by Erika (age 12, @KNEstemGirls) This past summer, I took over the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History every morning for a week. All of the campers got to use the ridiculously expensive space navigating technology that our…
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Organizing events like the STEAM Fair and putting together this STEM Newsletter are fun labors of love, but what do we really hope to achieve? Our mission continues to be to put the amazing, fun, and powerful world of STEM…
by Alexa (age 9, @KNEstemGirls) The goblin shark is a rare and unusual looking species of deep-sea shark. It is sometimes called a "living fossil" because it is the only living representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage about 125…
Who would've guessed that playing with glass could be both fun and safe? As parents, we generally tell our kids not to play with glass, but at Bullseye Glass's free open house, our family found several fun, yet safe, ways…
by Erika (age 12, @KNEstemGirls) I really enjoyed 50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do probably because I am a kid. Children love to take risks, but their parents don't, out of fear that their kid will get hurt.…
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To the chagrin of our family, good writing requires more than just coming up with a brilliant idea and putting it on paper or (more often these days) in a Word document. Good writing truly is an art form and…
by Alexa (age 9, @KNEstemGirls) One of the most interesting and pretty creatures of the sea is the Glaucus Atlanticus, also known as sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, and blue dragon (can you guess what color it is?). It…
Read More What Eats the Portuguese Man of War? The Glaucus Atlanticus
You can now 3D print just about anything you can imagine and design - even if you don't own a 3D printer! Our family is fascinated by 3D printing. Over the past few years, it has increased in popularity and…
by Erika (age12, @KNEstemGirls) Manta rays are known as the Gentle Giants of the Sea and are the flat cousins of sharks. Both are in the Elasmobranchii subclass and are cartilaginous fishes. People fear sharks, but not manta rays. Why?…
By Erika, age 12 Ashley Pagnotta is an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). I nicknamed her "Eos Kablammo" after Eos, the Greek Goddess of the Stars, and the fact that she studies stars that explode. Why…
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