Holiday STEM Party

​On December 14th, we held our annual Holiday STEM Party at the College-Rolando Library. Attendees explored their engineering, logic, and creativity through a variety of holiday-themed STEM activities.

The event kicked off with participants making paper snowflakes, learning concepts of aerodynamics and physics to design snowflakes that could stay in the air the longest. The next station then entailed making fake snow, which all of the girls got to take home! One participant remarked that the snow was “super fun”, and that she was “excited to show her parents!” Afterwards, the girls moved onto the “present drop” station, which, like an egg drop, entailed building structures out of popsicle sticks, paper, and tape to product their squishy toys. The participants come up with innovative ways to protect their cargo, with one designing a “burrito-shaped vessel” and another participant making a “drumstick-shaped spaceship”. Following a short snack break, participants then moved onto the M&M probability station, which many girls noted was their favorite activity! Finally, our last station was a logic activity, where the participants got to test their minds and a bunch of logic puzzles. Throughout the workshop, participants sang and danced along to holiday karaoke, as everyone got into the holiday spirit! Wishing everyone a Happy Holidays!