Tag: STEM for kids

When Magnets Create Magic – Floating Pencil Holder STEM Experiment

When Magnets Create Magic – Floating Pencil Holder STEM Experiment

A bit of a life update! I have been volunteering with Beanstalk as a reading helper for primary school kids for a few months now. I like volunteering and I have done it on and off for almost my entire life (and by ‘entire life’ 

Jupiter From Earth

Jupiter From Earth

In 2015, we started going to the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in Bangalore regularly. We found out about a lecture that takes place at the planetarium on the first Sunday of every month.  The lecture titled “Know Your Stars” is aimed at helping people get acquainted 

Ice Chalk and That Too the One That Sizzles

Ice Chalk and That Too the One That Sizzles

My daughter had her eyes on this sizzling ice chalk activity for a really long time now. However, I kept holding off the plan on one pretext or another. With the temperature in the ever pleasant Bangalore crossing 30 degrees Celsius already, it was time 

Eclipse That Led Us to Make a Pinhole Projector

Eclipse That Led Us to Make a Pinhole Projector

Mr B, my husband was traveling when he informed Little B and I about the then upcoming solar eclipse (that later took place on March 9th). He knew we were going to love it! Isn’t that such a nice feeling when your husband is thousands 

Review – Curious Cobo March Science Activity Box for Kids

Review – Curious Cobo March Science Activity Box for Kids

Disclaimer: I have received Curious Cobo’s March month’s “A Day at the Farm” science activity box for kids in exchange for my unbiased review. It was just another day at work when Curious Cobo contacted me. They wanted Little B and I to try their 

What’s On Our Mind These Days? June Bugs!

What’s On Our Mind These Days? June Bugs!

Do insects repel you? Well, see A Bug’s Life and you will change your mind. My daughter has already fallen in love with them. She finds them beautiful. Being just 4 years old, she doesn’t yet get the feeling of yuck or disgust that we grownups 

Wobbly Bouncy Egg Experiment – Discovering Science At Home

Wobbly Bouncy Egg Experiment – Discovering Science At Home

I was a science student and yet science never excited me. I did not care what is reacting or what is transforming, for me it was all ‘school work’ and nothing more. However, ever since Little B has started tugging me with her constant “why,” 

Weekly Nature Walks – We Are Off to Find Treasures!

Weekly Nature Walks – We Are Off to Find Treasures!

We all know how much children like collecting trash! Well, do you know this trash collection can be a great way to teach them to love mother nature!

Pirate Ship Out Of the Cheapest Material Ever (Psst. It’s Newspaper)

Pirate Ship Out Of the Cheapest Material Ever (Psst. It’s Newspaper)

It was Little B’s Dussehra vacation time last year. With almost two weeks of holidays to pass, we were getting bored. I started looking for projects that can consume at least a few of these days, the more the better. Somehow I ended up getting inspired to do this newspaper pirate ship activity for kids with her.

Our Name Is Going All The Way To Mars

Our Name Is Going All The Way To Mars

Since Mangalyaan’s successful placement in the orbit of Mars, me and Little B are exploring everything space – spacecrafts, satellites, solar system and every other thing that moves and goes up in the sky. And today we found out we can send our names to Mars.