Suzie Olsen
STEAM Activity: Lego Heart Card
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...
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Suzie Olsen
Jan 31, 20204 min read
STEM Product Review: Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom
In my previous post I mentioned STEM Spark participating in Multicultural Children's Book Day (MCBD), which is on January 31 this year. I...
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Suzie Olsen
Jan 30, 20203 min read
STEM Product Review: How to Code a Rollercoaster
As a female engineer, supporting diversity in my profession is close to my heart and supporting diversity in children's book is an...
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Suzie Olsen
Jan 21, 20202 min read
STEM Product Review: Lego Dragon Dance Guy Plus #Giveaway
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...
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Suzie Olsen
Jan 17, 20204 min read
Interview with a STEM Author: Anita Nahta Amin
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...
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Suzie Olsen
Jan 11, 20201 min read
STEM Activity: Exploding Snowman
Happy 2020 STEM Sparkers! I think there's some 20-20 vision joke in there somewhere, but it's been a busy week here at STEM Spark, so my...
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Suzie Olsen
Dec 27, 20191 min read
STEM Activity: Confetti Eruptions for New Year's Eve!
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...
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Suzie Olsen
Dec 19, 20192 min read
STEAM Activity: Crystal Pipe Cleaner Ornaments
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...
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Suzie Olsen
Dec 11, 20192 min read
STEM Product Review: Kamigami Robot Lina Ladybug Plus Giveaway!
Welcome back STEM Sparkers to our holiday STEM product reviews and giveaways! The product we're reviewing this week was recommended to us...
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Suzie Olsen
Dec 6, 20192 min read
STEM Product Review: Goldieblox DIY Glowing Unicorn Pillow Plus Giveaway!
Happy Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and Festivus for the rest of us STEM Sparkers! To celebrate these wonderful holidays, we're giving...
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Suzie Olsen
Nov 28, 20191 min read
STEM Book Recommendations: 2019 Holiday Edition plus #Giveaway
Alright, it's that time of year again where STEM Spark recommends some STEM books for your Black Friday and other holiday shopping. But...
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Suzie Olsen
Nov 20, 20192 min read
STEM Product Review: Lego Turkey Plus #Giveaway
STEM Sparkers, I can't believe the holidays are right around the corner (here in the US)! We have all these grand plans again to review...
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Suzie Olsen
Nov 14, 20192 min read
STEAM Activity: Flying Turkey
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...
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Suzie Olsen
Nov 2, 20191 min read
STEM Activity: Hopping Corn
Welcome back STEM Sparkers! Hope you're ready for the perfect Thanksgiving science experiment: hopping corn! You'll Need a clear glass...
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Suzie Olsen
Oct 22, 20193 min read
STEM Product Review: Glow Stick Lab PLUS #Giveaway
Halloween is in STEM Spark's top 100 holidays (give or take 100; is that not the most engineering thing to say? ha), and we love doing...
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Suzie Olsen
Oct 16, 20192 min read
STEAM Inspired Costume for Disneyland's Oogie Boogie Bash
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...
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Suzie Olsen
Oct 5, 20191 min read
Happy Book Birthday, Annie Aardvark: Adding Ants! Plus #Giveaway!
STEM Spark friends and family, you may recall that a little over a year ago, I went about indie publishing my book Annie Aardvark: Adding...
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Suzie Olsen
Sep 29, 20194 min read
Interview with a STEM Author: Erin Twamley
Hi STEM Sparkers! We're very excited here at STEM Spark; we got to interview the co-author of Everyday Superheros:Women in STEM Careers...
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Suzie Olsen
Sep 12, 20191 min read
Edible Science: Erupting Apples
Let's fall for STEM! We're celebrating fall with this apple related science experiment [insert groan at our earlier pun], so grab that...
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Suzie Olsen
Aug 30, 20193 min read
Back to School Book Reviews- Stardust Explores Earth's Wonders Plus #Giveaway
Hello STEM Sparkers! Welcome back to the Back to School Book Reviews; this one is the last one which means this post contains the...
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