We checked out the newest exhibit, 'Above and Beyond' at the Great Lakes Science Center and it was 'above and beyond' our expectations! Read more about our full experience!
Category: Northeast Ohio
Creating your own maker space at home for your little makers!
Make a fun maker space at home with your kids!
STEM Career Interview Series: Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Curator and Chair of Archaeology, Dr. Brian Redmond
I am excited to introduce Dr. Brian Redmond who is Curator and John Otis Shower Chair of Archeology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
STEM Career Interview Series: Great Lakes Science Center, STEM Learning Project Manager, Karyn Torigoe
I'm sharing the story of a woman in science located at the Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) in Cleveland, Ohio - Karyn Torigoe, who is the STEM Learning Product Manager. As the STEM Learning Product Manager, Karyn works along side with schools and parents across Northeast Ohio to determine the best programs to offer to the students in our area at the science center. Read more to find out how she found herself in her STEM career and her message for kids interested in STEM professions!
Ohio Invention Convention is all STEAMED up and ready to go! Will you join them?
I am so excited to share more information with my followers regarding a wonderful STEAM based program in Ohio for kids grade K-12! I am also pleased to introduce Robin Hilsmeier, who is the Executive Director of the Ohio Invention League, as my guest blogger for this post! If you have never heard of the Ohio Invention League, definitely spend some time reading through her post and checking out the additional resources below! For background, I 'met' Robin briefly (virtually) during a STEAM working group in Northeast Ohio late last year and we connected regarding Ohio's Invention Convention or Invention League! It is such neat program for kids. I asked if she would be willing to help share all the details on my blog! If your child would like to participate the deadline to register this year is February 15.
STEM Careers Interview Series: Holden Forest & Gardens, Plant Biologist, Katie Stuble
It is my pleasure to introduce another outstanding STEM professional located in Northeast Ohio, Katie Stuble. Katie is an ecologist and works as a plant biologist with Holden Forest & Gardens (HF&G) where she runs the Community Ecology Lab at Holden's Research Department. For my readers not familiar with HF&G, it is made up of… Continue reading STEM Careers Interview Series: Holden Forest & Gardens, Plant Biologist, Katie Stuble
Apples, Fall, and Science
Looking for ways to use up all those fall apples you picked? Check out my latest post on Curiosity Corner with the Great Lakes Science Center! https://greatscience.com/curiosity-corner/sparks/apples-fall-and-science -Kristen
By Owl Means, Check out the CMNH Home Education Programs!
Oh deer, did we have a hootin' & howlin' good time at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's (CMNH) at Home Education Program called 'Owls & Howls'! Read more!
Reading STEMs Learning: Claire Dorsett’s Top Picks! (Associate Director of Exhibits at the GLSC)
For this Reading STEMs Learning Series, I’m so pleased to introduce my first guest blogger, Claire Dorsett, Associate Director of Exhibits from the Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC). Claire is a STEM professional that I recently interviewed in my STEM Career Interview Series on my blog! She has a unique background in English and has worked in New York City as an editor for a large publishing company. Check out her picks!
Play Ecosystem Jenga!
Play 'Ecosystem Jenga' with your kids to help them learn the fragility of our ecosystem and how each member relies on the other to survive on planet earth!