Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Science Festival @ MIT Museum

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

Austin, TX – Cherrywood Art Fair

Maplewood Elementary School 3808 Maplewood Ave., Austin, TX, United States

Join Girlstart at the Cherrywood Art Fair to design your own holiday card that can light up! Build your circuit using a coin battery, conductive copper tape, and an LED light; then channel your inner artist to decorate your card for the holiday season. Stop by Girlstart's booth anytime between 10:00am-5:00pm on Saturday, December 9th …

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

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