Houston, TX: Girls in STEM Conference

Floating Forests

Discover floating forests! Welcome to Floating Forests, where you can help us uncover the history of Giant Kelp forests around the globe. Most life on the seafloor can only be sampled by SCUBA divers or dredging up samples from the deep. This kind of data requires a ton of (really fun) effort to collect, but …

Paper Chain Challenge

What is the longest chain you can make from one sheet of paper? Challenge your math skills with this paper chain challenge!

Brain-Bending T-Puzzle

This Brain-Bending T-Puzzle is a geometry puzzle that's been dissected, or cut apart. All you have to do is take four pieces and arrange them to form the letter "T." It might sound easy, but it's not! See how fast you can solve this puzzle and challenge others in your family to do the same. …

Guest Blog Courtesy of Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center

Polar Puzzles Anthropological-Archaeologists like Dr. Bree Doering study the things people left behind. But what DO people leave behind? In this activity you will explore things that YOU leave behind and use that to understand the kinds of items left at a dig site!