Austin, TX: STEM Extravaganza at Free First Sunday

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!

Habitat Planning

Imagine what it would be like to live and work on the Moon. What kind of work might astronauts do? How might they live? Read an article about Moonquakes, then design and draw astronaut housing. Heavy Lifting is part of the NASA STEM: Forward to the Moon Activity Guide. These hands-on science activities may be done …