by Alexa (age 9, @KNEstemGirls) Have you ever seen or heard of a tardigrade? They're super cool! These microscopic critters (also known as water bears or moss piglets) are the toughest creatures on earth. These extremophiles* can survive temperatures down…
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Coding for Kids
Most people have heard about the important and almost urgent need to get children more engaged in STEM and more specifically computer programming, but why is it so critical? Computers and technology are everywhere and part of our everyday lives.…
Want to take over the world? Learn to Code
by Erika (age 12, @KNEstemGirls) Eventually, the world will be based on computers and technology. We might have robot nannies and more efficient, less annoying Siris. Apple will grow and have more apps and programs. TVs will be voice-controlled and know your…
How I learned to code
by Alexa (age 9, @KNEstemGirls) A few months ago, I didn't know how to code, but I just finished creating my 8th mini-game (I'm working on my 9th). I learned to code from code.org, Scratch, and particularly Tynker. On Tynker, there…
Time to Stand Up
After a summer of swimming, traveling, and other fun-filled activities, sitting quietly at their desks for a long school day is a challenge for our daughters. Even when they actually sat, they rarely sat "normally". We often found them moving…
6 Days in Dallas
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
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 Percy Jackson & the Olympians Art Adventure at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
My husband and 11-year-old daughter excitedly exclaimed, "Over here! We found it!" Our 8-year-old daughter and I rushed over to the glass case they were examining. Inside was an ornately decorated ancient Greek drinking cup (which was more like the…
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Rutgers Geology Museum Open House
As my 10-year-old looked at the replica of the human skull, she couldn't tell if it was Caucasian, African, or Asian? How could we find out? During an afternoon at the Rutgers Geology Museum Open House in New Brunswick, New…
Girl Scout Rocket Launch at the Cradle of Aviation
Our 8-year-old daughter eagerly pulled the cord to launch her water rocket. Whoosh! And then... oops. The rocket launched so explosively that the (mostly decorative) tail fins gently floated to the ground as the rocket shot up above the roof…
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