Pitsco Blog

Four ways to maximize your remaining budget

Revealing five sunscreen myths with STEM: Science-backed protection

Three guaranteed ways to prevent the summer slide

Igniting curiosity in a young learner’s world with preschool education

How to create an engaging summer camp using hands-on STEM

Introducing the Echo Drone: Enhancing education with Pitsco’s latest innovation

Spreading love and STEM: Valentine’s Day adventures in the classroom

A STEM spotlight on National Hobby Month

Navigating the future: 5 ways to incorporate computer science education into classrooms

Celebrating Family Engagement Month

Discover STEM/STEAM wonders: Embracing innovation

International Dot Day: Exploring STEM through Creativity

STEM Excellence Recognized: Pitsco’s Award-Winning Products Shine in Educators Pick!

Clean energy DIY: KidWind inspires stunning TETRIX® wind turbines

Open-ended STEAM projects for elementary to middle schoolers

Make your camp/summer learning program planning easy

What else is trending in early learning? Engaging activities for Grades PreK-2

Top 10 reasons for STEM in early childhood education

Can you dig it? National Plant a Flower Day is March 12

Force of Attraction: How magnets attract and repel

The future is Fusion: Your next-gen dragster blank

Sculpting with shadows: two Groundhog Day STEAM activities

What’s trending in early learning

The science behind the perfect pie dough

Activity: T-Bot® offers leverage for exploring simple machines

Kid Inventors’ Day: Celebrating creativity in all young inventors

Making spirits bright with the science of holiday lights

Using Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) for personal growth as a teacher

Youth racing program creates new career opportunities for underprivileged communities

STEM/STEAM inspires students! Let’s innovate (N-OV-8)

T-Bot® Hydraulic Arm: Improved features add even more learning

Easy ways to build STEM into your homeschool curriculum

5 easy steps to start teaching drones

Turn lemons into a lemonade stand: Inspiring entrepreneurship

Refocus, recharge, and replenish: Tips for educators in the classroom

Celebrating a picturesque day: Photography and STEM fun

Chess in education: Get a program started in your school or classroom

Ready, Set, STEM! The science of dragsters

Drones: Incredible teamwork at exciting competition in Arkansas.

Teaming up with STEM: How sports and learning connect

World Backup Day: Understanding cloud computing and IoT

Once upon a STEM story – Building STEM skills with fairy tales

Chocolate-covered learning: 7 STEM activities for kids

Black History Month STEM ideas

Puzzle time! The brain benefits of solving

Drone curriculum for middle and high schools

Sound experiments for students: Going analog with a tin can telephone

Entrepreneur: STEM skills + innovation

There’s a BUZZ around Pitsco: Bee-Bot® the programmable robot

Explore IoT using Arduino

gratitude + SEL | November brings the attitude of gratitude

Fantastic fall pumpkin activities

Making STEM connections using project-based learning

A waxy painting project for your classroom

Fizzyology: Researching the root beer float

Get bowled over at home or in the classroom

Launch your learning to the Moon: The universe of STEM

Translating Morse code into learning

The scoop on ice cream STEM activities

Yo-Yo physics: Practice the science that make yo-yos so much fun

Code your own story: Interactive storytelling through coding

Scavenger hunts – Taking hands-on, minds-on learning on the move

Baking a classic: History, STEM, and chocolate chips

Gardening – An outdoor STEM activity for all ages

Fairway to learning: Bringing the golf game home

Not magic, but science: How to fool your friends this April Fool’s Day

STEM weather lessons for home or the classroom

The science of pour painting

Digital detox: Unplug for the day (and what to do with your device-free time)

Inventor’s Day: Ways to appreciate, learn, and invent

Static electricity – this might shock you

The science behind gingerbread houses

Wearable tech: Teach coding at the Elementary level using Code Cube™

KUBO Coding+ enhances computer science camp

Adding enrichment activities = Increasing student engagement

Teacher tips for a new school year

How do bicycles work? The science behind this ‘simple’ machine.

Encouraging self-esteem, growth mindset is important for today’s students and future workforce

Savings, funding, and resources for educators!

For the love of popcorn: The science behind the pop

Dipping into the science of tortilla chips

Get sailing with social-emotional learning

Winning the snowball fight: The science of snow

Education + business + industry: Partners in careers

Using inquiry-based learning in your elementary classroom – including coding education

Better than ever: Pitsco’s Straw Rocket Launcher gets an upgrade

The science behind Hollywood’s spooky special effects

There’s no substitute for hands-on learning

CO2 dragster competition puts employability skills at the finish line

Your next STEM mentors: Senior citizens

Bee aware: Honey bee lessons for the classroom

That sinking feeling – what the plunge of a roller coaster causes

TETRIX® PRIME leads to happy campers

Amelia Earhart: Celebrating a legacy of adventure

Toolbox Racer: Measured for success

Moving fore-ward with TETRIX robotics

Grant resources for educators

Super Fast: Examining the astonishing speeds of superheroes

The science of cheese

Top 10 spring and summer activities

Blow your class away with a kite activity!

The eggs-cellent science of dyeing Easter eggs

Making a curriculum switch from Modules to Expeditions

The physics of basketball and bracketology

Presidents’ Day in the classroom – the hands-on, minds-on way

The RoboChair project: A labor of love

Pumpkin chunkin’ STEM style

Does your robot’s motor have enough power?

An educator's take: The TETRIX® PULSE® Robotics Controller

A ride with gravity: The physics of roller coasters

Planting seeds with robotics

STEM at the ballpark: Game on!

Pitsco legend’s advice for your dragster race day

Top tips for planning a STEM summer camp

Muffins for mom: Baking up a STEM lesson

Avoid short battery life with maintenance

10 Teaching tips for elementary homeschool classrooms

4 reasons to make foam dragster prototypes

9 Funding tips for FTC robotics teams