Growing up in Mobile, Alabama, Lonnie Johnson was fascinated by how things worked. He learned the basics about electricity from his dad and learned to repair household items. From dismantling his sister’s dolls to building his own go cart out of scrap metal and a lawn mower engine, his curiosity about engineering and physics continued…
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Learning about Citizen Science
Did you know that scientists need your help? Sometimes researchers collect so much data they can’t even begin to look it all by themselves. That’s where you come in! Researchers can use citizen science to have future scientists (like you!) comb through mountains of data that otherwise would be impossible to analyze. This week’s activities…
Tracy Drain
Growing up in Louisville, KY, Tracy Drain learned from an early age about the amazing world of STEM. Her mother was interested in engineering topics, though she worked at McDonald’s and not a lab. She saw that Tracy was passionate about science, though, and worked hard to help Tracy be the first one in her…
More fun with STEAM Week!
If you are like me, you may not be the best artist. But STEAM doesn’t have to include just art! It can also include music! EarSketch is an online platform for learning coding, but with a twist. Rather than programming a cartoon or drawing, EarSketch allows you to create music with code! Functionally, it works…
New Curriculum Kit: Forces of Flight
Best for grades 5-6, Forces of Flight is a Math and Science Hands-On (M.A.S.H.) kit that explores the forces that allows objects to stay aloft. Teachers and parents can use this kit to teach students about the four forces of flight. By dropping eggs and paper helicopters, constructing different parachutes, and blowing up and on balloons,…