Thanksgiving STEM Adventures: Cultivating Curiosity and Connection

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Why STEM for Thanksgiving? It's More Than Just Fun!
3. Science in the Kitchen: Delicious Discoveries
4. Technology & Tinkering: Digital and Beyond
5. Engineering Challenges: Building & Designing
6. Math in the Mix: Counting on Holiday Fun
7. Bringing It All Together: Tips for a Successful STEM-Giving
8. The I'm the Chef Too! Difference: Where Learning Meets Deliciousness
9. Conclusion

As the crisp autumn air settles in and the scent of pumpkin spice fills our homes, a familiar buzz of excitement (and perhaps a little chaos!) begins to permeate the days leading up to Thanksgiving. While the anticipation of delicious feasts and family gatherings builds, many parents and educators find themselves wondering: how can we keep our children engaged and learning amidst the holiday flurry, especially when screens seem to beckon at every turn?

The answer, surprisingly, might be found right in your kitchen and backyard: Thanksgiving STEM activities. Far from being just a distraction, these hands-on, festive projects offer a unique opportunity to transform ordinary holiday preparations into extraordinary learning adventures. We’re talking about blending the deliciousness of food with the fascinating worlds of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, all while sparking curiosity, fostering creativity, and building lasting family memories. At I'm the Chef Too!, our mission is precisely this: to blend food, STEM, and the arts into one-of-a-kind "edutainment" experiences that capture a child's imagination and make learning irresistible. This post will explore a cornucopia of fun, engaging, and educational Thanksgiving STEM activities, showing you how to turn holiday staples into tangible lessons and create joyful, screen-free moments of discovery.

Introduction

Picture this: the enticing aroma of cinnamon and cranberries wafts from the kitchen, but your young ones are bouncing off the walls, eagerly awaiting the grand feast. What if, instead of resorting to yet another hour of screen time, you could channel that boundless energy into exciting, holiday-themed investigations? Thanksgiving, with its rich traditions rooted in nature, harvest, and community, provides a perfect backdrop for imaginative STEM exploration. It's a time when many of us gather around food, making it an ideal entry point for edible science and culinary engineering.

This blog post is your guide to a fantastic array of Thanksgiving STEM activities that are not only easy to set up with everyday materials but also incredibly impactful for your child's development. From unraveling the mysteries of changing leaves to engineering the perfect turkey trap (just kidding, we mean structure!), we'll dive into projects that are designed to be fun, informative, and truly memorable. We aim to show you how these activities can spark a lifelong love for learning, build confidence, and strengthen family bonds, all while making the holiday season even more special.

Why STEM for Thanksgiving? It's More Than Just Fun!

The benefits of engaging children in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) are widely recognized. These disciplines cultivate critical thinking, problem-solving skills, creativity, and innovation – qualities essential for success in our rapidly evolving world. But during a holiday like Thanksgiving, STEM takes on an even deeper meaning. It allows children to connect academic concepts to tangible, real-world experiences, often right in their own homes.

At I'm the Chef Too!, we believe that learning should be an adventure, filled with wonder and delightful discoveries. Our unique approach of teaching complex subjects through tangible, hands-on, and delicious cooking adventures is developed by mothers and educators who understand the magic of blending education with entertainment. Thanksgiving STEM activities embody this philosophy perfectly. They offer a unique blend of:

• Hands-on Learning: Children learn best by doing. Manipulating ingredients, building structures, and observing reactions cement understanding in a way textbooks simply cannot.
• Screen-Free Engagement: In an increasingly digital world, these activities provide a welcome alternative, encouraging direct interaction with materials and people.
• Family Bonding: Working together on a STEM project creates shared experiences, promotes communication, and builds a sense of teamwork. Imagine the laughter as a homemade catapult launches candy corn across the kitchen!
• Contextual Understanding: When STEM concepts are tied to a familiar holiday, they become more relatable and memorable. The science behind why cranberry sauce gels or how a turkey baster works is far more engaging when it's part of the Thanksgiving meal prep.
• Sparking Curiosity: These activities often lead to more questions, fueling a child's natural desire to explore and understand the world around them. It's not about making your child a future scientist, but about fostering a love for discovery that will serve them in any path they choose.

