Add a little sparkle to your math art projects and STEAM education with star tessellation patterns using a six pointed star! Tessellations are an easy to learn art idea with enough variation possibilities to keep kids interested. Not to mention, repeating and rotating mathematical patterns is surprisingly relaxing. As I did with our heart tessellations…
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STEM Projects Teens Will Love
As a mom of a 14 year old, I know that teens are hard to buy gifts for, and even harder to surprise! What if you could find a great gift for teens that also wowed them every time they opened it? Sure, your teens might think all they want is a gift of cash…
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Sprinkle Rainbow Joy Around Your Living Room
Rainbow time has arrived! Our gorgeous new diy prism rainbow mobile is hanging in the window, and rainbow happy hour in our apartment is currently from about 3 to 6 pm. We used to have a lovely glass prism object d’art that brought us a kaleidoscope of rainbow happiness every afternoon, but (gasp!) I broke…
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Heart Geometry Puzzle to Make Your Kids Love Math!
What better way to learn to love math that putting together the pieces of your heart with this sweet geometry puzzle! This heart puzzle is also a simple STEAM project that teaches the concepts of math, engineering and art/design. But not only that, it is a boredom buster brain teaser that will make your kids smarter!…
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50 Science Picture Books for Kids that Teach about Our Amazing World
Plug any science topic into the library catalog and you will certainly find a large selection of science books for kids on that subject. But which of those myriad of dinosaur or ocean books will you actually enjoy reading with your child? When you are looking for science picture books to read aloud, you don’t…
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Picture Books about Women Scientists and Women in STEM
Both boys and girls need to learn and read about women leaders in STEM subjects. Although March is Women’s History Month, I hope you will read these biography picture books about women scientists, as well as the titles on my lists of picture books about women in history with your children all year round. I…
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Sphero Edu: Creative STEAM Technology for Kids
I have a confession. Since my sons have such strict screen time limits (for my own sanity and theirs) I sometimes worry that they are missing out on educational opportunities that would help them learn real life skills like coding necessary for computer science. Sometimes it is a hard line to navigate but the key…
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Groovy Math: Rotational Symmetry Art Project
A math art project is a great way to encourage kids who love numbers to get creative and artistic kids to think about how mathematics and art work together. This rotational symmetry art project is just the ticket. As you will see the results of experimenting with rotational symmetry combines grooviness and exactness (such a…
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