: Monday, September 29, 2025
Description: The Universe is gigantic, bigger than you can probably imagine. If you were to stand in the middle of the Universe, the outer edge (if there is one) would be a huge 440,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 km away, and that's just the observable Universe....
Source: Science Experiments for Kids
URL: https://www.science-sparks.com/how-big-is-the-universe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-big-is-the-universe
Scientists Say: Transplant
Posted: Monday, September 29, 2025
Description: Transplant means to move something from one place to another. A transplant can involve something as small as a cell or as large as a whole population.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientists-say-transplant-definition-pronunciation
See how aerosols fly through Earth’s skies
Posted: Monday, September 29, 2025
Description: These small airborne particles may offset one-third of human-caused climate warming. But the cooling influence of aerosols is fading.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/aerosol-movement-atmosphere-climate
Student Spotlight: Kayla
Posted: Sunday, September 28, 2025
Description: Online coding academy for kids and teens ages 8-18. Enroll to learn real-world programming languages like Python, Java, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and more! Kayla is an imaginative and determined CodeWizardsHQ student who loves turning ideas into...
Source: CodeWizardsHQ
URL: https://www.codewizardshq.com/student-spotlight-kayla/
Need-to-Know BTS 2025: AI-Powered Support, Classroom-Ready Updates, and Distr...
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2025
Description: What new for back-to-school season 2025 Need-to-Know is our quarterly collection of product releases, new content and courses, and improvements made to functionality—everything you ... Read more The post Need-to-Know BTS 2025: AI-Powered Support,...
Source: Khan Academy Blog
URL: https://blog.khanacademy.org/need-to-know-bts-2025/
6 Projects for Learning about Simple Machines
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2025
Description: Simple machines are tools with few or no moving parts that make work easier. There are six types of simple machines: lever, inclined plane, wedge, screw, wheel and axle, and pulley. Also, simple machines are the building blocks of a bunch of other...
Source: STEM Education Guide
URL: https://stemeducationguide.com/simple-machine-projects/
What is the Engineering Design Process? [Plus, a Free Worksheet]
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2025
Description: This process is a step-by-step method used by teams of engineers to solve engineering problems or challenges. We all run into issues in our everyday lives. These might involve a gadget that’s not working correctly and needs improvement or could...
Source: STEM Education Guide
URL: https://stemeducationguide.com/engineering-design-process-worksheet-and-example/
Analyze This: Ice around baby stars may hint at origins of Earth’s water
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2025
Description: Scientists have now gotten a good look at the ice around a baby star. It might help them unravel the origins of the water needed for life on Earth.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/star-ice-hydrogen-origin-earth-water
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(Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2025)
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