Atomic Hands
@atomichands.bsky.social
Fosters curiosity in STEM through American Sign Language-centric resources, develops an engaging STEM videos, and encourages networking among Deaf STEMists.
Did you know bubble wrap was originally invented as 3D wallpaper?! Instead, it became the ultimate packing hero! #258STEMFacts #STEMinASL #BubbleWrap #History #Wallpaper
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Did you know bubble wrap was originally invented as 3D wallpaper?! Instead, it became the ultimate packing hero! #258STEMFacts #STEMinASL #BubbleWrap #History #Wallpaper
Want to make your own garden that waters itself!? This DIY video introduces the terrarium: a tiny world in glass with a built-in water cycle, a closed terrarium rarely needs watering. Just layer rocks, charcoal, moss, and soil, and add your plants.
youtu.be/jE-WpSV9SwU
youtu.be/jE-WpSV9SwU
Make Your Own Terrarium
YouTube video by Atomic Hands
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November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Want to make your own garden that waters itself!? This DIY video introduces the terrarium: a tiny world in glass with a built-in water cycle, a closed terrarium rarely needs watering. Just layer rocks, charcoal, moss, and soil, and add your plants.
youtu.be/jE-WpSV9SwU
youtu.be/jE-WpSV9SwU
This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv) explains that as the fire heats the air, convection makes the warm air rise, carrying the ghosts up with it. :warning: Try this one indoors, and always with adult supervision.
See the transcript - tinyurl.com/2uex4zpk
See the transcript - tinyurl.com/2uex4zpk
October 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv) explains that as the fire heats the air, convection makes the warm air rise, carrying the ghosts up with it. :warning: Try this one indoors, and always with adult supervision.
See the transcript - tinyurl.com/2uex4zpk
See the transcript - tinyurl.com/2uex4zpk
Exciting news! The New England Aquarium is hoping to bring back ASL Sundays in partnership with Atomic Hands, with the goal of co-designing programming that not only reflects the needs of our Deaf community, but also includes them as collaborators.
www.aza.org/connect-stor...
www.aza.org/connect-stor...
Diving Into Inclusion
The New England Aquarium reintroduced ASL Sundays with Atomic Hands to improve accessibility for Deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Exciting news! The New England Aquarium is hoping to bring back ASL Sundays in partnership with Atomic Hands, with the goal of co-designing programming that not only reflects the needs of our Deaf community, but also includes them as collaborators.
www.aza.org/connect-stor...
www.aza.org/connect-stor...
Bet you can’t guess how many drops of blood fit on a penny… This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv) explains how surface tension, adhesion and cohesion work together! #258STEMFacts #Remix #SpookyScience #STEMFun
The video description and transcript is available to read here: tinyurl.com/mpk6ftse
The video description and transcript is available to read here: tinyurl.com/mpk6ftse
October 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Bet you can’t guess how many drops of blood fit on a penny… This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv) explains how surface tension, adhesion and cohesion work together! #258STEMFacts #Remix #SpookyScience #STEMFun
The video description and transcript is available to read here: tinyurl.com/mpk6ftse
The video description and transcript is available to read here: tinyurl.com/mpk6ftse
This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv) shows how a fizzy chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar creates carbon dioxide gas that blows up the balloon!
The video description and transcript are available to read here: tinyurl.com/4s39ptnm
The video description and transcript are available to read here: tinyurl.com/4s39ptnm
October 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv) shows how a fizzy chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar creates carbon dioxide gas that blows up the balloon!
The video description and transcript are available to read here: tinyurl.com/4s39ptnm
The video description and transcript are available to read here: tinyurl.com/4s39ptnm
Let’s make ghost guts (a.k.a. oobleck)! This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv) explains how cornstarch + water = squishy non-Newtonian fluid science slime! Liquid when you pour it, solid when you squeeze it… spooky!
#258STEMFacts #Remix #SpookyScience #STEMFun #Oobleck
#258STEMFacts #Remix #SpookyScience #STEMFun #Oobleck
October 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Let’s make ghost guts (a.k.a. oobleck)! This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv) explains how cornstarch + water = squishy non-Newtonian fluid science slime! Liquid when you pour it, solid when you squeeze it… spooky!
#258STEMFacts #Remix #SpookyScience #STEMFun #Oobleck
#258STEMFacts #Remix #SpookyScience #STEMFun #Oobleck
Tylenol and Autism: Busting the Myth Behind the Connection with Lorne Farovitch, Ph.D.
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youtu.be/Rij6Ez-S_pM?...
