Highlights from STEM Exploration Day 2024

With exhibits like Beyond Spaceship Earth, Corteva Agriscience ScienceWorks, and Dinosphere®, and programs like the Eli Lilly and Company Visiting Scientist Program, The Children's Museum is always the place to be for science-related fun in Indianapolis. On Sept. 28, 2024, we kicked things up bring all of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) related things into one massive celebration of all-things science—STEM Exploration Day!

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Let's take a look at some highlights from the day...

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Programs and activities included:

• Indiana Visiting Artist Emily Bennett
        Create art using sustainable materials.
• Eli Lilly and Company Visiting Scientist Dr. Carlotta Berry
        Hands-on robot exploration.
• DNA Discovery in Corteva Agriscience STEMLab
        Extract real DNA from plant cells and learn about the scientists who discovered the structure of DNA.
• Giveaways 

Participating organizations included:

• Women in Lilly Discovery and Development (WiLDD) with Eli Lilly and Company
        Create your own binary bracelet and lava lamp.
• 80 Acres Farms
• Franklin Pest Solutions
• Indiana State Police Crime Laboratory
        Examine pieces of evidence to help solve a crime.
• Society of Women Engineers
• UIndy Human Identification Center
        Study casts of bones from various animals to learn about different ages and stages of life.
• City of Indianapolis—Department of Public Works, Engineering
        View a storm drain model and learn how to protect stormwater.
• IU Astronomy Department
        Examine the patterns of hydrogen, helium, oxygen, and neon and make bracelets with the same patterns as these elements.
• IU Intelligent Systems Engineering
        Learn how electricity is conducted by experimenting with sensors and circuits.
• IEEE Women in Engineering
• Sycamore School
        Participate in more than two dozen activities about mechanics, electricity, sound, optics, and air pressure.
• American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
        Bridge building simulation.
• The Gurl Code
        Learn about coding and become part of the next generation of female tech leaders.

Whew! That's a lot! If you missed it, don't worry! STEM Exploration Day 2025 be here before you know it!

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Lilly Girls and Young Women in STEM is made possible through lead gift support from Eli Lilly and Company Foundation.

The Visiting Artist Program is a project of the Lechleiter Indiana Visiting Artist Fund with support provided by The White Oak Foundation, Sarah and John Lechleiter.