STEM

Hexa-flexagons

Posted by KNE STEM Kidson November 17, 2016May 22, 2019in STEM

By Alexa, age 10 I've found a terrific use for all of my extra scraps of paper. They're called flexagons! You can make tri hexa-flexagons, hexa hexa-flexagons, and even tetra-flexagons! In this article, I will focus on the basic tri…

Glass Flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Posted by Adrienneon October 19, 2016May 22, 2019in Other Cool Stuff, STEM

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…

Home Activity: Squishy Circuits

Posted by Adrienneon August 16, 2016May 22, 2019in STEM, Technology & Engineering

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…

50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)

Posted by KNE STEM Kidson February 26, 2016May 22, 2019in STEM

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.…

6 Days in Dallas

Posted by Adrienneon June 17, 2015May 22, 2019in STEM

I said "Wow! Look at its tongue!" as my daughter fed a giraffe a lettuce leaf. The giraffe had a really long dark gray tongue that wrapped around the lettuce and pulled the leaf into its mouth. The last day…

Science Olympiad

Posted by Adrienneon April 14, 2015May 22, 2019in STEM

Our daughter's partner carefully blew up the air bladder and inserted the ping pong ball as our daughter aimed to hit the quarter-sized target 2 meters away. She released the trigger and ploosh! Their ball got within 8 centimeters of…

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Posted by Adrienneon June 5, 2014May 21, 2019in STEM

My 8-year-old-daughter put the marshmallows in the bell jar and turned on the pump to suck out all of the air and create a vacuum. The marshmallows began to expand. Then when she turned off the pump, the marshmallows appeared…

Liberty Science Center

Posted by Adrienneon March 29, 2014May 18, 2019in STEM

My daughter turned to me with a very earnest look on her face and said, "I want a cow eye." What would prompt a 7-year-old girl to say she wants a cow's eye?!? We went to the Liberty Science Center…