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Science in the Kitchen: Delicious Discoveries

The Thanksgiving kitchen is a fantastic, edible laboratory, ripe with opportunities to explore chemistry, biology, and physics. From bubbling concoctions to surprising transformations, every step of preparing a holiday meal can be a scientific experiment.

The Chemistry of Holiday Feasts

• Dancing Corn/Cranberries: Have you ever seen corn kernels or cranberries "dance" in a glass? This simple experiment is a delightful introduction to density and chemical reactions. Fill a clear glass with water, add a few tablespoons of baking soda, and stir to dissolve. Then, drop in some dried corn kernels or fresh cranberries. Slowly pour in vinegar. The reaction between the baking soda and vinegar produces carbon dioxide bubbles. These bubbles attach to the rough surfaces of the corn or cranberries, making them buoyant and rise to the surface. When the bubbles pop, the items sink, only to rise again as more bubbles attach. This goes on until the baking soda or vinegar runs out!
• Cranberry Secret Messages: Unleash your inner spy with this activity that teaches about acids and bases. Mix a tablespoon of baking soda with a tablespoon of water to create an "invisible ink." Write messages on white paper using a Q-tip dipped in this solution. Let it dry completely. To reveal the secret message, lightly paint over the paper with cranberry juice (which is acidic). The acid in the cranberry juice reacts with the baking soda, causing a color change and making your message magically appear!
• Homemade Butter: Making butter from heavy cream is a delicious lesson in emulsion and physical change. Pour heavy cream into a jar with a tight lid. Have your child shake the jar vigorously. At first, you'll have whipped cream, but keep shaking! Eventually, the fat molecules will clump together, separating from the buttermilk. You'll see solid butter form. This demonstrates how a liquid can transform into a solid through mechanical action, separating its components. You can even enjoy your fresh butter on Thanksgiving rolls!
• Fizzing Lemonade: Turn a simple drink into a bubbly science lesson. Mix lemonade (or lemon juice diluted with water) with a small amount of baking soda. The citric acid in the lemonade reacts with the baking soda to produce carbon dioxide gas, creating fizzy bubbles. This is a safe and tasty way to observe an acid-base reaction.
• Polymerization of Cranberry Sauce: For slightly older children, exploring the gelling of cranberry sauce is a fascinating study in polymers. Cranberries contain pectin, a natural polymer. When heated with sugar and water, pectin molecules link together, forming a network that traps water and causes the sauce to thicken as it cools. Discuss how the sauce changes from a liquid to a semi-solid, and how this relates to other gels they might encounter daily.
• Hot Chocolate Science: Simple hot chocolate can teach about solubility. Experiment with different temperatures of water or milk to see how quickly the cocoa powder dissolves. Discuss how stirring affects dissolution and how heat energy impacts molecular movement. You can also explore states of matter by observing ice cubes melting into the hot cocoa.
• Fall-Colored Fire (Caution: Adult Supervision Required): This activity, while visually stunning, requires extreme caution and should only be performed outdoors with extensive adult supervision. Different metallic salts burn with distinct colors due to the unique atomic emission spectra of each element. For example, copper salts might produce blue or green flames, while lithium creates red. This is a very advanced concept, and safety must be the absolute priority. For a safer, edible exploration of color and chemistry, our kits, like the Erupting Volcano Cakes kit, let kids witness a chemical reaction that makes cakes bubble over with deliciousness, all within a safe and fun cooking environment.

