A one-day STEM-a-Thon is a fun-filled day developed and run by the STEM Education Alliance and coordinated by Operation PRIDE. The STEM-a-Thon hosts 25 military-connected students.
The day is filled with engaging activities that revolves around electricity. These hands-on, minds-on activities included:
- Discovering, through guided inquiry and exploration, how to make series and parallel circuits using wires, bulbs, and batteries.
- Identifying insulators and conductors.
- Creating an electromagnet from a wire and nail.
- Building a working motor.
- Experimenting with Snap Circuits kits.
At the end of the day, parents are treated to a discussion on various STEM careers, followed by a poster presentation of the day’s activities by their children. Each participating child takes home a Snap Circuits Jr. kit and several large Snap Circuits kits are given to the participating school for future use by their teachers.
