3.14 are the starting numbers of Pi, and March 14 (3/14) is annual Pi day. Pi is a mathematical constant defined as the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. The importance of pi has been known for almost 4000 years, since the time of Babylonians, who gave pi a value of 3. There…
Month: March 2019
STEM Center Item of the Week
This week’s Item of the Week is KIBOs! KIBOs are a great way to introduce students as young as 4 to the basics of coding. You simply put the code together with blocks, scan it, and then your KIBO will follow the code! This week STEM Center faculty and staff will be showcasing KIBOs at…
Helia Bravo Harris
Helia Bravo Hollis was a Mexican botanist who focused her research on the cultivation of flowers and the taxonomy of Cactaceae: the plant family of cacti. Throughout her distinguished career, Bravo helped co-found the Mexican Cactus Society, and the Botanical Gardens at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1959. She also has a…
STEM Center Item of the Week!
This week’s Item of the Week is electronic balances! These balances are great for measuring the mass of reactants or products in a lab and are especially useful for chemistry educators. But, balances can come in handy in any lab where you need an accurate mass of a substance. Visit the STEM Resource Center to…
Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper was an American mathematician and United States Navy rear admiral. She was a pioneer of computer programming and she popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages. Hopper earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale University and then became a professor at Vassar College. At the age of 34, she attempted to enlist in…