Virtual Reality
Spark your imagination as you adventure through alternative realities, games, and life-like simulations. Explore the technology, design, and programming behind virtual reality experiences.Click for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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DeSTEMber Fest @ Girlstart
Turn up the music to feel the vibrations! Watch your wireman dance as you discover the science behind sound waves. Are you ready to dance to the vibrations?!Click for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Solar Oven – S’mores
Winter is coming, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is cold enough to have a fire. Discover a new way to roast your own marshmallow using energy from the Sun! Create a tasty treat as you explore alternative energy resources. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity! Materials List
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SpheroTM
From changing light colors to creating a square, there are many programming experiences you can discover using SpheroTM, a spherical robot that is programmable through draw, drag and drop blocks, or JavaScript coding. Grab your smartphone and get ready to play and program at the same time!Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Circuit Reindeer
Have you ever made a circuit to light something up? Channel your inner electrical engineer to create your own light up circuit reindeer. With a nose so bright, let your reindeer’s nose lead the way through the dark night! Click here for a DeSTEMber activity! Materials List
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SpriteBox
As you make your way to the finish line in each level, Sprite needs help rescuing his friends along the way! Follow his prompts to learn how to give him directions he can understand to work together to build bridges, ladders, and more so you can free them. Sprite will teach you how to sequence …
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Houston Zoo
Guest Blog Courtesy of Houston Zoo The Houston Zoo is a world-renowned conservation leader and works with organizations around the world to save wildlife. Deforestation is an issue for many animals around the world, including orangutans in Asia. Orangutans use the canopies of trees to cross rivers and join other orangutan populations, however, palm oil plantations have been …
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Shadow Colors
What color is your shadow? Did you know not all shadows are black?! Explore the additive properties of light and observe that shadows can be colorful.Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Space Salad
Have you ever wanted to live in space? How would you grow food to eat? Consider the unique factors impacting growing plants in space to design a prototype device to grow crops in space. Don’t forget your device needs to be efficient and compact to travel in space. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Ice Lanterns
Take advantage of the cold weather by making beautiful ice lanterns that will be sure to light up any room or sidewalk this holiday season! Observe water’s unique properties as you create your lanterns. Enjoy the icy glow before the temperatures start to rise. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Pinecone Hygrometer
No need to check the morning news for the weather, use a pinecone as a hygrometer to measure the amount of humidity in the air! Explore how pinecones can sense levels of water moisture and use it to their adaptive advantage. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Pendulum Painting
Guest Blog Courtesy of The Franklin Institute Ingredients of Weather The Franklin Institute, one of the oldest science museums in the United States, provides a unique and fun Ingredients of Weather presentation all the way from Philadelphia, PA. Meteorologists use special tools and their knowledge of the atmosphere to study the weather and climate of different parts of …
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Paper Rockets
Three… Two… One… BLAST OFF! Explore the aerodynamics behind rockets and see how far you can get yours to soar. Grab a bendy straw, paper and tape and you are ready to go. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity! Materials List
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Smartphone Hologram
Holograms are no longer a science fiction fantasy or a technology from the future! Observe the properties of diffracting light to create an optical illusion that resembles a 3D hologram. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity! Materials List
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Density Rainbow
ROY G. BIV! Which mnemonic device do you use to remember the colors of a rainbow? Discover how different liquid densities can create your own sugar water rainbow. How many teaspoons of sugar will be the densest? Click here for a DeSTEMber activity! Materials List
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Boomerang Can
Trick your friends and family by appearing to control the can with your mind! Discover how the power of potential and kinetic energy can change the direction of an object in a predictable way. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity! Materials List
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Toilet Paper Roll Snowflakes
Bring on the snow! In Texas, we have to make our own one-of-a-kind snowflakes since we rarely have cold weather. Get in the winter spirit and design a unique, festive toilet paper roll snowflake.Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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LED Superhero Logos
Design your own personalized LED superhero logo that would make Wonder Woman or Batman jealous. Explore properties of conductors and insulators to engineer (or create) a path that allows your logo to glow and embrace your superhero bravery.Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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LED Jellyfish
Have you ever seen jellyfish and wondered how they seem to glow in the dark? Discover the bioluminescent properties that allow a jellyfish to create light and design your own glowing jellyfish model using a circuit! Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Down To The Core
Soil, rock, clay – do you know what is below Earth’s surface? Design your own potato-coring device to discover how NASA scientists use core samples to study asteroids and other planets. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Winter Solstice
Do you ever feel some days seem longer than others? While each day lasts 24 hours; we experience light in different ways on different days. Explore the Earth’s axis and how Earth orbits the Sun to create the winter solstice. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Hook, Line, and Sinker
Get hooked on this challenge that will test both your coordination and understanding of science! Help your diver search for sunken treasure as you learn how density and buoyancy work together. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Magnetic Levitation
Impress your friends with this cool floating pencil ‘trick’! Levitation is no longer magic as we observe the physics behind magnets. Discover how maglev trains work using magnetic levitation. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Crystal Geodes
Did you know a geode is created within a hollow space? Beautiful crystals lie underneath the hard exterior. Mimic the natural crystal formation process as you create your own geodes in an eggshell. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Natural Dye Markers
The world is an array of different colors. Explore how you can use organic materials to make different dyes and create your own natural markers. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Space Plastics
Plastic bags take about 450 years to decompose! That is a long time to wait while they take up space in a landfill, which is why many stores no longer provide them when you check out. However, you can create your own plastic-like substance from biological materials to observe the different properties of each. Click …
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SciGirls
Parachute Parade Skydivers rely on parachutes to slow them down as they fall from frightening heights. Parachutes catch air and create drag, a force that works against gravity. Parachutes are usually large and made of lightweight materials, so they create the most drag possible without adding a lot of weight. Hone your engineering skills and …
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Surface Tension Bath Toy
Have you ever seen bugs that can walk on water? Learn how surface tension allows bugs to walk on water and create your own toy raft that will not sink and can be propelled through the water. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Need For Speed
How fast can you make your car go?! Design a paper towel roll vehicle and observe the forces needed to power your car. Does your car move faster or slower the farther you pull the strings apart? Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Fizzy Fireworks
Fireworks are vibrant displays of light that brighten the sky on special occasions! Mimic these eye-catching displays using safe household liquids. Observe the chemical reaction that causes the colors to spread. Click here for a DeSTEMber activity!Materials List
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Dream Big!
Wrap up the last day of DeSTEMber and rock into the New Year by thinking about your goals. When you set goals, it is important to dream big about what you want to achieve and how you are going to reach them. “Rock Out Your Dreams” as you decorate your own goals guitar to stay …
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