Academics in a Box Inc. was founded to inspire in students a desire to learn more about the sciences and humanities. Our products aim to allow students a new way to experience the beauty, poetry, and wonder of our universe through hands-on experience. Our foundation is based on the ideas that by “doing” and “experiencing,” students are more motivated to become inquisitive about the world around them. It’s this curiosity and creative thinking that are at the heart of developing a love of learning. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is used as a guide to ensure that our products supplement the learning that takes place in the classroom. We aim to take students beyond simple memorization of facts and figures by helping them gain a better understanding of significant science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) practice and application, as well as gain a deeper appreciation of the materials they are presented with.
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What's in the Box? An Engineering Design Challenge is in every groovy box! Make It Fun - When kids “engineer” their very own original designs, they are doing the “E” in STEM! #STEMists do the "E" in #STEM! #NationOfMakers #STEMforKids #STEMEducation #edreform #ProjectBasedLearning #365homeschool #PBL #homeschoolSTEM #scied #homeschoolcollective #steam #homeschooleducator #STEMtastic #unschooling #ElemEd #homeschooling #homeschoolscience #homeschool #STEMChallenge #NGSS #homeeducation #EngineeringDesignProcess #STEMist #homeschoolmama #homeschoollife #MakerSpace The Original #SubscriptionBox Kids Love! https://www.instagram.com/p/B1FBi1yBNNY/?igshid=1tg7ce099v39i
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. - @BillNye #billnye #billnyethescienceguy #sciencerules #scienceiscool #sciencequotes #scienceisawesome #science #instascience https://www.instagram.com/p/B0z33hYB21d/?igshid=fzj1w569xgd1
Design Challenge: You're shipwrecked on a deserted island with only your Groovy Lab in a Box. Inside your groovy box are the materials to design and build a solar balloon, solar oven, conductivity tester and a desalination plant. Can you eat, drink and get someone to rescue you using only your Groovy Lab in a Box materials? Find out with "Here Comes the Sun" groovy box! Sign up for your subscription by clicking "Groovy Subscriptions" on our website: www.GroovyLabInABox.com #STEMists do the "E" in #STEM! Engineering Design Challenge in every groovy box! #NGSS #STEMforKids #STEMEducation #ProjectBasedLearning #365homeschool #PBL #homeschoolSTEM #scied #homeschoolcollective #steam #homeschooleducator #STEMtastic #unschooling #ElemEd #homeschooling #homeschoolscience #homeschool #STEMChallenge #teacherspayteachers #homeeducation #EngineeringDesignProcess #STEMist #homeschoolmama #homeschoollife #MakerSpace The Original #SubscriptionBox Kids Love https://www.instagram.com/p/B0_gZo0BqfX/?igshid=2nyp5zozqbjv
#STEMist News Alert: World Environment Day on June 5th is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Link in bio. @UNEnvironment #BeatAirPollution #WorldEnvironmentDay #AirPollution #STEMeducation #STEMforKids #yearroundhomeschooling https://www.instagram.com/groovylabinabox/p/ByTmHcEBmZ9/?igshid=1jje7dwys3ipr
STEMists know: The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tuesday, January 15th, 1929: Martin Luther King Jr. was born. He would have been 90.
#OnThisDay, Tuesday, January 15th, 1929: Martin Luther King Jr. was born. He would have been 90. #STEMists know: The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. - Martin Luther King, Jr. #MLK #MartinLutherKingJr #education #equality #edchat #STEMEd #makered #NationOfMakers #character #weareteachers #intelligence #3rdgrade #4thgrade #5thgrade #STEMist #charterschool #homeschool #publiceducation #growthmindset #educationmatters #educationispower #lifelonglearner #specialeducation #humanrights #freedom #learnmore #knowledgeispower #studentcentered https://www.instagram.com/p/BstZJsCBd50/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n1ow1k04ls79
#TodayInSTEM, French chemist Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin was born in 1763. Vauquelin discovered the elements chromium (Cr) and beryllium (Be). Chromium is a hard, silvery metal used to make stainless steel. Beryllium is used in gears and cogs, particularly in aeroplanes. Photo: Chromium #Vauquelin #NicolasLouisVauquelin #chromium #beryllium #ChemIsTry #1763 #chemist #STEMist
#TodayinSTEM: Albert Einstein was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal for his contributions to theoretical #physics in 1935.
