@PopularMechanics ​​editor In Chief Ryan D'Agostino And His Kids Built This Project Using May's Groovy

“I was sold on flying as soon as I had a taste for it.” – John Glenn Planning your summer vacation? Be sure to check out these groovy aviation museums with your #STEMists! http://www.groovylabinabox.com/6-kid-friendly-u-s-aviation-museums/ #aviation #museums #flying #STEM

"It's Electric!" is now available as a groovy SINGLE BOX! Groove on over to our website, click SINGLE BOXES to do the "E" in STEM! Here is one of the many investigation activities in "It's Electric!" - made with paper circuits and groovy LED lights. Investigate electricity while constructing a groovy door alarm. Explore switches, the origin & structure of the atom. Acquire various science and engineering practices aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards and much, much more. Groovy Lab in a Box is hands-on STEM, project based learning made FUN! #STEMists do the "E" in #STEM! Engineering Design Challenge in every groovy box! Engineering Design Challenge: You are a groovy electrical engineer who has been contracted by the latest groovy dance group.  Using only the materials from your Groovy Lab in a Box, can you design and build a groovy dance pad with specific criteria and constraints? #NationOfMakers #STEMforKids #STEMEducation #STEMEd #ProjectBasedLearning #PBLChat #PBL #STEMtastic #unschooling #ElemEd #EdChat #homeschoolscience #instascience #STEMChallenge #NGSS #MakerEd #EngineeringDesignProcess #STEMist #GroovyLabInABox #GroovyLab #STEMChat #Maker #FutureEngineer #Parenting #MakerSpace #FutureScientist

Did you know you can grow plants without soil? Check out this STEM for Kids investigation activity on The Groovy Blog: https://www.groovylabinabox.com/grow-your-own-groovy-green-roof/ 🌱 Hydroponics uses water and a growth medium to grow plants. NASA has been researching how to use hydroponics in space. Our Groovy Water Works Box is all about how a future Mars Colony could grow their own food hydroponically. This investigation is all about making your own space barn with a green roof and learning how seeds can grow with only a sponge and some water. 🌱 🌱 🌱 #photosynthesis #aquaponics #hydroponic #greenroof https://www.instagram.com/p/B3iClhrhHYM/?igshid=1u74j5y6zzjrb

What would happen if the Earth spun faster? Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of StarTalk Radio, answers this question about why the Earth rotates the way it does and what would happen if it suddenly went faster.If you like this track, be sure to check out the whole StarTalk Radio “Cosmic Queries: Answers at the Speed of Light” episode at www.startalkradio.net/show/cosmic-qu…peed-of-light/. http://bit.ly/15HnUl8

Only two more days left to Get Into The Groove And Fetch A Pail Of Grooviness With 🏗Pull Your Weight🏗 a Lesson in Pulleys is our theme for September! Subscribe today! https://www.groovylabinabox.com/groovy-subscriptions/ FREE SHIPPING in the US 👉 always! International shipping is available, too! 😎 🏗 🏗 #STEM #STEAM #pulley #pulleys #nasa #mars #astronauts https://www.instagram.com/p/B29pcJ7haJL/?igshid=6mb5yh8tth57

What's Our Theme For October? 🌱 Water Works 🌱A Lesson in Hydroponics 🌱 FREE SHIPPING in the US, always. International shipping is available, too. Subscribe today! Groovy Subscriptions: https://www.groovylabinabox.com/groovy-subscriptions/ 🌱 🌱 🌱 Engineering Design Challenge 🌱 The Mars Colony astronauts need to grow their own food. Using only the materials from your Groovy Lab in a Box, can you design and build a hydroponic garden prototype that can be used by future astronauts at the Mars Colony? Explore different types of hydroponic systems, seed germination and photosynthesis! Build a water reservoir, test tube bean stalk, drip irrigation system, a groovy space barn and much, much, more! Practice essential 21st century science skills: pipetting, measuring volume and length, making observations and collecting data. 🌱 🌞 Emphasis on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) 🌱 🌞 Extended learning through our exclusive online portal, Beyond in a Box 🌱 🌞 For children ages 8 and up 🌱 #STEM #STEAM #hydroponics #nasa #mars #astronauts https://www.instagram.com/p/B3nu9VBhKif/?igshid=1vo080g25gc1b

🔊 Have a Groovy Day #STEMists... Millipede's shadow jogging. Make sure your sound is on 🔊 #shadow #jogging https://www.instagram.com/p/B1honV7h3Ih/?igshid=150frdhcmvdah

Introducing: STEM and Science Swag Store for #STEMists – Just when you thought your groovy t-shirt collection had reached critical mass. 💥 https://www.groovylabinabox.com/stem-and-science-swag-store/ #stem #science #scienceswag #STEMist https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Bu8CKoUQf/?igshid=nxz800ey24sm

NASA - Spot The Station Over Your Backyard. Sign up for email or text message notices hours before the station flies overhead. As the third brightest object in the sky the space station is easy to see if you know when to look up. http://1.usa.gov/19a04DX

Celebrate #EngineersWeek2016: #TBT Hedy Lamarr is famous as a glamorous movie star from the black-and-white era of film. But what most people don't know about her is that, in 1942, she co-invented a device that helped make possible the development of GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi technology! Born in Austria in 1914, the mathematically talented Lamarr moved to the US in 1937 to start a #Hollywood career. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, she was considered one of cinema's leading ladies and made numerous films; however, her passion for engineering is far less known today. Her interest in inventing was such that she set up an #engineering room in her house complete with a drafting table and wall of engineering reference books. With the outbreak of World War II, Lamarr wanted to apply her skills to helping the war effort and, motivated by reports of German U-boats sinking ships in the Atlantic, she began investigating ways to improve torpedo technology. After Lamar met composer George Antheil, who had been experimenting with automated control of #musical instruments, together they hit on the idea of "frequency hopping." At the time, radio-controlled torpedoes could easily be detected and jammed by broadcasting interference at the frequency of the control signal, thereby causing the #torpedo to go off course. Lamarr and Antheil were granted a patent for their invention on August 11, 1942, but the US #Navy wasn't interested in applying their groundbreaking technology until twenty years later when it was used on #military ships during a blockade of Cuba in 1962. Lamarr and Antheil's frequency-hopping concept serves as a basis for the spread-spectrum communication #technology used in #GPS, #WiFi and #Bluetooth devices. Unfortunately, Lamarr's part in its development has been largely overlooked and her efforts weren't recognized until 1997, when the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave her an award for her technological contributions. Hedy Lamarr passed away in 2000 at the age of 85 and, in 2014, she was at long last inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for her invention of a "Secret Communication System" many years ago. Text credit: A Mighty Girl #HedyLamarr