Exploring Natural Phenomena

• Leaf Chromatography: Uncover the hidden colors of autumn leaves! Gather a variety of colorful fall leaves. Tear them into small pieces and place them in separate glass jars. Pour a small amount of rubbing alcohol into each jar, just enough to cover the leaves. Cover the jars and let them sit for a few hours (or overnight) until the alcohol absorbs the pigments. Then, place a strip of coffee filter paper into each jar, so the bottom just touches the alcohol but doesn't dip into the leaves. As the alcohol moves up the paper, it carries the pigments with it, separating them by how soluble they are. You'll see bands of yellow, orange, and even green emerge, revealing the pigments that were always there, just masked by chlorophyll.
• Why Leaves Change Color: This activity pairs perfectly with leaf chromatography. Discuss the role of chlorophyll (the green pigment) in photosynthesis during warmer months. Explain how as days shorten and temperatures drop, trees stop producing chlorophyll, allowing the vibrant yellow, orange, and red pigments (carotenoids and anthocyanins) to finally shine through before the leaves fall.
• Sink or Float with Fall Items: Gather various items found in nature during the fall – acorns, pinecones, different types of leaves, small gourds, twigs, apples, pumpkins (small ones!). Fill a bin with water and have your child predict whether each item will sink or float, then test their hypotheses. Discuss the concept of density and buoyancy – why some items float (less dense than water) and others sink (more dense than water).
• Bending Turkey Bones: This is a fantastic, albeit slightly gross, long-term experiment. After your Thanksgiving meal, clean a cooked turkey leg bone thoroughly. Place it in a jar of vinegar, ensuring it's completely submerged. Over several days, observe the bone. The acetic acid in the vinegar will dissolve the calcium phosphate, which gives bones their hardness, leaving behind the flexible collagen. This vividly demonstrates the importance of calcium for strong bones.
• Pumpkin DNA Extraction: Yes, you can extract DNA from a pumpkin! This surprisingly simple biology experiment uses household ingredients like salt, dish soap, and rubbing alcohol. Mash up some pumpkin flesh, add salty water (to break apart cells), then dish soap (to break down cell membranes), and gently stir. Finally, carefully pour cold rubbing alcohol down the side of the container. The DNA will precipitate out as a cloudy, stringy substance at the interface between the pumpkin mixture and the alcohol. It's an incredible visual introduction to genetics.

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Technology & Tinkering: Digital and Beyond

Technology isn't just about screens! It encompasses the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. For Thanksgiving STEM, this can involve both "unplugged" coding concepts and understanding simple machines that help us do work.

Unplugged Coding Fun

"Unplugged" coding activities are brilliant for introducing computational thinking without relying on computers. They focus on logic, sequencing, algorithms, and problem-solving.

• Thanksgiving Algorithm Game (Dress-a-Turkey or Nut Collecting): Create a "program" for dressing a turkey or for a squirrel collecting nuts. Draw a simple turkey outline or a squirrel and some nuts on paper. Then, create "command" cards: "Move left," "Move right," "Add a hat," "Add a feather," "Pick up nut," "Drop nut." Have your child arrange the cards in a sequence (an algorithm) to achieve a goal, like fully dressing the turkey or collecting all the nuts. This teaches sequencing, debugging (if their "code" doesn't work), and logical thinking.
• Binary Code Bracelets/Messages: Introduce the concept of binary code, the language of computers (0s and 1s). Assign a simple binary sequence to each letter of the alphabet (e.g., A=001, B=010). Use two different colored beads (one for 0, one for 1) to string bracelets that spell out Thanksgiving-themed words like "Grateful," "Family," or "Feast." This introduces abstract representation and pattern recognition.
• Mayflower Mishap (Unplugged Navigation): Draw a simple grid map representing the ocean, with a starting point (Europe) and an endpoint (Plymouth). Place "obstacles" like storms or calm waters (represented by colored squares). Have your child use directional commands ("Move North," "Move East") to create a sequence of steps for a small toy boat (the Mayflower) to reach its destination. This teaches spatial reasoning, planning, and debugging.

Simple Machines and Mechanisms

Understanding how things work, even simple tools, is an important part of technology.

• Pumpkin Launcher/Catapult: Building a miniature catapult is a classic engineering and physics project that demonstrates the power of levers. Using popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and a spoon, kids can construct a device to launch small candy pumpkins or cranberries. Experiment with different arm lengths or rubber band tensions to see how it affects trajectory and distance. This teaches about force, energy transfer, and projectile motion.
• Turkey Balloon Rockets: Explore Newton's Laws of Motion with a turkey-themed balloon rocket. Decorate a lightweight turkey shape (from paper or foam) and attach it to a drinking straw. Thread a long string through the straw and tape the string taut between two points in a room. Inflate a balloon, pinch the end (don't tie it!), and tape it securely to the turkey/straw. Release the balloon and watch the turkey zip across the string! This illustrates action-reaction (air out one way, turkey moves the other) and the concept of thrust.
• Turkey Baster Relay Race: This seemingly simple game can teach about force and air pressure. Use turkey basters to blow feathers or small lightweight "turkeys" across a finish line. Kids can experiment with how hard they squeeze the baster, the angle, and the distance from the feather to make it move most efficiently. This is a fun way to apply physics concepts in a playful, competitive setting.

