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…
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Home Activity: Tie Dye Milk
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…
Mind Maps: A Different Way to Take Notes
By Alexa, age 10 Have you ever seen a mind map? Mind maps may look disorganized, but they actually mimic how our brains store information. That is why you might also know a mind map as a thought web or…
The Family Tower Building Challenge
The Family Tower Building Challenge was the grand finale at a recent STEM event where 20+ teams of 4 people built the tallest tower they could in 6 minutes. It was an exciting contest as teams constructed towers out of…
Sizing the Solar System
By Alexa (age 9, @KNEstemGirls) Do you think the planets are distributed evenly in our solar system? Until a week ago, I thought that was true, but then I did a fun, easy exercise that you can do too. All…
Super Memory
By Erika (age 12, @KNEstemGirls) If I asked you to memorize a list of 10 random things in order, such as pig, couch, vase, chicken, pillow, hill, knife, book, ribbon, and lamp, would you be able to do it? You…
Using a Digital Microscope
By Alexa (age 9, @KNEstemGirls) I just got a microscope! It's super cool. The microscope that we have looks like a cylinder with a round back and a light in the front. It comes with a stand and a ruler.…
Bullseye Glass: Fun Ways to Play with Glass
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…
50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
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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3D Print Your Own Creation
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…
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