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STEM Academy boasts a wide variety of different STEM related events to teach members about various topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics in a fun and interactive way.
About our Events & STEMinars
Our events are all STEM related and are designed to teach students different STEM concepts in a way that's fun and engaging
STEMinars are student planned seminars where the student presents a topic they are knowledgeable in, to their peers.
Some of our events are competitive in order to motivate students to work together in teams to strengthen collaboration skills which are necessary in the STEM field.
PAST EVENTS
Learn About Our Events
Plant pigment lab
In this interactive lab hosted by STEM Academy's STEAM Committee, students created plant based watercolors by grinding flowers and mixing in a variety of different elements to alter the pigment. Members created watercolor paintings and drawings using this paint.
Osmosis Retro lab
Through a microscope, students were able to see the cell structure of plants as well as the diffusion of water through those cells. This event was created to help students experience labs that they could not otherwise experience due to COVID.
Rube Goldberg Machine
Student work together to build a Rube Goldberg machine within a certain time limit and machine specifications. Once building is completed, stduents compete against other groups.Â
Candy Cane Lab
Students utilize heat to break bonds in candy cane molecules to make candy canes more malleable in order to interesting shapes or structures. This is usually a competition with the best candy cane structure winning.
Astronomy Steminar
Hosted by former student Mahir Majid (Class of 2023), STEM Academy members leanrned about different aspects of our solar system, from planets to exoplanets.
Women in STEM
Women in STEM is an event dedicated to educating students about historical female figures in the STEM field. This particular event had a gallery walk of different female scientists and a description about their contribution to the STEM field. Women in STEM 2023 was held in collaboration with Students for Social Activism and the LHS Theatre Company
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