LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — Families trying for one thing enjoyable and instructional this weekend can try the Lexington Children’s Museum annual STEM Day on Saturday.
Now in its 4th 12 months, the occasion is designed to make studying enjoyable whereas introducing children to careers in science, know-how, engineering, and math. Organizers say attendance has grown every year as extra families participate.
The occasion options interactive displays, a driving simulator, and demonstrations from professionals, together with Lockheed Martin volunteers. Abigail Prang, the museum’s Development and Communications Manager, mentioned the occasion is rooted within the worth of play-based studying.
“We know that play-based education is really, really good for the mind and the body,” mentioned Prang. “And it really helps children especially, but everybody else make connections between the things that they learn in their classrooms and things that happen out in the rest of the world.”
Organizers hope the occasion conjures up youngsters to discover STEM by means of hands-on studying whereas giving families the possibility to find how science and know-how play a task in on a regular basis life.
STEM Day runs from 10 a.m. to five p.m. Saturday and is included with common museum admission.
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