This February, we are dreaming of warm spring days. What better way to spend a dreary winter day than to do a hands-on science activity! Learn all about how lift and drag can create flight in this kite activity.
Houston, TX – Hicks STEAM Night
Girlstart will host a hands-on activity booth at the Hicks STEAM Night at Hicks Elementary School. This event is open to Hicks students and their families.
Austin, TX – Steiner Ranch STEAM Night
Girlstart will host a hands-on activity booth at Steiner Ranch Elementary School’s upcoming STEAM Night. This event is open to members of the school community.
Hands-On Wednesday: Puffy Paint
Self-rising flour and baking powder are known as leavening agents, meaning they have sodium bicarbonate and when mixed with heat, produce carbon dioxide. That’s why flour and baking powder are used in making bread or pastries – the production of carbon dioxide helps the treats rise! Mixing flour with water and salt produces even more carbon dioxide, which makes the concoction bubbly! Adding food coloring for color and applying heat to it makes the concoction rise and bubbles, and once it cools, it will harden to create your own puffy painting!