Deflating Balloon Races | STEAM Activity for Kids
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you might have already heard my family’s exciting news: I’m pregnant with our 3rd baby! This picture was taken at the start of my third trimester We found out the gender for the first time (my first two pregnancies...
Rescue an Animal from an Ice Balloon | STEAM Activity for Kids
In last week’s post I share how my kids found my stash of balloons and wanted to use them for STEAM Activities this summer. This week my kids wanted to use balloons to recreate an activity they saw on Ryan’s World on YouTube – we are rescuing animals...
Inflate a Balloon with a Chemical Reaction | STEAM Activity for Kids
Recently my kids found my stash of balloons. I bought them for birthday party decorations, but my kids had other plans. They helped me think outside the box for creative ways to use the balloons besides just fun decorations. So over the next few weeks I will be...
8 Things You and Your Kids can do Everyday to Protect our Earth
When I was in 3rd grade my teacher chose me to star in our class play for Earth Day. I was Planet Earth, and there was a “Planet Clean and Safe” that was a much happier place than Earth. In the play we talked about how to protect Earth and make it happier...
Peeps Easter STEAM Activity for Kids
If the Easter Bunny brings your kids Peeps, but the kids discover they don’t like them (like my kids did), then try this easy experiment instead of throwing them away! We did two experiments in one: “Sink or float?” and “Will it dissolve?” and I share the simple...
St. Patrick’s Day Play-Dough | STEAM Activity for Kids
Green is my favorite color, so we go all out with everything green on St. Patrick’s Day. My kids and I wear all green clothes, we try to eat as many green foods as possible, and this year I’m making our STEAM activity green too! Last year I shared a fun...
Bowling and Building with Toilet Paper Rolls | STEAM Activity for Kids
It’s Engineers Week, and today is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day! As a college student, I was an active member of my university’s chapter of Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Volunteering to do outreach to school aged girls was my absolute favorite...
Observe Water Molecules in Action | STEAM Activity for Kids
This post was inspired by an experiment in the back of the book Flash Facts, a STEAM Graphic Novel I shared in a post last week. The book is a series of short STEM inspired stories featuring DC Superheroes, and there are eight fun experiments in the back of the book....
Cinnamon Ornaments | STEAM Activity for Kids
These cinnamon ornaments add a beautiful personalized look to your Christmas tree, and they add the festive fragrant smell of cinnamon to your tree (and house as they cook). This is the first year I’ve made ornaments with my kids. They are ages 6 and 4, and are...Welcome
Hi, I’m Emily. I’m an engineer, mom, and wife. I encourage kids to love STEAM and motivate women to find personal happiness in their career and motherhood journeys.
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