Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Garver, students work together at science event
Around 1,000 students traveled through the museum and learned from activities performed by STEM experts. The stations included learning from a Van de Graaff generator, how to make slime, and how to make music with a theremin.
At Garver’s station, conducted by engineers Keri Burchard-Juarez, Josh Crawford, Blake Staton, Pedro Maltos and Wendy Travis, students were able to make musical instruments out of cardboard boxes, rubber bands, yarn, tape and other items. Then Garver helped students connect their instruments to an electric amplifier using a piezo disc to detect the vibration of the sound waves. It was the second time that Garver has volunteered to work this event, but it is expected to become a regular occurrence.
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