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(Updated: Thursday, October 2, 2025)
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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
What’s so noble about the Nobel Prize?
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2025
Description: The Nobel Prize might be the one science prize you’ve heard about. But does it really recognize the most important science?
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/nobel-prize-science-history
What is a cell?
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2025
Description: Cells are the fundamental units of life where most of the essential chemistry and functions that keep us alive happen. Cells are the building blocks of every organism and make up most of the structures within the body. Facts about cells What's the...
Source: Science Experiments for Kids
URL: https://www.science-sparks.com/what-is-a-cell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-a-cell
Engineering Challenge People's Choice Award Winner - STEM Success Story
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Description: Middle school team at Tree of Life International Charter wins $1,000 People's Choice Award for the school in the Rocket Catcher Challenge. Community Support for STEM Learning When students at Tree of Life International Charter School...
Source: Science Buddies Blog
URL: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/success-story-engineering-challenge-peoples-choice-winner
Could we ever build the tech to shrink ourselves?
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Description: The atoms that make us up couldn’t be shrunk or smashed closer together — at least, not without catastrophic consequences.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/tech-shrinking-people-possible
Potatoes and tomatoes share a surprising history
Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Description: Today’s potato likely came from a chance cross between an ancient tomato and a spud-less potato-plant lookalike, research shows.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/potatoes-origin-tomatoes-breeding
Let’s learn about tardigrades
Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Description: These tiny animals can survive drying out, freezing, harsh radiation and other hazards.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/lets-learn-about-tardigrades
10 of the Best Witches' Potions
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2025
Description: It's officially potion season! With Halloween around the corner, now is the perfect time to brew up spooky witches' potions. Potions are a much loved activity in our house at any time of year, especially at Halloween! Take a look through this...
Source: Science Experiments for Kids
URL: https://www.science-sparks.com/10-of-the-best-witches-potions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-of-the-best-witches-potions
Scientists Say: Element
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2025
Description: The number of neutrons and electrons can vary in atoms of the same element. The number of protons alone sets each of these substances apart.
Source: Science News Explores
URL: https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientists-say-element-definition-pronunciation
STEM Resources:
(Updated: Thursday, October 2, 2025)
Introducing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) concepts to children from ages 6 to 17 is crucial for building a strong foundation that paves the way for lifelong success.
For you parents and legal guardians, encouraging curiosity in these STEM concepts helps your children develop critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and creativity—essential tools for navigating an increasingly tech-driven world.
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