Do you have a kid who is interested in science? Here's an easy experiment on capillary action that even younger students can do. All you need are 7 cups, water, paper towels, and food dye in three colors: red, yellow, and blue. Arrange…
Author: Adrienne
The National Park Service Turns 100
Can you imagine being responsible for 84,000,000 acres of land, while hosting 307,000,000 people? That's exactly what the National Park Service (NPS) did last year! President Woodrow Wilson created the NPS to conserve our country's scenery, wildlife, and natural and…
Glass Flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History
The glass flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History are known for being realistic. If you go to the glass exhibit your reaction will probably be like mine: "These can't be real." Not only does the exhibit have life-like…
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Home Activity: Squishy Circuits
Squishy Circuits was a STEM Night crowd favorite - everyone from preschoolers to parents enjoyed playing with this easy-to-do circuitry. Everyone learned how electricity and currents work by creating and testing circuits with a play dough-like material. Electricity flows through…
Home Activity: Rainbow in a Tube
One of our most popular STEM Night activities was "Rainbow in a Tube" where families learned about the properties of density while carefully adding liquids to test tubes. By pouring in each liquid, they created a beautifully layered rainbow with…
Home Activity: Tie Dye Milk
One of our most popular STEM Night activities was "Tie Dye Milk" where families learned about and played with surface tension to make a cool mix of colors. The supplies for this activity are common items that you might already…
STEM Talk Recap
Thank you to everyone that came to the first KNE STEM Talk on Saturday April 16th! All of our elementary through high school-aged presenters did an incredible job sharing their their STEM experiences in front of a live audience of…
The Family Tower Building Challenge
The Family Tower Building Challenge was the grand finale at a recent STEM event where 20+ teams of 4 people built the tallest tower they could in 6 minutes. It was an exciting contest as teams constructed towers out of…
KNE Challenge Update
Since we launched the KNE Challenge last month, more than 50 kids earned our custom T-shirt by bringing the fun, amazing, and powerful world of STEM to other kids. They met the challenge by volunteering at 2 different elementary schools'…
The exciting line up for our STEM Talk on April 16th!
We're very excited about our 1st KNE STEM Talk at the Port Washington Public Library on Saturday 4/16 from 12:45 to 2:15 p.m. Come see local kids from elementary through high school share their exciting STEM experiences! Our phenomenal line up includes:…
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