Activities
(23 Feburary 2025) Thanks for joining us for AV STEM Night. See you next year! We will collect photos from this year's event at https://photos.app.goo.gl/LZLzC9bdwSV2jtgD6. See also the coverage in the South Pasadenan.
Sustainability Sleuths
Our environment sustains us and makes our modern lives possible. No one event at STEM Night is dedicated to sustainability; they all are!
During AV STEM Night, families can become "sustainability sleuths" by picking up a question form. Find the all answers at the event and you can enter a raffle for a prize!
Rovers and Rockets
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is home to the engineers, scientists, and researchers helping NASA understand and explore the universe. Volunteers from JPL will share their passion for space exploration and show some of the technology they have invented to make that possible.
Be a rocket scientist by making your own (straw) rocket!
Drive a Metro Train
The LA Metro serves a quarter of all Californians in the country’s largest, most populous county. We know it by its trains that regularly pass by AV campus. Metro staff will join us at AV and show you how to drive a (simulated) Metro train!
From Cells to Chromosomes
How did you get your eye color? Why do you like your favorite foods? The answer is in your cells and chromosomes. USC Prof. Unmesh Jadhav will lead an event showing cells, how they work, and their connection to genetics.
Interactive Robotics Demo
See, learn, and play with real robots! Robotics team coaches Simon Pei & Kin Lee will be joined by two Middle School teams as part of the FIRST Technical Challenge (FTC) program (https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc). A Caltech group will join with a programmable dog robot!
Mining for Chocolate
The earth is the source of minerals that enable some technologies. But how does mining affect the earth and its ecosystems? This will be a hands-on activity that raises tasty and thought-provoking ideas.
Night Sky Viewing
View the planets, star clusters, and distant galaxies with telescopes and guided viewing of the night sky.
Caltech Computer Science
Computer science is the foundation of the modern world. It is used to design microprocessors in your phone, in data centers that run artificial intelligence, and much more. Volunteers from Caltech will demonstrate the fundamentals of CS in a fun way.
Caltech Neuroscience
Your brain controls critical body functions, muscles, emotions, and conscious thought. All of this happens with electrical impulses that travel throughout your body. This event will demonstrate how those signals move and act in your body.
Food and drink
The Windsor Hills Pizza food truck will be parked outside the front gate. A pre-order form will be circulated in advance of the event. You will also be able to order at the truck. A portion of each sale will be donated back to the PTA!
The PTA will provide hot chocolate in the lunch area on campus.
Visitors are also welcome to bring their own snacks or picnic to campus.
Science Fair sign up
Feeling inspired on STEM Night? You can sign up for Science Fair at the welcome table. The Fair will be held at AV on Thursday, February 20.
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