May At-Home STEAM Activity: Shadow Drawing

Written on May 19, 2022.

This is a fun and simple way to teach kids about light and the basics of how light works. Put a toy on a surface or a piece of paper under sunlight. Then watch as the shadow is created on the paper, floor or wall. Light travels in...

April At-Home STEAM Activity: Finding Iron in Breakfast Cereal

Written on April 29, 2022.

Iron is an essential mineral to our body. It is found in every cell and is used to make hemoglobin, the substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to transport it throughout your body. If we don’t have enough iron,...

March At-Home STEAM Activity: Forming Fossils

Written on March 16, 2022.

A fossil is the preserved remains of any ancient life form. However, the fossil is not the actual organism—it is a rock! To become a fossil, the remains of an ancient organism needs to be covered in a sediment shortly after death. Over time,...

February At-Home STEAM Activity: Walking Water

Written on February 15, 2022.

Let’s make a walking water rainbow. In this fun, hands-on, and colorful science experiment, little scientists will learn about capillary action. Capillary Action is the ability of a liquid to flow upward in narrow spaces without the...

January At-Home STEAM Activity: Let It Snow

Written on January 12, 2022.

In many places, this is the time of year kids are having a ball in the snow. How would you like to make your very own snow here in the Sunshine State? Let’s begin with some cool snowflake factoids: In the United States alone,...

December At-Home STEAM Activity: Igloo Building

Written on December 15, 2021.

Houses made of snow delight and fascinate children. The idea of living in an igloo seems so cool. Our intuition tells us that igloos should not work — how could snow be used to build such a warm stable home? This may be a mystery to most...

November At-Home STEAM Activity: The Science Behind Our Love of Pumpkin Spice

Written on November 9, 2021.

It’s Fall, and that means it is officially Pumpkin Spice Season! Just one whiff of the comforting aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger and our minds flood with fond autumnal memories. That first sip of a pumpkin spice latte brings on...

October At-Home STEAM Activity: Germinating Pumpkins Seeds

Written on October 19, 2021.

Sometimes we forget that STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) isn’t just about designing and building or mixing baking soda and vinegar to watch it fizz; though that is so much fun! Growing living organisms, like...

The Inside Scoop on Doc McStuffins: The Exhibit

Written on October 6, 2021.

Doc McStuffins: The Exhibit, based on the award-winning Disney Junior show, is open now at CMON. The colorful and inviting exhibit is adorable and exciting, but what are your little ones learning when they visit? Read on to find out! Foundational...

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