What a year it has been! For our last week of STEM @ Home in 2020, we are highlighting some of our favorite weeks and the videos that went along with those week. In 2021, we will update and revise our STEM @ Home series. If you have any suggestions for improvements, please let our…
Month: December 2020
Learning about Plate Tectonics
This week is all about plate tectonics, the foundation of both modern geology and the surface of our planet! The idea of plate tectonics was a long time coming but in the late twentieth century it became clear that every part of geology and our world’s ecology was tied, at least partly, to the…
Learning about Sound
BOOM! BONG! KNOCK! RING! Sounds are everywhere. Some sounds are loud, some are quiet, some are pleasant, and some are irritating or even dangerous. This week students will learn how to measure sound using a smart phone app, how different materials affect those measurements, how music produces pleasant sounds by creating perfect intervals, and how…
Nobel Snubs - a STEM Like Me Story
The Nobel Prize is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the STEM fields of Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine (other prizes include Literature, Peace, and the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences). Established by scientist and industrialist Alfred Nobel in his will, the prize is given “to those who, during the preceding…
What’s all the buzz about?
Today’s blogpost is brought to you by Lisa Drennen. My undergraduate research at Webster University involved teaching citizen scientists how to photograph and upload pictures of native bumblebees and non native honey bees. After students in the YCITYSCI program have discussed interests in plants, I am going to share knowledge about insect-plant interactions…