This is brilliant! I have spent much of my life trying to turn STEM into STEAM, but certainly not on this scale. And aiming it towards at-risk youth is brilliant. When art becomes interesting, or technology becomes entertaining, kids get interested. To a child, listening to a teacher drone on in Ben Steinian fashion about Ohm’s law is not going to draw that child into electromics, but building an LED throwie is. Of course, there comes a time when you have to learn Ohm’s law, but if the child’s curiosity regarding how or why the LED throwie works is piqued first, they will be much more interested in learning about it. STEAM Carnival has my backing!
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