OTTAWA, Ohio (WLIO) - Ottawa Elementary School hosting a night for all things STEM.
With a theme of baseball because it's opening day, kids from Ottawa Elementary were able to bring their families and learn about different STEM stations. The overarching themes between stations were weather, sports, and science. With that, our own Meteorologist Conner Prince was able to participate by teaching families about the weather and how to read radars. From making their own crayons, to controlling metal spheres, each family was able to learn a little bit more about STEM.
"It's fun, it brings the families in. The students do a lot of these activities throughout the day, so they get to show their parents these cool technology things that we have, and incorporate our baseball theme that we did today for the opening day," says Audrey Beining, Principal of Ottawa Elementary School.
"Let the parents in on what they're learning, because a lot of times, we have a lot of technology that maybe the parents haven't seen or activities they might not understand, and so we can also bring that in, and it opens conversations at home," says Amy Jo Schumaker, a teacher at Ottawa Elementary School.
Ottawa says that family STEM night is a favorite event at their school and is a meaningful way for students to connect stem learning to real-world careers.
