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Hi STEM Sparkers! How's everyone doing? I got a little bit busy last week with my day job and forgot to post, oops. Jack's also been busy raising fund for his school's dance-a-thon fundraiser and building tons of Lego sets-- look at the cool Lego set he built me for Mother's Day! I hope everyone who celebrated Mother's Day had a good one, and I'm honestly ready for the next holiday, which is Memorial Day, because I could use the R and R that a three weekend usually brings.

Happy May the Fourth and Cinco de Mayo STEM Sparkers! Jack has been exploring recycle, reduce, and reuse at school, and he had a school project to make something out of recycled/used project. He made two cardboard games, a pin ball/shuffle board and marble maze. His project inspired me to make a piñata reusing a small gift box I had-- the perfect STEAM Activity to celebrate both Cinco de Mayo and May the Fourth. I made a Chewbacca piñata because Chewie is one of my favo

Hi STEM Sparkers. How are you doing? I've felt unmotivated, meh and behind on things, like I didn't post this piece last week as planned, and today I learned the word for how I've been feeling. I'm languished . But enough about me. This post is about doing crafts and reading books to celebrate Ramadan, which if you're not familiar Ramadan, it "is the month during which Muslims fast from before dawn until after sunset. People who are fasting must do their best to be kin

Hi STEM Sparkers! Not that long ago I asked our readers to provide feedback on what you'd like to see more of on this blog. One smart...