By Connie Chow | Founder & Director
How long? How fast? How tall? How do you know? Are you sure?
Thanks to your contribution, our 734 Exploratory members are learning about the body, asking the kinds of questions and using tools that scientists use.
So far, students as young as 10 and as old as 15 have collected information about themselves - age, height, arm length etc and organized the information into graphs. They've created models of the lung and diaphragm with water bottles, straws and balloons, and measured their lung capacity with balloons. (Yes, we use a lot of balloons!) They've discovered their pulse points and the valves in the veins on their hands. They've made predictions and designed protocols to measure their heart rates before and after exercise.
Check out the photos below and our Instagram page for more.
What else? Representation Matters
February 11 was the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We've been working with the Association for Women in Science and Engineering, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, to launch Representation Matters. We've invited members of the STEM network to contribute a letter to their young self, with a link to their career interview conducted by AWSE or their professional bio.We'll be sharing these stories with our Explorers and the world, along with real life role model visits during Women's History Month in March. Stay tuned!
Thank you again for helping us make STEM joyful, relevant and equitable!
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