6th Grade STEM Night

 The school hosted a STEM Night for the 6th graders.  I was a good mom and went with Callie.  Rylee tagged along for kicks.  It ended up being a fun event.  They had a bunch of items (toilet paper tubes, tape, paper clips, rubber bands, rulers....) and the goal was to make something that shot a large pom pom.  You wanted your invention to shoot the pom pom the furthest.

Callie took it a lot more seriously than Rylee!  We did go through several ideas that were not successful.

Rylee is thinking hard. 

Callie was working hard. 

Surprisingly enough, we proved the theory that sometimes simplicity is best.  We used a TP tube cut down to make a cup for the pom pom and duct taped it to a plastic ruler. It actually lobbed the fuzzy pom pom 17 feet, which was 2 feet farther than anyone else!   

Rylee industriously got to work on her own project. It was vastly entertaining and we had a pretty good time.