What do shamrock crystals, leprechaun traps, and green slime have in common? They’re just a few of the ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with hands-on science! Read on for some fabulous St. Patty’s Day activities and demonstrations.
You Be The Chemist Challenge® competitions are taking place all over the country this month. Over 100 separate events in 36 states will determine which hard-working students move on to compete at the state and national levels. If you’re wondering what a Challenge event looks like, or just want to see a lot of future scientists glowing with excitement, head over to our Facebook page and check out photos from Challenges nationwide! (Read on for links.)
You probably know that March 14 (3/14) is known as Pi Day, to honor the number that equals the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Without pi, mathematicians, scientists, and engineers would be lost and without pie, we think the world would be a much sadder place. So how can chemists celebrate Pi Day?
We are so excited to announce the launch of our completely redesigned website! The updated and improved site is easier to navigate, puts news and information right at your fingertips, and will help us to simplify some online processes like Activity Guide downloads and Challenge registrations. We invite you to explore the new site, and let us know what you think!
Are you an educator in grades K8? Do you have access to a camera or smartphone that can shoot video? You’re eligible to enter our 2015 Earth Day Challenge, a classroom video contest that encourages students to explore the impact of chemistry on their world. Entry deadline: April 17, 2015.
Women are underrepresented in most STEM fields, including chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science, and math. Parentage Magazine asked four women who work at the Intelligent Robotics group at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA, how they’re getting their daughters and sons interested in STEM. Their advice? Read on to find out.
We’ve conducted several dozen Essential Elements professional development workshops over the past year, and at the end of each workshop, we ask the K8 educators who attend for detailed feedback. The responses have blown us away. Read on to find out more!
DiscoverE Engineers Week is a time to celebrate the ways that engineers make a difference in the world, increase public dialogue about the need for more engineers, and bring engineering to life for students, educators, and parents. To celebrate, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite achievements of engineering on our social media pages - everything from the practical to the downright mindblowing.
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