STEM

Kyla Davis learns engineering skills through Icebox Derby

By Marilyn Thomas on September 3, 2019 - 7:38pm
Kyla Davis doesn’t have a driver’s license, but that didn’t stop her from racing around a special course in a converted refrigerator! Kyla was one of 30 girls in the ComEd Icebox Derby, a program developed to encourage girls to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
 

PopUp Science spreading around the globe

By Marilyn Thomas on May 12, 2019 - 1:57pm
The Homewood Science Center started its free PopUp Science program in 2016 as a way to share science concepts with the community. 
 
Now the ideas behind PopUp Science are being learned by science enthusiasts around the world, thanks to the Homewood Science Center’s membership in the STEM Learning Ecosystem, a national and international network working to change how students learn, educators teach and how businesses develop a workforce for the 21st century.

International STEM Learning Ecosystems awards Homewood Science Center membership

By Marilyn Thomas on September 23, 2018 - 3:52pm

The Homewood Science Center is now part of STEM Learning Ecosystems, a national and international network working to change how students learn, educators teach and how businesses develop a workforce with 21st century skills.

Homewood Science Center programs drawing participants from throughout the Chicago area

By David P. Funk on August 17, 2018 - 9:29pm
The participation numbers keep growing at the Homewood Science Center. Executive Director Edie Dobrez told village board members one program drew participants from 25 ZIP Codes. She presented the science center's 2017 annual report to the board at its meeting Aug. 14. 

Creativity abounds in STEAM Camp at James Hart School

By Marilyn Thomas on July 10, 2018 - 7:08pm

The first District 153 STEAM Camp gave one student a chance to create replicas of Chicago’s downtown buildings, a team the opportunity to build a robot and another to produce a movie. It’s all part of STEAM — science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

Cocktail Chemistry Challenge July 19 to support Homewood Science Center

By Eric Crump on June 11, 2018 - 10:50pm

Homewood Science Center (HSC) unveiled its plans for a summer fundraiser — this one for adults only — the Cocktail Chemistry Challenge on Thursday, July 19, at the center, 18022 Dixie Highway.

D153 SMART lab drawing teachers from across the country

By Marilyn Thomas on June 8, 2018 - 10:42pm

The two-year-old SMART lab at James Hart School in Homewood has given District 153 teachers Katie Nigro and Cheri Pesina an opportunity to show off the lab to teachers from across the United States.

Science via roller coasters: Hands-on learning works to reinforce concepts

By Marilyn Thomas on April 12, 2018 - 8:17am
  • Wearing 3D glasses, Serena Hills second graders Aemilia Miranda, Saya Knazze and their classmates feel like they are taking a trip on a roller coaster while watching a video at Homewood's Science Center's Michael Wexler Theater. (MC)
  • This Flossmoor Hills School fifth grade team of, from left, Nevani Bell, Mary-Kathleen Stalling, Emoni Brown, Cameron Brooks and Jovohn Ratliff uses imagination to build a roller coaster. (MT)
  • . Isaac Hernandez, a second grader at Serena Hills School, works on building his roller coaster at the Homewood Science Center. (MC)
  • Ulises Salcedo tears his paper just right as he makes a miniature roller coaster at the Science Center located in Homewood. (MC)
  • Addison Huisman, a second grader at Serena Hills, builds a miniature roller coaster during the "Roller Coasters: An Inventors Journey" program at the Science Center in Homewood. (MC)
  • Rickeeler Wilson, a student at Serena Hills school, shows her classmates the miniature roller coaster she built using recyclable materials. (MC)
  • Rickeeler Wilson, shows off her completed miniature roller coaster. (MC)
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  • Christopher Munoz-Hidalgo cuts paper out to design his miniature roller coaster at Homewood Science Center in Homewood. (MC)
  • Sherman Adams, right, a teachers aid at Serena Hills school, checks out the roller coaster design by Nathaniel Harris drew. (MC)
Science is giving kids a thrill.
 
Through the magic of 21st century technology, first through fifth graders don 3D glasses to take a roller coaster ride at the Wexler Theater in the Homewood Science Center. 
 
They shriek and holler and raise their hands to the sky with all the fun and excitement they’d have at an amusement park.
 

Registration open for kids summer camps at Homewood Science Center

By Chronicle staff on March 29, 2018 - 8:35pm
Four summer science camp programs for elementary, middle and junior high students are being organized by the Homewood Science Center.
 
Science Minors Club is designed for students in second through fifth grades. The week-long program from 9 to 11:30 a.m. June 11 through 15, offers early, hands-on exposure to science activities that builds curiosity and encourages teamwork. Topics cover science and engineering.
 

IJP Students Revved Up at Energy Fair

By Carole Sharwarko on March 25, 2018 - 5:29pm

On March 22, Flossmoor was host to a community event where residents could gain extensive knowledge on the development of alternative energy sources, including biomass, solar and geothermal power.

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