This Saturday was the kick off for the 2nd Annual Atlanta Science Festival. The Atlanta Science Festival is a citywide celebration of Atlanta's STEM community. This year there are over 140 events to choose from throughout the week leading up to the big Exploration Expo at Centennial Olympic Park.
Well we started out the week with the BioLogue STEM Adventures. They hosted a Hands On Hodge Podge of Science event. There was a long list of workshop offerings. They even had a science fair earlier that day. The workshops ranged from every topic from microscopy to coding.
Pony Princess enjoyed taking part in the microscopy workshop. She was excited to tell me about how much she learned. She was able to break down to me how to prepare a slide to look at it under the microscope. Her favorite part was when she looked at the fish blood under the microscope. She said it looks like pond water.
Mecca the great took the Chemistry of Cosmetics workshop where she got to learn about the chemical make up(pun intended) of the typical cosmetic ingredients. The students got to make their own lip balm with all natural ingredients as a take home gift. Of course you know my girly girl squealed with delight over that.
Kinetic Kid was given special permission from the event coordinator Ms. Gladys to participate in the Epidemiology and Forensic Science workshops. They were designed for ages 10 and up but I explained Kinetic Kids unique circumstances of being an advance learner. Since Mecca the Great was in the courses as well to keep and eye on him they gave him a shot. It went very well. It was truly a lesson in learning to advocate for your children. I am 100% he got way more out of the advance workshops than he would have gotten in the early elementary microscope stuff.
I look forward to attending events hosted by BioLogue STEM Adventures in the future.
Here is Mecca the Great in the Chemistry of Cosmetics Workshop.
Take a look at my CSI Team in the Forensic Science Workshop.
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