Engineering Challenges: Building & Designing

Engineering is all about designing and building solutions to problems. Thanksgiving provides a plethora of opportunities for creative construction and practical design challenges, often using items you already have on hand.

Structural Integrity and Design

• Turkey Cage Challenge: This classic challenge is a fun way to apply structural engineering principles. The goal is to build a "cage" or structure using only toothpicks and marshmallows (or gumdrops/playdough) that can safely contain a small toy turkey or even a hard-boiled egg. The trick is to design a stable, strong structure, considering shapes like triangles and cubes that offer inherent stability. Kids will learn about weight distribution, load-bearing, and trial-and-error design.
• Cranberry Structures: Provide toothpicks and fresh cranberries (or small grapes). Challenge children to build the tallest, strongest, or most creative structure they can. This activity promotes fine motor skills, spatial reasoning, and an understanding of geometric shapes and their strength. Can they build a bridge? A tower? A geodesic dome?
• Teepee/Shelter Building: Inspire historical engineering by challenging kids to build a small teepee or shelter. Use materials like craft sticks, small branches, fabric scraps, construction paper, string, and tape. This activity encourages creative problem-solving, understanding structural support, and adapting designs to available materials. Discuss how indigenous peoples used natural resources to build their homes.
• Mayflower Boat Build: How would you design a boat capable of crossing an ocean? Using recycled materials like milk cartons, plastic bottles, cardboard, aluminum foil, and plastic bags, challenge your child to design and build a miniature Mayflower that can float and carry a small "cargo" (like a few cranberries or toy figures). Test them in a sink or tub and discuss buoyancy, waterproofing, and stability. For continued hands-on engineering fun, explore our full library of adventure kits available for a single purchase in our shop. You'll find a wide variety of themes to spark creativity!
• Smashing Turkeys (Egg Drop Challenge): This engineering challenge, a Thanksgiving twist on the classic egg drop, is about designing protection. The "turkey" is an uncooked egg, and the challenge is to design a protective casing using only household materials (cardboard, cotton balls, bubble wrap, straws, tape, etc.) that will prevent the egg from breaking when dropped from a certain height. This forces children to think about impact absorption, material properties, and iterative design (testing and refining their prototypes).

Problem-Solving with a Purpose

• Turkey Escape/Disguise Challenge: Read a book like "Turkey Trouble" to set the stage. Then, challenge your child to design a "disguise" for a paper turkey cut-out using craft supplies, fabric scraps, or natural elements. This encourages creative problem-solving and thinking outside the box, reinforcing the idea of adapting to a situation.
• Thanksgiving Feast Engineering: This is a practical, fun challenge! Provide a scenario: "We have X number of dishes and Y amount of table space. How can we best arrange everything so everyone can reach the food and there's enough room?" Use toy dishes or paper cut-outs to represent food items and a piece of paper for the table. This is a great way to think about spatial reasoning, optimization, and efficient design in a real-world context.
• For an easy and fun way to incorporate measurement and simple engineering, our Peppa Pig Muddy Puddle Cookie Pies kit offers a delightful introduction to following instructions and assembling ingredients for a delicious outcome, making learning a joyful adventure.

Math in the Mix: Counting on Holiday Fun

Math is woven into every aspect of Thanksgiving, from counting guests to measuring ingredients. Integrating mathematical concepts into holiday activities makes them relevant and engaging.

