by Paige Barnes | Dec 15, 2017 | News, STEM News
If you’re like me (and be honest, many of you are), the holiday season has snuck up on you, and you still have gifts to buy. Allow me to make life a little easier for you and make you the greatest gift-giver ever. Two truly phenomenal gift ideas that very...
by Paige Barnes | Dec 6, 2017 | STEM Experiments & Activities, STEM News
Make Fake Snow This is especially fun with younger kids, but even older ones will love it. Reindeer Races You could use balloons decorated as reindeer taped to a straw on a “zipline” for younger students and student-built “cars” (mousetrap or...
by Paige Barnes | Dec 5, 2017 | STEM Experiments & Activities, STEM News
This project fits beautifully as part of our list of winter-themed STEM activities and can be used with all different ages/grade levels. Use balloons (decorated as reindeer) that are taped to a straw on a “zipline” for younger students, and use decorated...
by Paige Barnes | Dec 5, 2017 | STEM Experiments & Activities, STEM News
This is especially fun with younger kids, but even older ones will love it. There a few recipes for fake snow, so one way to incorporate a cross-curricular lesson is to make all the recipes and see which is the best; use charts and graphs to show results, and then...
by Paige Barnes | Nov 3, 2017 | EDAP Winners, Houston, News, STEM News
Bob Fulbright is the amazing educator who won the 2017 John Kingsley Kerver Educator Award. This award is generously sponsored each year by Karen North in honor of her father, a former engineer at Exxon. As a graduate from Lake Forest College and the University of...
