A new activity at this year's STEM events is Alka Seltzer Rockets. This is a fun way to learn about about chemistry and see Newton's 3rd Law of Motion in action! The supplies are simple: Alka Seltzer tablets Film canisters…
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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…
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…
Home Activity: Slime
One of our most popular STEM Night activities was slime making where kids learned how to make slime and got to take some home. Most of the supplies for this chemistry activity are common items that you might already have…
What to Write
By Alexa, age 11 Have you ever wanted to write an article or story but not known what to write or how to get started? Well, this article should help. First of all, you need to know whether you want…
Home Activity: Rainbow Capillary Action
Do you have a kid who is interested in science? Here's an easy experiment on capillary action that even younger students can do. All you need are 7 cups, water, paper towels, and food dye in three colors: red, yellow, and blue. Arrange…
Hexa-flexagons
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…
Home Activity: Squishy Circuits
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…
Swim With the Sharks
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…
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