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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...

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

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...

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

I'm super excited about our next STEM author interview on STEM Spark, as she's a fellow engineer who has not 1, but 2, nonfiction STEM...

Welcome back STEM Sparkers to our holiday STEM product reviews and giveaways! The product we're reviewing this week was recommended to us...

Alright, it's that time of year again where STEM Spark recommends some STEM books for your Black Friday and other holiday shopping. But...

A couple of weeks ago, Jack, Bobby and I went to Disneyland's Oogie Boogie Bash. Unfortunately tickets are sold out, but you can read...

Hello fellow STEM Sparkers! It's back to school time here in Phoenix, so we're loading up on fish. Oh wait, not a school of fish,...

Hello STEM Sparkers! Things have been a little hectic at STEM Spark HQ as we prepare for a move, but among all the chaos, we haven't...

Plastic eggs are soon to be filled with goodies as Easter approaches here in the States, and if you're like me, you wonder what you can...

STEM Spark loves Women in STEM. STEM Spark loves NASA. STEM Spark loves Lego. So put them all together, and STEM Spark loves the Women...

Felicia Green was destined to graduate from New Mexico State University (Las Cruces) with a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering—before she was born, her baby shower was celebrated in the Physics Department of New Mexico State University (NMSU). At the time Felicia’s mother was an administrator for NMSU, where Felicia and her sister created many memories over their mother’s 39 years of service to the university. Once Felicia started attending NMSU for engineering, she would m

Hello! So I've already reviewed magnetic building blocks/magnetic tiles on this post, but I feel like this STEM toy is so popular right now that I want to do another giveaway of the magnetic tiles for the holidays. It will make a great gift under the tree! Here's the overall review summary of this toy: "So in summary, I'd give this STEM product a 4.5 out 5. Very fun and easy to build with and to learn about different shapes, as well as they come with their own carrying ca

Thanksgiving is upon US (United States that is), and that also means Black Friday shopping and gift giving to kids at various holiday events. And if you're looking for a small gift for kids, I'd like suggest a book instead of toy, and in particular, a book that has a STEM component it. We are after all about the STEM, about that STEM, about that STEM over here on STEM Spark, so admittedly I think we all knew I where I was going with this STEM books for the holidays thing.

The winter holidays are right around the corner, so that means we'll be doing a lot of STEM toy and product reviews here at STEM Spark. And a lot of giveaways! So make sure you are following STEM Spark closely for the next month. First review and giveaway for the holidays is Builder Barbie! Here's a reminder of the questions I use for my reviews (although I may be doing shorter answers to these questions so I can do more reviews for the month, so that I can do more giveaway

Engineers come from all walks of life. Some of us started our path in engineering right out of college. Some of us started as engineers after a career break. And some of us started in engineering after serving in the military. With Veteran's Day around the corner in the United States, STEM Spark wants to take a moment to honor our colleagues who started their engineering careers after serving in the military. Thank you for your service, and thank you for taking the time t

I had a scary dream, but with a happy ending, the other night. My family and I were flying somewhere overseas (the destination I forget, but it's not relevant to the story). We're on a 747, so it's commercial flight with 300 something passengers. All of sudden, we have to make a crash landing on the sea. Luckily, our pilots manage to land use on the ocean with minimal damage. Passengers have bumps and scraps, but no major injures. And no deaths (woo subconscious for makin

My character Annie Aardvark is named after fellow mathematician Annie Easley. In addition to being a mathematician, Annie Easley is also a computer programmer and rocket scientist. Annie Easley has worked at NASA, where she worked on one of the first-ever computer programs to enable space navigation. This computer program was used on the Centaur project, which is still considered one of NASA’s most important research projects. She also performed important research on power

Hello STEM Spark readers! I’m excited for today’s post, as it’s STEM Spark’s first guest post! I have invited my friend and colleague H.A. Burns to pen the first guest post—Burns and I know each other through the Society of Women Engineers. Besides both being engineers, we’re both authors. While I write children’s picture books, Burns writes science fiction books. And her sci-fi books are pretty cool, imagining a future with cyborgs designed with the aid of viruses and bacter