What are these things? Little spikes sticking out of the ground? Are they roots pushing up? Some kind of animal hatching? Nope, they’re perennial plants growing! These are shoots of hostas poking out from the bulb that’s been waiting underground all winter. Lots of plants (including tulips with their famous bulbs) seem like they die…
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Barbara Liskov
Barbara Liskov is a computer scientist who was born and raised in Los Angeles, California before moving to Berkeley to attend the University of California for her bachelor’s degree in mathematics. After obtaining her degree, she moved to Boston and worked at the Mitre Corporation. This career choice altered her interests from mathematics to computers…
Learning about Weather!
This week’s activities celebrate the beginning of spring by helping kids explore changing weather patterns! Set up your own personal at-home weather monitoring station and prepare to have an everyday learning activity while you social distance and learning more about the world. Online Videos: Use these links to educate and entertain! Early Elementary (K-2): How…
Christine Darden
Christine Darden is a mathematician, data analyst, and aeronautical engineer who worked at NASA for almost 40 years. While working at NASA, she spent much of her time researching supersonic flight and sonic booms. Born in 1942, Darden’s parents encouraged her to pursue opportunities in higher education. In 1958, after graduating as her class valedictorian,…
Annual Starlab Contest
The STEM Center at SIUE is excited to announce its 2020 Astronomy Essay Contest! Once again we are offering StarLab experiences to winning elementary and middle schools for winning papers on our topic What Experiments Should Be Part of the First Human Mission to Mars? http://www.siuestemcenter.org/starlab-contest/ Winners of the contest will get a free planetarium show for their…