STEAM Lab

Event Details

October 17, 2024, November 14, 2024, December 5, 2024, January 9, 2025, February 6, 2025, March 20, 2025, April 10, 2025, and May 8, 2025

Experience how Texans applied their math skills to comply with food rationing in World War II. Uncover the biological properties of chili peppers that make them a vital part of Texas cooking. Find out what exactly science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics (STEAM) have to do with Texas history!

On select Thursdays at STEAM Lab, students can drop in and explore the Bullock Museum, see demonstrations, and participate in hands-on activities with STEAM experts from Central Texas Discover Engineering and Museum Educators. STEAM Labs are FREE with Museum admission for all groups who have pre-registered for a Bullock Museum field trip. Every STEAM Lab is different and may include some of the following activities:

• Electricity with a Van de Graaff Generator
• Build a Lunar Landing Module
• The Science of Chili Peppers
• Make a Helicopter
• Play a Civil War Probability Game
• Evolution and Bird Beaks
• Using a WWII Rationing Budget
• Water Sound Engineering
• Create a Dust Storm
• Organize a Tangled Texas Food Web
• Build and Race a Boat
• Create a Pickle Light

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School Programs are generously funded by Featured sponsor The Marie M. and James H. Galloway Foundation and Contributing sponsors The Honorable Kent R. Hance and the Wood Family Charitable Fund.

The Bullock Museum, a division of the Texas State Preservation Board, is funded by Museum members, donors, and patrons, the Texas State History Museum Foundation, and the State of Texas.

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