• Apple Stacking/Tree Building & Math Challenge: This activity is excellent for early math concepts. Using plastic apples (or even real ones) and building blocks, cups, or linking cubes, challenge your child to build the tallest tower that can balance apples on top. Then, introduce math challenges: "How many apples can your tower hold?" "If you add two more blocks, how tall is it now?" "Can you build a tower that is symmetrical?" This incorporates measurement, counting, estimation, and basic geometry.
• Cranberry Counting/Sorting: Provide a bowl of fresh cranberries and a few small cups. Ask your child to sort them by size, count them into groups, or create patterns. This reinforces counting skills, one-to-one correspondence, estimation, and patterning. You can also weigh different amounts of cranberries to introduce concepts of mass and measurement.
• Recipe Ratios: Baking is inherently mathematical. When following a recipe, discuss the fractions and ratios involved. "If we double the recipe, how much flour do we need?" "If we want half a batch, how much sugar?" This teaches practical application of fractions, multiplication, and division.
• Baking Math: Beyond ratios, baking involves precise measurement of ingredients (using measuring cups and spoons), understanding temperature (oven settings), and managing time (baking duration, cooling time). Involve your child in reading the recipe, measuring, and setting timers. Discuss how exact measurements are crucial for successful baking outcomes.
• "How Many Leaves" Game: Collect a pile of fallen leaves. Challenge your child to estimate how many leaves are in the pile, then count them. Group them by color, size, or type. Create graphs showing the distribution of different leaf types. This is a great way to practice estimation, counting, data collection, and representation.

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Bringing It All Together: Tips for a Successful STEM-Giving

Making these Thanksgiving STEM activities a success is less about perfection and more about participation. Here are some tips to ensure a joyful and enriching experience for everyone:

• Gather Supplies Ahead of Time: Many of these activities use common household and kitchen items, as well as natural elements found outdoors. A quick sweep of your pantry, recycling bin, and backyard should provide most of what you need.
• Safety First, Always: Adult supervision is paramount, especially when working with heat, sharp objects, or any chemicals (even common kitchen ones). Ensure appropriate safety measures, like wearing goggles for certain experiments, are in place.
• Embrace the Mess (and Plan for It): Science and engineering can be gloriously messy! Lay down newspaper or a washable tablecloth, have wipes or a damp cloth handy, and dress children in play clothes. Remember, a little mess often means a lot of learning and fun!
• Ask Open-Ended Questions: Instead of just telling your child what's happening, ask questions that encourage them to think, predict, and observe.
  • "What do you think will happen if we add more vinegar?"
  • "Why do you think the butter is forming now?"
  • "How could we make our bridge stronger?"
  • "What do you observe?"
  • "Can you think of other things that work like this?"
• Document the Learning: Encourage children to draw what they observe, write down their predictions, or even take photos. This helps solidify their understanding and provides a tangible record of their discoveries. A simple notebook can become a "Thanksgiving STEM Lab Journal."
• Connect to the Thanksgiving Theme: Throughout the activities, remind your child how these experiments relate to Thanksgiving. Discuss the harvest, the journey of the Pilgrims, the preparation of the meal, or the science behind our food traditions.
• Adjust for Age and Interest: The beauty of STEM activities is their adaptability. Simplify complex concepts for younger children and encourage older ones to delve deeper or add more variables to their experiments. If your child shows a particular interest, lean into it!
• Perfect for Groups and Classrooms: These activities aren't just for individual families. Many Thanksgiving STEM projects are excellent for larger groups, such as classroom settings, homeschool co-ops, or family gatherings on Thanksgiving Day. They provide engaging, hands-on learning that promotes collaboration and teamwork. Bring our hands-on STEM adventures to your classroom, camp, or homeschool co-op. Learn more about our versatile programs for schools and groups, available with or without food components, designed to fit various educational needs.

The I'm the Chef Too! Difference: Where Learning Meets Deliciousness

At I'm the Chef Too!, we wholeheartedly embrace the philosophy that learning should be an exciting and delicious adventure. Our mission is to blend food, STEM, and the arts into one-of-a-kind "edutainment" experiences that truly spark curiosity and creativity in children. We understand that in our fast-paced world, parents and educators are seeking meaningful, screen-free educational alternatives that also facilitate precious family bonding.

Our approach is unique: we teach complex subjects through tangible, hands-on, and delicious cooking adventures. Each of our kits is developed by mothers and educators who are passionate about making learning accessible, engaging, and unforgettable. We believe that when children can touch, taste, smell, and create, the lessons become deeply ingrained. Whether it's exploring chemical reactions in baking, understanding engineering as they build an edible structure, or delving into math through measuring ingredients, our kits transform abstract concepts into concrete, mouth-watering realities.

