As anyone with kids (and big kids like my husband and I) know - Captain America: Civil War is coming to theatres – and to these Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime locations nationwide May 6. Dolby sent me press information on an exciting STEM contest called “Captain America: Civil War – Girls Reforming the Future” from Marvel, Dolby, and other partners, which aims to engage young … [Read more...]
#STEAM Carnival Comes to #SF Nov 6-8 2015
Kids are so busy these days with school and after school activities that free time is limited. Our family looks for free time activities that either involve outdoor activities for exercise or STEAM activities for them to experiment, learn and use their creativity in new ways. STEAM expands on science, tech and math to add the ever so important "arts" to help kids learn to … [Read more...]
Summer Learning: Creative and #STEM Videos On @Curious
With summer around the corner, I already am wondering how I can keep my kids engaged in learning over the next few months. They enjoy learning from videos so I thought, "Why not find some cool videos for them to watch?" The boys were excited, provided that the videos were interesting and engaging. Curious.com is a website with a mission "to connect the world’s … [Read more...]
STEM Maker Projects With Tinkering Labs
While on a hunt for weekend maker activities for my 12 year old twins, I found a site called Camperoo which has weekend STEM workshops for kids. The event we went to was run by the team behind Tinkering Labs, which gives children aged 6-13 "affordable access to packaged Tinkering kits called Catalysts. Each Catalyst includes components, materials and tools that enable … [Read more...]
