By Alexa, age 11 In the “Virtual World’s Institute: What Happened to the Neanderthals” 2-week summer program at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), you will answer many questions like: “Why did the Neanderthals go extinct?”, “What is an…
Editor’s Note: We’ve Been Busy
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…
The Total Solar Eclipse
By Alexa, age 11 This past August, I saw a total eclipse with my family on Snow King Mountain in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We were given special eclipse glasses that blocked out almost all light, so we could only see…
Home Activity: Ice Cream Making
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!…
Home Activity: Tabletop Hovercrafts
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…
Don’t Save the White Tiger!
By Erika, age 14 Have you ever seen those campaigns that say you should help save the white tiger? Don't listen to them. You should not “save” the white tiger! Here's why: the white tiger is not a species, but…
Russian Tortoises
By Alexa, age 11 We have been taking care of 2 Russian tortoises for the past 5 weeks that we named Viktor and Yuri because they are Russian-sounding names who are also characters from an anime show. Viktor and Yuri are…
Home Activity: Binary Bracelets
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…
Glass Blowing
By Erika, age 14 When I was in Saint Petersburg, I went to a glass shop to make my own glass statue at the Morean Arts Center Glass Studio & Hot Shop. I decided to make a statue in the…
The Hyperloop
By Owen (KNE Intern) While the successful Elon Musk is probably best known in popular culture for his involvement in the creation of PayPal and for being the CEO and co-founder of Tesla Inc., he is also the founder, CEO,…
