- November 1, 2024
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's STEM Outreach hosted the third annual night of learning with Cub Scouts Pack 327 on Oct. 14, at Temple Beth-El.
“This activity took place just a few days after Hurricane Milton," ERAU Faculty Advisor Claudia Ehringer Lucas said in a statement to the Observer. "Some families still didn’t have electricity. What a better thing than learn a new thing, the four ingredients to make a hurricane and have some fun after it caused destruction and damage throughout our community."
This year's event featured a film canister rocket activity, where scouts added water to dissolve an Alka-Seltzer tablet to create carbon dioxide, leading to pressure for a blast off; an invisible ink activity using highlighters, vinegar and a black light; and a hurricane jar, where scouts learned how hurricanes formed using warm water, low air pressure, moist air and low wind shear.
"Once they completed the activities, they wanted to do them again and again," said Ilan Soler, STEM Outreach volunteer.
Gus Gatti, president of STEM Outreach, has been a part of the event for the past three years. STEM Outreach's goal remains to host the activity night on annual basis.
"When I was in elementary and middle school, outreach events like these was where my passion for science and technology was ignited, and getting to see the same love of learning click inside the next generation has been so rewarding," Gatti said.