Girls in STEM Conference

Moon Observation Saturday (Lunar AR)

Meet Shannon Messner! Job Title: Sr. Designer and Illustrator, Artemis Communications Team, NASA Shannon Messner is a graphic designer and digital illustrator who currently resides in Reston, Virginia.  She discovered her love for art and illustration as a young girl, and this discovery lead her on a path that eventually became her life-long career. What is …

The Franklin Institute – Light and Bubbles

Ready to look at bubbles in a whole new light? Bubbles are simple to play with, but they have some pretty complex science behind them. For Dr. Lauren Zarzar, a scientist at Penn State University’s Center for Nanoscale Science, bubbles are a great example of how the properties of materials can change depending on the environment around them—sometimes in surprising …

Benham’s Disk

A color-changing toy! Explore the connection between the science of light and human eyes as you create a Benham’s Disk optical illusion.