Does Tylenol Cause Autism?
YouTube video by Atomic Hands
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October 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Tylenol and Autism: Busting the Myth Behind the Connection with Lorne Farovitch, Ph.D.
youtu.be/Rij6Ez-S_pM?...
youtu.be/Rij6Ez-S_pM?...
Did you know astronauts age slower in space? Thanks to time dilation, their high speeds aboard the ISS make time tick a little slower than on Earth! But don’t pack your bags yet. After 6 months, they’re only about 0.005 seconds younger. Still, pretty mind-blowing!
www.youtube.com/shorts/ESXvd...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ESXvd...
The Secret to Aging Slower?
YouTube video by Atomic Hands
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September 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Did you know astronauts age slower in space? Thanks to time dilation, their high speeds aboard the ISS make time tick a little slower than on Earth! But don’t pack your bags yet. After 6 months, they’re only about 0.005 seconds younger. Still, pretty mind-blowing!
www.youtube.com/shorts/ESXvd...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ESXvd...
Deaf teachers – took the MTEL math test? We want to hear from YOU!
The test is tough and ASL support is limited. Sharing your experience can help create better prep tools.
Take our short, anonymous survey and help future deaf educators succeed: tinyurl.com/MTELmath.
The test is tough and ASL support is limited. Sharing your experience can help create better prep tools.
Take our short, anonymous survey and help future deaf educators succeed: tinyurl.com/MTELmath.
September 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Deaf teachers – took the MTEL math test? We want to hear from YOU!
The test is tough and ASL support is limited. Sharing your experience can help create better prep tools.
Take our short, anonymous survey and help future deaf educators succeed: tinyurl.com/MTELmath.
The test is tough and ASL support is limited. Sharing your experience can help create better prep tools.
Take our short, anonymous survey and help future deaf educators succeed: tinyurl.com/MTELmath.
It’s big like a football field, has 6 bedrooms, and zooms around Earth 16 times a day... in space! Meet the coolest house not on this planet. #258STEMFacts #STEMinASL #InternationalSpaceStation
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September 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It’s big like a football field, has 6 bedrooms, and zooms around Earth 16 times a day... in space! Meet the coolest house not on this planet. #258STEMFacts #STEMinASL #InternationalSpaceStation
youtube.com/shorts/S-p8S...
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September 17: International Microorganism Day!
In 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek peered at his own teeth & discovered what he called “animalcules.”
Want to try some microbe-powered recipes (like sourdough bread!)? Visit internationalmicroorganismday.org!
youtube.com/shorts/xzEnb...
In 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek peered at his own teeth & discovered what he called “animalcules.”
Want to try some microbe-powered recipes (like sourdough bread!)? Visit internationalmicroorganismday.org!
youtube.com/shorts/xzEnb...
Microorganism Day: September 17
YouTube video by Atomic Hands
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September 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
September 17: International Microorganism Day!
In 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek peered at his own teeth & discovered what he called “animalcules.”
Want to try some microbe-powered recipes (like sourdough bread!)? Visit internationalmicroorganismday.org!
youtube.com/shorts/xzEnb...
In 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek peered at his own teeth & discovered what he called “animalcules.”
Want to try some microbe-powered recipes (like sourdough bread!)? Visit internationalmicroorganismday.org!
youtube.com/shorts/xzEnb...
Silly Putty was an accident! A WWII chemist tried making rubber… instead, he made this stretchy, bouncy blob we love today. Try making your own at home with glue, starch + food coloring... science you can squish! #STEMvee #STEMinASL #DIYScience #AccidentalInventions #SillyPutty
youtu.be/WponDhknoFk
youtu.be/WponDhknoFk
Silly Putty
YouTube video by Atomic Hands
youtu.be
September 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Silly Putty was an accident! A WWII chemist tried making rubber… instead, he made this stretchy, bouncy blob we love today. Try making your own at home with glue, starch + food coloring... science you can squish! #STEMvee #STEMinASL #DIYScience #AccidentalInventions #SillyPutty
youtu.be/WponDhknoFk
youtu.be/WponDhknoFk
The world’s longest bridge stretches over 100 miles!
102 miles long. 10,000+ workers. 100 feet high.
The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge isn’t just a bridge. It’s a world record-breaking marvel of engineering.
youtube.com/shorts/jN143...
102 miles long. 10,000+ workers. 100 feet high.
The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge isn’t just a bridge. It’s a world record-breaking marvel of engineering.
youtube.com/shorts/jN143...
The 100 Mile Bridge
YouTube video by Atomic Hands
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September 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The world’s longest bridge stretches over 100 miles!