Throwing it way back! #TBT #Mesozoic #MesozoicEra #ThrowBackThursday
#TodayInSTEM - NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date. This artist's concept depicts select planetary discoveries made to date by NASA's Kepler space telescope. Credits: NASA/W. Read more HERE: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-kepler-mission-announces-largest-collection-of-planets-ever-discovered #STEM #NASA #NASASocial #Kepler #Plantets #Telescope #STEMists
Presented in partnership with @PopularMechanics magazine, this month's groovy box "What's The Matter?" is all about ice and the #StatesOfMatter. Sign up for May's monthly subscription to ensure you get this groovy box for the #STEMist in your life. #STEMists do the "E" in #STEM! Engineering Design Challenge in every groovy box! #NationOfMakers #STEMforKids #STEMEducation #STEMEd #ProjectBasedLearning #PBLChat #PBL #scichat #scied #engineeringeducation #STEMtastic #PopularMechanics #ElemEd #STEMChat #homeschoolscience #instascience #STEMChallenge #NGSS #MakerEd #MakerSpace #EngineeringDesignProcess #PopMech #GroovyLabInABox #GroovyLab #futureengineer #futurescientist
GROOVY ALERT! Today's 7.5 hour #MercuryTransit across the sun will go from 7:12am ET to 2:42pm ET. Here's the latest view via NASA.
In honor of Mother's Day, we share this photo of Chemist, medical doctor and NASA astronaut, Anna Lee Fisher, who became the first mother in space when she embarked on mission STS-51A on the Space Shuttle Discovery. Happy Mother's Day, and keep looking up! (Photo credit: NASA) Thank you @StarTalkRadio for this groovy post! #mothersday #KeepLookingUp
Happy Mother's Day to all the Groovy moms! #mothersday #happymothersday #superhero #supermoms #thankyoumum
@PopularMechanics editor in chief Ryan D'Agostino and his kids built this project using May's Groovy Lab in a Box that you can buy too. Here's an excerpt of what he had to say: "This month Groovy Lab in a Box - a fantastic educational company that mails shoe-box-size educational kits to kids, teaching them about science, technology, mathematics, and engineering—is releasing a special Popular Mechanics box featuring this project. Get yours at groovylabinabox.com. Sign up, and they'll send out a new box every month with a different theme. This month, they're releasing a special Popular Mechanics box, featuring the project on this page. Kids learn the properties of ice through hands-on experiments, and at the end they're challenged to create a lantern out of ice for an imaginary ice hotel! You could make this project without the box - but then you wouldn't get Groovy's excellent workbook, instructions, and supplies. An annual subscription costs just $24.95 per month and is much better than watching TV. Start one today—and get your Popular Mechanics box—at groovylabinabox.com". Order your subscription today by clicking the link in our groovy bio! #STEMists do the "E" in #STEM #NationOfMakers #STEMforKids #STEMEducation #STEMEd #ProjectBasedLearning #PBLChat #PBL #scichat #engineeringeducation #STEMtastic #PopularMechanics #ElemEd #STEMChat #homeschoolscience #instascience #PopMech #STEMChallenge #NGSS #MakerEd #MakerSpace #EngineeringDesignProcess #PopMech #GroovyLabInABox #GroovyLab #futureengineer #futurescientist
Presented in partnership with @PopularMechanics magazine, this month's groovy box "What's The Matter?" is all about ice and the #StatesOfMatter. Sign up for May's monthly subscription to ensure you get this groovy box for the #STEMist in your life. Pull a wire through a block of ice? This trick works thanks to a groovy phenomenon called 'regelation', in which ice melts from the pressure applied by a wire and freezes again when the pressure is reduced. #regelation What's Happening? The balloon ice weights pull the copper wire through the block of ice. The pressure applied by the weights forms a liquid directly under the copper wire. As the wire travels downward the liquid refreezes above the wire and forms back into a solid. This is similar to ice skating where the blades of a skater melt the ice directly underneath, allowing the skater to move smoothly on a thin layer of water. #STEMists do the "E" in STEM! Engineering Design Challenge in every groovy box! #NationOfMakers #STEMforKids #STEMEducation #STEMEd #ProjectBasedLearning #PBLChat #PBL #scichat #engineeringeducation #STEMtastic #PopularMechanics #ElemEd #STEMChat #homeschoolscience #instascience #PopMech #STEMChallenge #NGSS #MakerEd #MakerSpace #EngineeringDesignProcess #PopMech #GroovyLabInABox #GroovyLab #futureengineer #futurescientist
Forest refracted in a drop of water
Many Hearts, One Beat The connection is known as "respiratory sinus arrhythmia", and is thought to be induced by the "vagus nerve" becoming activated by exhaling. To prounounce the word "arrhythmia" click here: http://bit.ly/15RwMEi Definition of vargus nerve: http://bit.ly/19omtO0 More info: http://bit.ly/18mkPfV Photo: Pomona College
Happy Birthday to one of the original #STEMists, Thomas Jefferson, born today in 1743.
