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28JunJune 28, 2018

An Evening with David Copperfield at the New York Historical Society

Posted by Adrienne in Other Cool Stuff, Technology & Engineering

The New York Historical Society hosted An Evening with David Copperfield on Saturday June 16th where the world-renowned magician shared his thoughts on the history and purpose of magic and illusion. This special talk kicked off the museum’s new exhibit,…

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22MayMay 22, 2018

KNE Update

Posted by Adrienne in KNE Blog

This spring has been another STEM-tastic season for Kids Need Enrichment. Last month we organized and ran 2 STEM Nights at local elementary schools and we just did 4 workshops at the local public library! The 2 STEM Nights were…

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20AprApril 20, 2018

Home Activity: Alka Seltzer Rockets

Posted by Adrienne in Technology & Engineering

A new activity at this year's STEM events is Alka Seltzer Rockets. This is a fun way to learn about about chemistry and see Newton's 3rd Law of Motion in action! The supplies are simple: Alka Seltzer tablets Film canisters…

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09MarMarch 9, 2018

Editor’s Note: We’ve Been Busy

Posted by Adrienne in Event News, KNE Blog

Although we took a bit of a break from sending out the KNE Newsletter, we were busy putting together lots of STEM-tastic things for our community including a new Science Olympiad team, more STEM Nights, and STEM workshops. When Erika…

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18OctOctober 18, 2017

Home Activity: Ice Cream Making

Posted by Adrienne in Science

Ice cream making was a fun way to combine science and a tasty treat at some of this year's STEM events. You can see and learn about chemistry and celebrate what you've learned at the end by eating ice cream!…

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18OctOctober 18, 2017

Home Activity: Tabletop Hovercrafts

Posted by Adrienne in Technology & Engineering

Building and testing a tabletop hovercraft has been a big hit at our STEM events. You can easily build and test one at home to see and learn about how cushions of air enable things to float and hover. You…

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23AugAugust 23, 2017

Home Activity: Binary Bracelets

Posted by Adrienne in Technology & Engineering

Binary Bracelets is a terrific STEM event activity from Code.org that combines an introduction to binary and a fun craft. Binary is a method to represent information with only 2 options - on and off. A regular light switch is an…

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