We take the guesswork out of planning and prep. With our kits, you don't need to scour grocery stores for obscure ingredients or spend hours researching activities. Each I'm the Chef Too! box is a complete experience, containing pre-measured dry ingredients and specialty supplies, all delivered right to your door with the convenience you deserve. This means less stress for you and more quality time for learning and laughter with your child. We are committed to fostering a love for learning, building confidence through successful creations, developing essential skills, and creating joyful family memories that extend far beyond the kitchen.

While we focus on the process of discovery and the joy of creating, we are confident that these experiences lay a strong foundation for future learning. Your child will gain practical skills, develop a scientific mindset, and most importantly, discover how truly fun learning can be.

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Conclusion

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, it offers a golden opportunity to infuse your celebrations with the magic of STEM. By transforming everyday holiday elements into engaging scientific experiments, engineering challenges, technological explorations, and mathematical puzzles, you're not just keeping children busy; you're nurturing their innate curiosity, developing essential critical thinking skills, and fostering a lifelong love for learning. These hands-on, often edible, activities create unique moments of family bonding, moving beyond passive entertainment to active, shared discovery.

At I'm the Chef Too!, we are dedicated to making learning fun, accessible, and deeply engaging through our unique blend of food, STEM, and the arts. We hope this guide to Thanksgiving STEM activities inspires you to embark on your own delicious discoveries this holiday season, turning ordinary moments into extraordinary learning adventures. The laughter, the "aha!" moments, and the shared creations will undoubtedly become cherished family memories.

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FAQ

Q: What age group are these Thanksgiving STEM activities best for? A: Many of the activities listed can be adapted for a wide range of ages, from preschoolers to middle schoolers, and even involve the whole family! For younger children, focus on sensory exploration, simple observations, and basic counting. For older children, you can introduce more complex scientific explanations, encourage detailed record-keeping, and challenge them to design and troubleshoot. The key is adult guidance to tailor the complexity.

Q: How much adult supervision is needed for these activities? A: Adult supervision is crucial for all activities, but the level needed varies. Simple activities like dancing corn or leaf chromatography require moderate supervision. Activities involving heat, sharp objects, or specific chemicals (even household ones) like the "Fall-Colored Fire" or "Polymerization of Cranberry Sauce" (which involves stovetop use for the sauce) require direct and constant adult supervision to ensure safety. Always prioritize safety first.

Q: What if my child isn't interested in STEM or seems to struggle with it? A: The beauty of these Thanksgiving STEM activities is that they're often disguised as fun, festive play or delicious cooking. If your child seems hesitant, try framing it as a "holiday mystery" to solve or a "culinary adventure." Focus on the hands-on fun and the delicious outcome, rather than explicitly labeling it as "STEM." Keep it light, encourage their efforts, and celebrate small discoveries. Remember, fostering a love for learning is the main goal, not perfection.

Q: Are these activities messy? A: Some, like slime making, pumpkin DNA extraction, or fizzy reactions, can definitely be messy! We recommend laying down newspaper, old towels, or a washable tablecloth to protect your work surfaces. Having wipes or a damp cloth nearby for quick clean-ups is also a good idea. Embrace the mess as part of the learning process – it often means deep engagement!

Q: Where can I find more STEM cooking ideas after Thanksgiving? A: You're in the right place! At I'm the Chef Too!, we specialize in blending food, STEM, and the arts into unique "edutainment" experiences. For ongoing monthly adventures, consider our Chef's Club subscription for convenient, pre-measured kits delivered to your door. You can also browse our complete collection of one-time kits in our shop to find the perfect theme for your little learner, ensuring the STEM fun continues long after the holidays!

Q: Can these activities be adapted for groups or classrooms? A: Absolutely! Many of these Thanksgiving STEM activities are perfect for group settings, whether it's a classroom, a scout troop, a birthday party, or a large family gathering. Activities like building challenges (turkey cage, cranberry structures), collective experiments (dancing corn, leaf chromatography), or collaborative cooking projects are great for fostering teamwork and shared discovery. We even offer versatile programs for schools and groups, available with or without food components, designed to bring our hands-on STEM adventures to larger audiences.