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3 STEM Activities to Try During Your Winter Break
Put your winter break to good use! While home for the holidays, take some time to explore your interests in STEM, try new things, and continue on the path to your future STEM career! Here are three fun STEM activities to try: Play STEM Games Take a step a way from WOW and Minecraft for [...]
Top Five Summer STEM Activities For Kids and Families
Looking for some fun summer STEM activities? Don't be bored at home this summer! Here are some of my favorite ideas to get active, engaged, and exploring in STEM all summer long: Museums and Libraries Your local libraries and museums are a great resource. Many offer summer programs for kids to keep them engaged [...]
Top 5 Citizen Science Starters
In my previous post, Surrounded by Science, I described what citizen science is and why it is important. As promised, here is my list of the Top Five Citizen Science Starters. This list is a great starting point for anyone looking for ideas to get started on an exciting new citizen science project! Top 5 [...]
Citizen Science Month 2022
Citizen Science Month is April. Are you going celebrate? Or maybe you've never even heard of it? That's okay, that's what we're here for! Citizen Science Month is an annual event hosted by the Citizen Science Association. The event is dedicated to the celebration of how science and the general population harmonize. Things like [...]
Surrounded By Science: Exploring your world through citizen science projects
What is Citizen Science? Citizen science is a key component in working towards the new approach to K-12 Science Education called for by the NRC (2013). Citizen science invites regular people of any age – children, teens, and adults – to contribute to real scientific research projects, promoting scientific awareness and engagement. Typically, citizen scientists submit their observations […]