102 miles long. 10,000+ workers. 100 feet high.
The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge isn’t just a bridge. It’s a world record-breaking marvel of engineering.
youtube.com/shorts/jN143...
102 miles long. 10,000+ workers. 100 feet high.
The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge isn’t just a bridge. It’s a world record-breaking marvel of engineering.
youtube.com/shorts/jN143...
Do you want to learn how to be a scientist and discover what life was like on Earth a long, long time ago?
🎉NEW project just launched for kindergarten kids in ASL, English & Spanish!
🎥 Videos
📝 Vocabulary sheets
📄 Worksheets
🎨 Coloring pages
👉 Explore now: www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/how...
🎉NEW project just launched for kindergarten kids in ASL, English & Spanish!
🎥 Videos
📝 Vocabulary sheets
📄 Worksheets
🎨 Coloring pages
👉 Explore now: www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/how...
How To Do Science
Do you want to learn how to be a scientist, and learn about life on Earth a long, long time ago? Join real archaeologists and paleontologists to learn about how
www.colorado.edu
August 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Do you want to learn how to be a scientist and discover what life was like on Earth a long, long time ago?
🎉NEW project just launched for kindergarten kids in ASL, English & Spanish!
🎥 Videos
📝 Vocabulary sheets
📄 Worksheets
🎨 Coloring pages
👉 Explore now: www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/how...
🎉NEW project just launched for kindergarten kids in ASL, English & Spanish!
🎥 Videos
📝 Vocabulary sheets
📄 Worksheets
🎨 Coloring pages
👉 Explore now: www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/how...
Join our team! Remote, part-time open positions currently available:
👉 Grant Writer – Secure funding to grow our mission: tinyurl.com/AHGrantWriter
👉 Digital Marketing & Community Engagement Specialist – Create engaging, accessible content: tinyurl.com/AHDigitalMark
👉 Grant Writer – Secure funding to grow our mission: tinyurl.com/AHGrantWriter
👉 Digital Marketing & Community Engagement Specialist – Create engaging, accessible content: tinyurl.com/AHDigitalMark
August 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Join our team! Remote, part-time open positions currently available:
👉 Grant Writer – Secure funding to grow our mission: tinyurl.com/AHGrantWriter
👉 Digital Marketing & Community Engagement Specialist – Create engaging, accessible content: tinyurl.com/AHDigitalMark
👉 Grant Writer – Secure funding to grow our mission: tinyurl.com/AHGrantWriter
👉 Digital Marketing & Community Engagement Specialist – Create engaging, accessible content: tinyurl.com/AHDigitalMark
New Scottish Sensory Centre sign language glossary with 90 signs for marine species! Atomic Hands was proud to be part of this international collaboration with partners across Europe and beyond to make marine education more inclusive for deaf youth.
www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/marinehome.html
www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/marinehome.html
August 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New Scottish Sensory Centre sign language glossary with 90 signs for marine species! Atomic Hands was proud to be part of this international collaboration with partners across Europe and beyond to make marine education more inclusive for deaf youth.
www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/marinehome.html
www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/marinehome.html
FREE Science Adventure for Deaf 4th–8th Graders! Join us for an ASL-interpreted tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.!
Date: August 15, 2025
Time: 10–11 AM
4 DAYS LEFT! Register now: bit.ly/AHExploringScience!
Date: August 15, 2025
Time: 10–11 AM
4 DAYS LEFT! Register now: bit.ly/AHExploringScience!
August 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
FREE Science Adventure for Deaf 4th–8th Graders! Join us for an ASL-interpreted tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.!
Date: August 15, 2025
Time: 10–11 AM
4 DAYS LEFT! Register now: bit.ly/AHExploringScience!
Date: August 15, 2025
Time: 10–11 AM
4 DAYS LEFT! Register now: bit.ly/AHExploringScience!
Ever wonder how glasses know when to turn into sunglasses? Is it MAGIC?
Nope, it's science! Photochromic lenses change color when UV light hits them. Watch to see how your glasses pull off this trick!
Special thanks to Rachel Kolb for writing the script!
youtu.be/yHT_k6CnFkg
Nope, it's science! Photochromic lenses change color when UV light hits them. Watch to see how your glasses pull off this trick!
Special thanks to Rachel Kolb for writing the script!
youtu.be/yHT_k6CnFkg
How Do Photochromic Lenses Work?
YouTube video by Atomic Hands
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August 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Ever wonder how glasses know when to turn into sunglasses? Is it MAGIC?
