Monday, December 2, 2019

An Incredible Family Science Night

On Wednesday, November 13th, Marie Curie Elementary School held the first of two family science nights, themed “Incredible Science.” Third through fifth graders and their families gathered to experience a variety of hands-on STEM activities inspired by The Incredibles movie franchise, including making artificial snow and engineering “superpower” technologies. 

This year, Curie Family Science Nights were funded by a microgrant from the Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education, which partnered Curie Elementary with collaborators from University of San Diego (USD). 


USD Outreach Professor Laura Rivard coordinated six student groups from USD to create and run STEM activities, in addition to those from Curie parent volunteers. The All Girls STEM Society (AGSS - https://www.allgirlsstemsociety.org/), who provide free monthly STEM workshops for girls grades 3-8 throughout San Diego, also provided student volunteers. 

A second “Incredible Science” Night is planned for April for TK through second grade families.