BOONE, Iowa—Saturday will mark the second year for the Boone Family STEM Festival.  Dozens of groups will be participating in the event to be held on the DMACC-Boone Campus.  So, if you’re looking for something fun to do with your kids, you’ll want to check out this year’s Boone Family STEM Festival on Saturday, April 13th from 9:00 am to Noon at DMACC in Boone (1125 Hancock Drive, Boone, IA 50036).   This Free Event is open to families with kids of all ages to experience hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activities. Come experience robots, LEGO Catapults, Elephant toothpaste, extracting DNA, 3D printing, toothpick puzzles, Monarchs, Rainfall Simulator, flame thrower, health discovery and SO MUCH MORE!!  Free water bottles and bags will be given out.

Booths with hands-on activities include:

·       Ericson Public Library

·       Iowa 4-H FLEX Mobile  – Virtual Reality

·       Blank Park Zoo

·       Cardinal Space Mining

·       Mid-West 3D Solutions

·       Iowa Public Television

·       Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa

·       ISU Extension and Outreach Animal Science

·       DMACC Students

·       American Meteorological Society Student Chapter at Iowa State

·       Graduate Society of Women Engineers

·       DMACC STEM Club

·       Boone County 4-H Science & Tech Club

·       Society of Chemistry Undergraduate Majors (SCUM)

·       Des Moines Y Camp

·       Beyer Crop Science

·       Boone County Farm Bureau

·       YMCA Amazing Adventures

·       Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium

·       DMACC Simulation Center

·       Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine

·       DNR – Ledges State Park

·       Iowa State University Computer Science Department Outreach

·       Equipping Math Teachers

·       Ankeny DMACC STEM Club

·       DMACC Biotechnology Program

·       DMACC Physics Students

·       Prairie Rivers of Iowa

·       Lyndsay Baker, DMACC NASA Aerospace Scholars Program

·       DMACC Nursing Club

·       Iowa State University College of Engineering

This event is a partnership between DMACC in Boone, Boone County ISU Extension & Outreach/4-H and the North Central STEM Governor’s STEM Advisory Council. For more information, https://www.extension.iastate.edu/boone/stemfestival