Purple Cow Crazy Scientist Lab – Science at the Ready
Quick and easy science experiments for ages 6 to 99.
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Category: Experiments
The Science of Crowd Counting & 3 Ways to Teach Kids Estimation
Patricia introduces the science of counting crowds and methods to show kids how to estimate large numbers.
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‘Oh, Ick!’ That Was Fun
Science is awesome. And also gross.
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MEL Chemistry – Your Gift Solution
I had the opportunity to try out the MEL Science Chemistry kit, and, I have to say, it’s a winner.
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Hogwarts Party at the Library!
All the details of the Back-to-Hogwarts party Amy hosted at her public library this past weekend.
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Potions 101: Adding a Little Magic to Your Science (Or Science to Your Magic)
Here’s a textbook from a Hogwarts Potions class, which, remarkably enough, can also be used as a textbook for fun chemistry experiments in your own Muggle home.
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Why is the Sky Blue Here, Not There?
GeekMom Patricia answers questions about why the sky is so much more blue in the western United States.
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Extract Fruit DNA at Home
Learn how to extract fruit DNA at home!
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Water Bead Science
What happens when you freeze water beads?
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Summer Science Fun: Playing With Water Phases
Simple experiments with a cup, water and ice cubes that will demonstrate the water cycle to kids.
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Groovy Lab in a Box: Review, Interview, Coupon Code, and Giveaway!
Groovy Lab in a Box is a subscription box program that brings numerous STEM-focused activities to your elementary-school-aged children every month. Our family loved it, I’m sure yours will too.
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Seed Science
For many of us taught in traditional schooling, science “lab” was about following directions and if you didn’t get the correct result, you were wrong. That is a great way to kill anyone’s curiosity or love of true science. Don’t let that happen with your kids!
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STEM Science Stations Float Kids’ Boats
Kids can get their hands wet in STEM exploring the activities in Lakeshore Learning’s Sink or Float STEM Science Station.
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Ants… in… Spaaace!
The latest ISS re-supply mission will include a shipment of ants involved in a K-12 educational research project.
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Geeky Projects Make Learning a Joy
Parenting can have serious challenges, but learning shouldn’t be one of them. It should be fun.
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Fun, easy, experiments to do with your kids.
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GeekMom Helen explores water science with her own mini scientist, using Lisa Burke’s Water Fun book.
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Elephant Toothpaste Fail
We know the wrong way to create the reaction nicknamed “Elephant Toothpaste.”
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The government shutdown, from a GeekMom point of view.
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Bubble Science: Making the Most of Your Suds
Whip up a batch of homemade bubble solution and start blowing!
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Playing Games With My Name
Go ahead, give yourself an alternative identity. It’s a way of experimenting with reality. And it’s fun.
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Chemistry and Cupcakes
Baking can teach you a lot of things. Following directions, measuring, fractions, and even chemistry.
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Is a Robot Takeover Around the Corner?
Autonomous robots able to lie, kill humans, eat meat, and operate indefinitely using power pillaged by lasers aren’t waiting in some distant sci-fi future. No. That future is now.
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GeekMom and GeekDad Will Be at Maker Faire Bay Area 2013
Come meet some of the GeekMoms and GeekDads writers in the Expo Hall at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend, May 18th and 19th!
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Fund This: STEAM Carnival Puts Robots and Science Under the Big Top
This traveling circus is looking to blend science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
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Colonists Resorted to Cannibalism During Starving Time
In 2012 archaeologists at the Jamestown site uncovered the remains of an English girl, roughly 14 years in age, showing the first physical evidence of cannibalism.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The Origins Of Atomic Elements
In our favorite astrophysicist’s latest installment on AOL On’s “School of Thought” series, Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses a little-known-about paper written in the 1950s, titled “Synthesis of the Elements in Stars” and published in several scholarly journals such as Reviews of Modern Physics. This paper discussed the formation of the fundamental elements on earth, those that are taught to us in the periodic table of the elements.
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Hawaii’s Thirty Meter Telescope Gets Go-Ahead
Scientists, astronomers, and amateur stargazers are all abuzz – the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources granted a permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project to be built atop Mauna Kea. The TMT promises to let us explore the galaxy’s origins, allow the analysis of black holes, and explore the formation of planets and stars.
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Google Doodle Celebrates Leonhard Euler’s Birthday!
Today we, along with Google Doodle, celebrate the birthday of Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). Euler completed work in astronomy, physics, and mechanics, but he remains most famous for his work in mathematics.
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Join The International Space Apps Challenge Hackathon
If you ever wished you could be a part of space exploration, then you’ll want to free up your weekend on April 20th. The International Space Apps Challenge is an global 2-day hackathon where you can collaborate towards solving any of the 50 proposed challenges. Challenges vary greatly and anyone, not just programmers, are welcome to contribute.
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