By Donna Giachetti
When you think of spaghetti, what comes to mind? Delicious swirls of long pasta coated with your favorite sauce? Or… bridges? Yes, bridges! Creating a spaghetti bridge is a tried-and-true engineering challenge that can be done by students of all ages. The opportunities for variables—and STEM learning—are (nearly) endless!
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By Laurie Neilsen
Who doesn’t love things that glow? Around this time every year, we get a lot of questions about how to make various objects glow in the dark. Which products will glow longest? Which are best for mixing with liquids? How do they work? Fear not! The answers are here.
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By Donna Giachetti
Adaptation. As science teachers, we know what it means. According to Biology Online, adaptation is “the process or the state of adjusting or changing to become more suited to an environment; the trait as a result of the process.”
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By Donna Giachetti
So much of science depends upon observation and therefore, our power of sight. But the most fascinating things are often those we cannot see without the help of magnifiers!
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By Donna Giachetti
I studied Spanish from kindergarten through college. Used to be, I could speak and write fairly fluently. These days I’m a bit rusty but—like the old saying about getting back on a bicycle—the skill does come back with a bit of practice.
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