STEM for Kids

Tonight is the night we’ve all been waiting for: STEM FAIR FAMILY NIGHT!

Today from 6-8pm in the BRHS Library students from both BRMS and MIS will be presenting their projects. Make sure to join us for a night of innovation, games, and SCIENCE! The event is free. All are welcome. We can’t wait to see what awesome things everyone has created!

**For all students who attend the event, a discount will be given for the CDA Technology Camp enrollment fee!!!! Take advantage of this special opportunity!**

IMPORTANT INFO:
STEM for Kids will be meeting again next Wednesday 4/25 for students to continue (or start) working on their STEM Fair projects. The STEM Fair is 6-8pm on May 10th at BRHS-- save the date!

Hi everyone! Our next Innovator of the Week is Charles Drew! An African-American physician, Drew developed ways to process and store blood plasma in "blood banks." He directed the blood plasma programs of the United States and Great Britain in World War II, but resigned after a ruling that the blood of African-Americans would be segregated. Because of his work, donated blood can now be stored and distributed to patients across the globe!

Our latest innovator of the week is MARIE CURIE!

Curie’s most well known contribution to science is the discovery of radioactivity. While working with a mineral called pitchblende, she uncovered the existence of two radioactive elements: polonium and radium. She also furthered the development of the x-ray. For her groundbreaking research, Curie became, not only the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, but also the first person— man or woman— to win the award twice! Although she passed away in 1934 due, in part, to close contact with radioactive materials, we can remember her the next time you take an x-ray at the doctor/dentist!

Hope everyone is safe in today’s snowy day!

Our newest Innovator of the Week is George Washington Carver! Born into slavery, he became a botanist and rose to fame as one of the most prominent scientists and inventors of his time. As a teacher at the Tuskegee Institute, his work at the helm of the university’s agriculture department included groundbreaking research in plant biology, including the development of new uses for crops like peanuts, sweet potatoes, soybeans, and pecans. He even devised over 100 products using one major crop— the peanut— such as dyes, plastics, and gasoline!

Our Innovator of the Week for this week is none other than Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple! In partnership with Steve Jobs, he invented the Apple I computer. In 1976, he founded Apple, releasing some of the first personal computers EVER on the market (we call them Macs now). Wozniak also personally developed the Apple II computer, which established Apple as a major player in micro-computing. Despite his departure from Apple management in the 1980s, Wozniak’s ground-breaking innovation continues to shape the world we live in today— even the smartphone, tablet, or laptop that you are using to read this right now!

Exciting news! STEM for Kids is starting a new weekly segment called Innovator of the Week! We want to share some of our favorite past and present STEM pioneers you all.

Our first innovator is Carlos Juan Finlay, a Cuban physician and epidemiologist who discovered the root of yellow fever. He was the first to theorize that yellow fever was spread by mosquito carriers, now called disease vectors. After being appointed by the Cuban government to study yellow fever in 1897, Finlay revealed his findings at the 5th International Sanitary Conference in Washington DC. The mosquito he identified was Aedus aegypti. Simply by controlling the mosquito population, Cuba was able to prevent the spread of yellow fever! His findings helped save thousands of lives in Cuba, Panama, and the world beyond.

Hello everyone! STEM for Kids is starting up at BRMS for grades 6-8! We’ve missed learning about STEM topics for the past few weeks but we can’t wait to see you all every week starting February 4th, 2018!

For BRMS parents who wish to stay updated about the lessons the students are learning each week, we highly encourage you to like our page! Also feel free to send us messages with any questions!

To conclude the fall session, there will be a STEM Fair on Friday, January 5th! The students will share projects on what they learned throughout the past three months.

Our final meeting before the STEM Fair is Wednesday, December 13th. This will be a time for students to begin planning our their projects.

Can’t wait to see the cool projects everyone comes up with!

Happy early Thanksgiving! Hope everyone has an awesome break. We know you’ll miss STEM for Kids this week, but not to fear, because we have a lovely photo album of everything that we did last week!

We learned about Statistics and Probability. We had lots of fun rolling dice and seeing who’s lucky number would be rolled the most! Which number do you think was the winner?

Hi everyone! Hope you’re excited for another fun afternoon of STEM!

Two weeks ago we talked all about sound and how it travels. Wonder what we’re learning about tomorrow...

*Hint! There will be computers!*

STEM for Kids is officially underway at MIS! Here's a peek at one of the experiments from our first session yesterday! Can you guess what we did with the colored liquids? What was the lesson about? Ask your kids! (Hint: think mass & volume)

Hello everyone! Unfortunately, due to a change in the program, the Parent Info Meeting on 9/13 is cancelled. But info regarding STEM for Kids for students grades 4-5 WILL be sent out by MacFarland this week! If you are a MIS parent/student, please be on the look out. More information for BRMS students grades 6-8 will be sent out closer to the spring.

We apologize for the sudden change in schedule. However, we're glad that we are still able to continue this program!