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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In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal defines the difference between complicated environments and complex ones. Complicated environments have many different moving parts, but are ultimately deterministic - in other words, predictable. If you put in the same…
By Erika, age 13 A rubber snake? While I stood on line for the Linville Caverns, I noticed a black snake that was about four feet long. It had been on the side of the wall for the entire time…
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…
By Alexa, age 10 I think that Lettuce Lake is an awesome place. There is so much wildlife there. There are alligators, insects, owls, snails, cardinals, flowers, trees, and more. There is red-orange water, instead of regular clear water. I…
By Erika, age 13 On the afternoon of June 28, at 1:45 pm, at the Florida Aquarium, in Tampa, Florida, I went to the front desk with Mom and Alexa to sign in for the Shark Swim activity. The aquarium…
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…
When trying to get a better handle on reality, we have to admit that we can't actually prove we aren't in a Matrix-like simulation. But let's ignore that for now by assuming that the input we get from our senses…
By Alexa, age 10 Can you guess what animal this is? It's not a baby giraffe, and it's not a gazelle. It's a... gerenuk! What do you think a gerenuk is? The gerenuk is similar to a gazelle, but has…
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…
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