Each day we use our five senses—sight, touch, smell, taste, and hearing—to understand the world around us. But, how much do you know about your senses? Try out this week’s STEM @ Home activities to learn more about how you sense the world! Online Videos: Use these links to educate and entertain! Early Elementary: The Five…
Month: August 2021
Welcome New Graduate Assistants!
The STEM Center would like to welcome three of our new graduate assistants who joined us this summer and fall. Dwayne Ferguson graduated from Virginia State University with a bachelor’s of science degree in biology in 2019. He is currently working towards a master’s of science degree in environmental sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.…
There is Method to This Week's STEM @ Home Madness!
How do scientists know all these cool facts and how things work? They use the scientific method. Observation, experimentation, formulating and testing hypotheses, that is the scientific method! This week for STEM @ Home, students use the scientific method by thinking critically, testing their skills of observation, and experimenting with different techniques to improve a…
You'll be Making Waves with this Week's STEM @ Home!
Waves are more than just things you find at the beach. Lots of materials move in waves from water and light to sound and traffic! Waves have amplitude and patterns, repeating minimum and maximum values that show you how the material is moving. They also interact with interference, refraction, reflection, and other phenomena that are…
This Week's STEM @ Home is Engineered for Maximum Learning Fun!
What do bridges, towers, and musical instruments have in common? They are all items that people designed, tested out, and then went back to the drawing board to redesign. This week, we’ll explore engineering design by having you build and redesign a paper bridge, a tower, and musical instruments. Online Videos: Use these links to educate…