Murray County 4-H hosted the second to last of it’s After School Adventures Program series at the Fulda Elementary School and Murray County Central School Districts.
The March session theme was, “Size vs STEM.” Youth were able to see the difference in outcomes of different STEM activities based on the materials given size ranges. Youth were asked to create three parachutes from three different sized plastic cloth pieces. Once the youth attached the string and weighted item to the opposite side of the plastic cloth, an adult volunteer climbed a ladder and dropped each size of parachute to see what impact the size of the plastic cloth made.
The second activity included creating a shape of a sail that youth felt would move the farthest in the wind on top of a Styrofoam boat. Youth learned how to anchor a sail to the boat, and based on the shape, they were able to see how far the object went but also the direction that it went. They made alterations to their original to see if they could improve their design. Hudson Spartz, a kindergartener, was able to design his boat and sail to go 18 feet.
For Murray County Central, this was on March 11 at the Murray County 4-H Building and in Fulda on March 13.