Nope, it's science! Photochromic lenses change color when UV light hits them. Watch to see how your glasses pull off this trick!
Special thanks to Rachel Kolb for writing the script!
youtu.be/yHT_k6CnFkg
Nope, it's science! Photochromic lenses change color when UV light hits them. Watch to see how your glasses pull off this trick!
Special thanks to Rachel Kolb for writing the script!
youtu.be/yHT_k6CnFkg
Closest to the Sun = hottest planet, right? Nope!
Venus takes the crown, thanks to a heat-trapping, acid-filled atmosphere. 🔥
#258STEMFacts #ScienceSurprise #VenusFacts #STEMinASL
Venus takes the crown, thanks to a heat-trapping, acid-filled atmosphere. 🔥
#258STEMFacts #ScienceSurprise #VenusFacts #STEMinASL
July 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Closest to the Sun = hottest planet, right? Nope!
Venus takes the crown, thanks to a heat-trapping, acid-filled atmosphere. 🔥
#258STEMFacts #ScienceSurprise #VenusFacts #STEMinASL
Venus takes the crown, thanks to a heat-trapping, acid-filled atmosphere. 🔥
#258STEMFacts #ScienceSurprise #VenusFacts #STEMinASL
Come and join us on a FREE ASL Interpreted tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. on August 15 from 10-11am! Please register here: bit.ly/AHExploringScience.
July 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Come and join us on a FREE ASL Interpreted tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. on August 15 from 10-11am! Please register here: bit.ly/AHExploringScience.
Why does your morning cup of #coffee bloom before it brews?
No bloom = flat, weak coffee.
Let it bloom = bold, balanced brew.
That bubbling moment? It’s SCIENCE in action!
#STEMinASL #STEMvee
youtu.be/lI5DdjH0daE
No bloom = flat, weak coffee.
Let it bloom = bold, balanced brew.
That bubbling moment? It’s SCIENCE in action!
#STEMinASL #STEMvee
youtu.be/lI5DdjH0daE
Coffee: Science in a Cup
YouTube video by Atomic Hands
youtu.be
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Why does your morning cup of #coffee bloom before it brews?
No bloom = flat, weak coffee.
Let it bloom = bold, balanced brew.
That bubbling moment? It’s SCIENCE in action!
#STEMinASL #STEMvee
youtu.be/lI5DdjH0daE
No bloom = flat, weak coffee.
Let it bloom = bold, balanced brew.
That bubbling moment? It’s SCIENCE in action!
#STEMinASL #STEMvee
youtu.be/lI5DdjH0daE
"For one project, the founders of the organization, Alicia Wooten and Barbara Spiecker, had a group of children create a homemade volcano out of clay, play-dough, and empty water bottles."
Link to the article: www.fxbgadvance.com/p/signs-of-f...
Link to the article: www.fxbgadvance.com/p/signs-of-f...
Signs of Fun Offers the Traditional Summer Camp Experience to Children with Deafness
"It’s really magical for me seeing these kids build those connections and strengthen their language capabilities."
www.fxbgadvance.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"For one project, the founders of the organization, Alicia Wooten and Barbara Spiecker, had a group of children create a homemade volcano out of clay, play-dough, and empty water bottles."
Link to the article: www.fxbgadvance.com/p/signs-of-f...
Link to the article: www.fxbgadvance.com/p/signs-of-f...
The sun's out, but don’t skip the sunscreen! Learn the science behind what happens when you get a tan!
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What is melanin and how do sunburns happen?
YouTube video by Atomic Hands
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June 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The sun's out, but don’t skip the sunscreen! Learn the science behind what happens when you get a tan!
youtu.be/jYoSy8Kqblk
youtu.be/jYoSy8Kqblk
How can cocoa powder, something we drink, not be wet?!
This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv @science) explains in ASL how you can dip cocoa powder in water and see it come out dry!
#STEMinASL #258STEMFacts #TheMoreYouKnow #CocoaPowder
This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv @science) explains in ASL how you can dip cocoa powder in water and see it come out dry!
#STEMinASL #258STEMFacts #TheMoreYouKnow #CocoaPowder
June 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
How can cocoa powder, something we drink, not be wet?!
This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv @science) explains in ASL how you can dip cocoa powder in water and see it come out dry!
#STEMinASL #258STEMFacts #TheMoreYouKnow #CocoaPowder
This video stitch (@mrs.b.tv @science) explains in ASL how you can dip cocoa powder in water and see it come out dry!
#STEMinASL #258STEMFacts #TheMoreYouKnow #CocoaPowder