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…
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Learning about the Scientific Method
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…
Mapping with Drones
Today’s blog post is brought to you by Dr. Didi Martinez. One of the great things about living in an age of quick technological advances is that more and more scientific methods are accessible to those of us that do science every day! I am Dr. Adriana E. Martinez in general I research rivers using…
Jerry C. Elliott STEM Like Me Story
When Jerry C. Elliott High Eagle was born in 1943 there were no astronauts or even artificial satellites in orbit, but at age five (9 years before Sputnik ushered in the space race), he dreamed of helping humanity walk on the moon. His dream had a mix of support from his tribal leaders and family.…
Learning about Waves
Waves are more than just things you can 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…