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Wow STEM Sparkers the end of the year is upon us! And of course here at STEM Spark we're celebrating the end of the year with math jokes...

Ho to the 3rd power STEM Sparkers! 'Tis the season to fa la to the 3rd power! Okay, enough 3rd power math puns there, it's time to make...

Happy Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and Festivus for the rest of us STEM Sparkers! To celebrate these wonderful holidays, we're giving...

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

Gobble, gobble! Jack and I had a lot of fun with this Flying Turkey STEM/STEAM activity-- releasing a balloon and hearing it make that...

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...

Happy Father's Day here in the States! We love celebrating and gift giving here at STEM Spark, so of course we have STEM inspired gifts...

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers here in the States! Shopping for mom can be hard for some people (psst, more than a gift, we just want...

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...

For some more STEM-entine's fun, I've made a quick video tutorial on how to make a Lego heart! I think it will make for a fun STEM...

Nothing says Happy Valentine's Day like a science experiment, right? Okay, maybe not so much. But what are you going to do with all...

As we make plans for the new year, I want to encourage everyone reading STEM Spark to include STEM or STEAM activities into their 2019...

Wow, 2019 is right around the 90 degrees (get it? 90 degrees is a corner, haha)! I sincerely hope everyone had a few highs and good...

This summer I came across Tegu Travel Pals, and I was excited to get one for Jack-- it's a wooden, magnetic tangram puzzle that one can...

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell slime Jingle bells chime in jingle bell slime Twisting and stretching on Jingle Bell slabs In the...

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...

Thanksgiving is upon US (United States that is), and that also means Black Friday shopping and gift giving to kids at various holiday...

For US Thanksgiving, I put together a printable Turkey Tangram! Our kiddo loves doing tangram puzzles at his preschool, and when I saw...

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...

One of my favorite holidays is around the corner...Halloween! This year I'm going to go as NASA software engineer and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Margaret Hamilton . And if you and your little are looking for STEM inspired Halloween costumes, I've come up with short list of ideas! Research Scientist And of course a fun twist is mad scientist-- add some crazy, colorful hair and green liquid in the test tubes! Pilot A different take for pilot costume is old fashi