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Happy Memorial Day to STEM Spark readers who live in the USA! Jack, Bobby, and I are celebrating the 3 day weekend by remembering those that we've lost as w...

Hi STEM Sparkers! Today it is my pleasure to introduce you all to STEM author Orion Razat. This author wrote a book titled 101 STEM Jokes and is only 10 yea...

Happy Mother's Day STEM Sparkers! How are you doing? I'm low on energy this week, and Jack's interest in STEM/STEAM crafts is waning, so I'm like what's a q...

Yay! May the Fourth is almost upon us STEM Sparkers! One, you may be like what is May the Fourth: we covered the holiday last year in this post. Two, you m...

Well STEM Sparkers, we're about to enter the season of spummer here at STEM Spark HQ. It's going to reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit by Saturday! We're lucky e...

Hi STEM Sparkers. We hope you are hanging in there with stay at home orders and online schooling. At STEM Spark, some days are really hard for Jack and I: ...

Hi STEM Sparkers! I'm excited because today we have an interview with author Kirsten W. Lawson who has written tons of nonfiction books for schools and libr...

Hoppy Easter and Passover and Spring Solstice STEM Sparkers! To celebrate, we're tie dying eggs. I wasn't sure whether to categorize this activity as edibl...

Well it's April STEM Sparkers. At least I think it is April. To quote a friend, it's like day 67089 of quarantine, so we hope all our readers are hanging i...

Hi STEM Sparkers! Are any of you having a hard time fitting work, homeschooling, and sleep into one day? I am! It's so overwhelming, but thankfully doing ...

Happy Spring Equinox STEM Sparkers! To say that this Spring will be a little different is probably the understatement of the year. If you're the parental fi...

Talk of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is everywhere in the US right now. At STEM Spark, we know the news can be overwhelming - it is for us too. If you’re in an...

Hi STEM Sparkers! Remember last year when we talked about 10 STEM picture books for Women's History Month? Well, there's been a bunch of new picture books ...

Happy Women's History Month STEM Sparkers! We're kicking off the month with an interview from aerospace engineer (aka rocket scientist!) and author Jamie Kr...

Happy St. Patrick's Day STEM Sparkers! We're writing this post a little early so you have plenty of time to prep your own leprechaun house. This STEM (or S...

Happy E-Week STEM Sparkers! Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951, EWeek (February 16–22, 2020) is dedicated to ensuring a diver...

Happy Valentine's Day STEM Sparks! Here's a good STEM joke for you: "Watt is love? Baby don't Hertz me!" Anyway, we had a lot of fun last Valentine's Day bu...

In my previous post I mentioned STEM Spark participating in Multicultural Children's Book Day (MCBD), which is on January 31 this year. I was super excited t...

As a female engineer, supporting diversity in my profession is close to my heart and supporting diversity in children's book is an extension of that.  It's w...

Happy Lunar New Year STEM Sparkers! I've got to hand it to Lego: they sure know how to celebrate various holidays (check out this). I wanted to introduce J...