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link to Color Unlocked: The Magic of Coffee Filter Flower Chromatography!

Color Unlocked: The Magic of Coffee Filter Flower Chromatography!

This experiment is so much fun because it’s a blend of art and STEM, or STEAM, in one beautiful experiment. Today, we’re making coffee filter flowers! This experiment demonstrates capillary...

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Windy Wonders: Build Your Own Weather Vane!

It’s March, which means the winds are picking up and storms can happen at the drop of a hat. And when the winds pick up, what does that mean? We do experiments with it! Enter, the weather...

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Ground Effect Magic: Creating a Floating Vehicle at Home

We've been watching a lot of Star Wars lately, and the kids are now interested in all things Star Wars. The characters, the Force, and even those super cool landspeeders. Even though the...

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link to A Deep Dive into Buoyancy: Build the Cartesian Diver Experiment

A Deep Dive into Buoyancy: Build the Cartesian Diver Experiment

Have your children ever seen submarines in some of their favorite cartoons? If so, it may have piqued their interest in how the submarine could sink to the bottom of the ocean and float back up. How...

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link to DIY Dexterity: Build your own articulated grabber

DIY Dexterity: Build your own articulated grabber

Articulated grabbers are so fun for a child because it helps them reach things just out of reach. Plus, it becomes a fun game to see what you can pick up! Building an articulated grabber is an...

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Building a Better Burrow: Treats Take on the Igloo

Even though it's in the 70s here in North Texas, we are still technically in the middle of winter. So then, what better time than now to build a marshmallow igloo and talk about the STEM behind them?...

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