Here is another great (and easy) experiment to demonstrate chemical reactions! We've been busy at our house with experiments with chemical reactions. With this experiment, you may find yourself asking, "which came first - the rubber egg or the rubber chicken?" (Hah! - Cheesy joke, I know.) This one falls at the top of our...
It’s no secret that today’s earliest primary grade education maintains some of the staples of classrooms over the years. They range from big books for an entire class to read-aloud and calendar activities to tables for small group learning. Along these hallmarks are newer additions. Although computer centers may have substituted the housekeeping counterparts, wooden blocks...
The job market has expanded with tons of career options in recent years, leaving many young people at a loss of which direction to go. It can be confusing to be a young high school student and figure out a path to take. If your child is gifted in the arts of math or science,...
How cool would it be to make a rain cloud yourself? This is a fun science project for kids that teaches them all about weather and how clouds are formed. Clouds are just tiny water droplets that form at different altitudes according to the conditions of the environment. While this is a fun experiment to...
Have you ever been awakened by your kid gently pulling open your right eyelid at six o'clock in the morning? Have you ever been amazed at their ability to run around aimlessly for hours in 30-degree weather and claim not to need a coat? What about the games they play on the playground with their friends,...
In today’s economic climate, teens and their parents increasingly wonder whether a college education is worth the time, effort, and student loan debt. Unemployment rates among college graduates are rising, while rates among workers with only a high school diploma are on the decline. However, employed college grads likely earn a better salary than their...
If there is one area of education that is filled with accusations of being inadequate in the US, it would be STEM. It is commonly thought of as being at the helm of innovation and deciding whether a country will succeed in the future. In this article, we will go through some of the problems...
STEM Education is a rising fast curriculum. It first began to gain even more notoriety in the early 2000s, receiving several federal grants as a research-based curriculum and is now frequently included in teacher training and development. President Barack Obama even included STEM education in his 2011 state of the union address. Mentioning the great need...
Why should a child learn STEM? Perhaps they aren't particularly interested in timetables or the periodic table (I know I wasn't when I was a kid!), and you don't want to force it on them. Or maybe it doesn't seem very applicable to their daily experiences. Regardless of this perception, STEM has benefits that will enrich...
STEM is a way of engaging with a child’s natural curiosity about the world. My kids are constantly asking questions. Some I don’t even know the answer to. Kids are so present with their surroundings and are incredibly observant. Imagine how pure and powerful that sense of curiosity is in those little bodies. So how do...