It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s a Glider! Design a Styrofoam plate glider to soar through your house. Experiment with different elevons and rudder positions to see how it affects your flight path.
Click here for a deSTEMber activity!
Flight Path
AccuWeather.com
An “Eggsellent” Science Experiment
AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Meghan Evans will be doing a science experiment in a Google Hangout on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 at 1 p.m. EST, as part of DeSTEMber 2012. Check out their blog post about pressure HERE.
Materials for the experiment: matches, a peeled hard-boiled egg, a glass bottle (glass milk bottles and carafes work well) and a paper towel.
Photo courtesy of AccuWeather.com
To watch our Google+ Hangout with Meghan Evans, click Continue Reading below.
San Diego Zoo
Google+ Hangout with Rick Schwartz
Join San Diego Zoo Global Ambassador Rick Schwartz and his eight-foot boa constrictor friend to learn how snakes have adapted to survive with no arms or legs, and why snakes are very important to the ecosystems that they are native to.
Click Continue Reading below to learn about May, the 8 ft boa constrictor and watch the Google+ Hangout.
National Geographic
Google+ Hangout
Join Girlstart’s first partner Google+ Hangout with National Geographic‘s emerging explorer and Google Science Fair judge TH Culhane at his laboratory in Germany for a do-it-yourself event.
What could you make with a scouring pad, a paper towel, drain cleaner, and an aluminum can tab?
Find out what supplies you’ll need to participate in our build-along event: http://on.natgeo.com/Tx3p3H.
Click Continue Reading below to watch our first Google+ Hangout with National Geographic inventor TH Culhane. Check out this backgrounder about National Geographic scholar TH Culhane at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/culhane-thomas/