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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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…
KNE Challenge & STEM Night Update
It's been a busy winter and spring at KNE! We built on last year's momentum where close to 100 kids and adults took the KNE Challenge at our STEM Nights, STEM Talk, and other STEM-tastic events. Based on last year's success with…
A Human’s Owner’s Manual – Part 1
Why do human beings do what they do? There are entire fields of study dedicated to answering this age old question. Most of what drives the world is a net result of individual actions people have taken. Understanding why people do…
KNE Life Skills: It’s an Unpredictable World
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…
Reality – It’s Not Quite What You Think
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…
Why “Wanting” Isn’t Enough
When you "want" something, you are looking for a specific outcome that is somehow different than what you have today. That may seem simple, but it is hard to do well. If you look at New Year's resolutions, people often…
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…
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'…
Introducing the KNE Life Skills Page
Here at Kids Need Enrichment, our mission is to expose, engage and ultimately challenge kids in the amazing, fun and powerful world of STEM. Through our events and activities, we have seen a need to also provide kids help on…
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