We started our STEM program in 2015 during our November pack meeting. Until then, the November pack meeting was our annual “activity night” in which we planned educational, athletic, and various other activities. Starting in 2015, one of our science-minded parents put together a set of STEM-related activity stations for other parents to run. It was a big hit! This page records our STEM history for pack posterity.
2022
Experiments
- Cloud in a Jar
- Marshmallow structures
- Invisible ink (turmeric based)
- Water density
- Catapults
2021
Experiments
- Your turn to Churn
- Diving Ketchup
- Gumdrop Towers
- Cloud in a Jar
- Coin Battery
2020
Experiments
- CD hovercraft
- Collapsing can
- Dollar bill bridge
- Lava lamp
- Invisible ink (citrus based)
- Wind tunnel simulation
2019
Experiments
- Exploding bag
- Stop light colors
- Elephant toothpaste
- Iron in food
- Air resonance
- Polymer sand
2018
Experiments
- Floating magnets
- Robot ball
- Draw the solar system
- Room temperature liquid metal
- Make a scissors gadget
- Water-absorbing polymer
2017
Experiments
- Gum drop engineering challenge
- Water tension
- Paper flyers
- Outrageous ooze
- Let’s get dizzy
- Code bracelets
2016
Experiments
- Gummy waves
- Magnetic cereal
- Draw 3D optical illusions
- Diving Ketchup
- Leaf blower Bernoulli effect
2015
Experiments
- Blobs in a bottle
- Balloon helicopters
- Pipe cleaner towers
- Paper columns
- Fulcrum demonstration
- Snap circuits
- Cornhole math