Today we are sharing one of our most popular activities from our Parent-Daughter STEM Workshops. These would make a great gift for friends or family and you will impress everyone when you teach them the chemistry behind how it works! Background: While you may have made or used bath balls Read more…
Have you ever looked at a snowflake, an icicle, or a piece of rock candy and thought about how they were made or what the crystals look like up close? This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features a physical chemist who pioneered the use of x-ray crystallography to determine Read more…
Stop what you are doing, grab your daughter, and try this STEM challenge RIGHT NOW! What better way to learn about physics and chemistry than with a tasty home made ice cream challenge? We had so much fun testing (and tasting!) this out and know you will love it too! Read more…
Thanksgiving…the holiday where we all sit around the table, slowly eating for hours, and talk about all the things we are thankful for. And then you have kids! Kids don’t eat slowly…kids don’t sit still for hours while the adults digest and contemplate seconds (or thirds!). So here is a Read more…
In 2011, the United Nations declared October 11th to be International Day of the Girl. The mission is to “to help galvanize worldwide enthusiasm for goals to better girls’ lives, providing an opportunity for them to show leadership and reach their full potential.” STEM Like a Girl aims to promote enthusiasm Read more…
The September STEM Like a Girl Challenge of the Month is a sweet one! This month we explore how crystals form by making your own Candy Crystal Lollipops. Background A crystal is a solid material whose atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure. Think Read more…
At our June Parent-Daughter Workshop, we talked a lot about the design process and failure. The Summer Edition of our STEM Challenge of the Month will explore these things a little more as you and your daughter take on the Marshmallow Tower Challenge! This is the perfect activity to use Read more…
How far can you make a puff ball fly through the air? For this STEM Like a Girl challenge, you will be designing and testing a launcher device using a few common household items while also learning about energy. Are you up for the challenge? Background: Diving boards, sling shots, Read more…
When you think about computer coding, do you also think about jewelry? Probably not, but the April STEM Challenge of the Month will change your thinking as you use binary code to make secret coded jewelry. This is a great activity to show girls how to combine STEM and fashion! Read more…
The March STEM Challenge of the Month is in honor or Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2nd. While Dr. Seuss is best known for Green Eggs and Ham or The Grinch, he also gave name to the gooey, part liquid/part solid substance called oobleck in his book Bartholomew and the Read more…