GROOVY ALERT: Spring & Summer Constellations by Joy Laforme of Mahwah, NJ, US
Awww, such smart kitties. They clearly love our "Moon Dance" groovy box which is all about convex and concave lenses! Check out our groovy deal - 50% OFF "Moon Dance" Single Box! CODE: FULLMOON Go to "Single Boxes" on our website, click the "Moon Dance" groovy box then use code: FULLMOON at checkout. Hands-on Next Generation Science Standards, project-based learning. #STEMists do the "E" in #STEM! Fellow STEMists who want to become optical engineers can be on their way to doing research and investigations through the engineering design process found in monthly-themed Groovy Lab in a Box. Explore Earth’s moon, gravity, mass vs. weight, moon phases, tides, light, telescopes and much, much, more. Check out "Moon Dance" for more groovy fun for STEMists! Engineering Design Challenge: You are an optical engineer, using only the materials from your Groovy Lab in a Box, can you design and build a two lens telescope which can expand and contract while you make observations of the night sky? #optics #NASA #science #technology #engineering #math #education #convex #GroovyLabInABox #STEMist #FutureScientist #homeschooling #opticalengineer #FutureEngineer #STEMEd #moonphases #homeschooling #gravity #galileo #refractingtelescope #concave #homeschoolscience #GroovyLab #telescope #telescopes #STEMEducation #STEMEdu #instascience #MakerEd
50% OFF "Moon Dance" Single Box! CODE: FULLMOON Give your STEM Friends a groovy heads up: 1.) ❤ this post 2.) TAG a #STEMist. 3.) SHARE this post and some groovy #STEM! Go to "Single Boxes" on our website, click the "Moon Dance" groovy box then use code: FULLMOON at checkout. Hands-on Next Generation Science Standards, project-based learning. #STEMists do the "E" in STEM! Fellow STEMists who want to become optical engineers can be on their way to doing research and investigations through the engineering design process found in monthly-themed Groovy Lab in a Box. Explore Earth’s moon, gravity, mass vs. weight, moon phases, tides, light, telescopes and much, much, more. Check out "Moon Dance" for more groovy fun for STEMists! Engineering Design Challenge: You are an optical engineer, using only the materials from your Groovy Lab in a Box, can you design and build a two lens telescope which can expand and contract while you make observations of the night sky? #optics #NASA #science #technology #engineering #math #education #convex #GroovyLabInABox #FutureScientist #homeschooling #groovy #opticalengineer #FutureEngineer #STEMEd #moonphases #homeschooling #gravity #galileo #refractingtelescope #concave #homeschoolscience #GroovyLab #telescope #telescopes #STEMEducation #STEMEdu #instascience
Science is not only a discipline of reason, but, also, one of romance and passion. - Stephen Hawking #StephenHawking #STEMist
Female Aerospace Pioneers - Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman In 1921 Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman, a Texan, became the first civilian (non-military) licensed African-American pilot in the world. She went to France to learn to fly after her brothers, who served in World War II, told her French women were allowed to fly. When she returned to the United States she did air shows: barnstorming, parachute jumping, and giving demonstrations. Coleman would only perform if the audience was not segregated and all people got to enter the show through the same gate. This courageous and adventurous woman fell from the open cockpit of a plane during a test flight which ended her life on April 30, 1926. She was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2006. Read more #OnTheBlog: http://www.groovylabinabox.com/female-aerospace-pioneers/ #WOAW16 #womenshistorymonth #flysafe #femalepilot #genav #pilotlife #femalepilot #femalepilots #avgeek #STEMists #GroovyLabInABox #STEMist #GroovyLab #WomenInSTEM #GirlsInSTEM #aviation #science #technology #engineering #math #STEM #instascience #homeschooling #homeschoolscience #aerospace #STEMEducation #STEMEd #aviators #AirAndSpace #SciGirls #WomenInTech
Happy International Women's Day! We are proud to support female #STEMists today and every day! #WD2016 #MakeItHappen #GirlsInSTEM #WomenInSTEM
#GMO FREE...Mmmm, yummy! Organic sunflower butter, raisins, seeds and mealworms are all in this groovy box! "For the Birds" is now available as a SINGLE BOX, click HERE: http://www.groovylabinabox.com/single-boxes/ Engineering Design Challenge: You are a Bird Feeder Engineer and want to invent a groovy bird feeder design that’s never been seen before. Can you design and build a bird feeder that meets the survival needs of local birds using upcycled materials? #upcycle #STEMists do the "E" in STEM! Engineering Design Challenge in every groovy box! #NationOfMakers #STEMforKids #ProjectBasedLearning #engineeringeducation #unschooling #ElemEd #homeschoolscience #STEMChallenge #NGSS #MakerEd #MakerSpace #EngineeringDesignProcess
