A rainbow is made of the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Where did the rainbow come from? All the colors exist in sunlight. We can’t see them because they are mixed together. Easy and Fun Rainbow Science Experiments When sunlight moves from the air to the water in the glass, it bends…
Category: STEM/STEAM
Science non fictions books and fun experiments for kids to do at home.
31+ STEM Books to Inspire Girls
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday, which found that 15-year-old girls around the world, outperform boys in science – except for in the United States, Britain and Canada. via The Guardian Breaking down theNational Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores by gender, girls averaged 151 points (out of a possible 300), three points higher…
DIY Bee House STEM Project for Kids
This STEM project is to help the bees. Offering native bees a home to build their nests is a good way to share our spades and support them in their hard work of pollinating our gardens. Native bees, if they decide to take up residence in your bee house, are docile and make good neighbors…
Korean and Japanese Sword Making
My son has always loved making weapons from bows and arrows made from sticks, to wooden swords that he carves and decorates himself. He made this Samurai armor and sword upcycling sketch book covers and cardboard boxes. Duct tape was also involved. It always is involved in his projects. In earlier days, he made swords…
DIY Lush Bath Bombs and the Science Behind the Fizz
My 12-year-old son has had a headache for the past two months. Fast forward five doctor appointments later, and we now think he has a concussion. He found baths soothing and he likes the Lush bath bombs that his sisters gave him for Christmas. They’re pretty expensive at $7 each, so we decided to make…
Brush Bots: DIY Toothbrush Robots
This DIY robot was fun to make and surprisingly easy to make. It went off without a hitch, except for cutting the toothbrush end off. My husband came up with an ingenious way to use friction and heat while bending it back and forth with pliers to cut it. My son trimmed the rough…
Ice Makes Cool Sounds: Science of Ice and Sound
Ice makes some pretty cool sounds! Check this video out from PBS Kids. We noticed it ourselves when we found the ice at our dog park sounds and looks like broken glass! We’ve also heard that reverberation of ice when we throw rocks at the frozen water in the reservoir. This time, though, we couldn’t…