The Science Vortex in Cottonwood hosts many educational events for children to learn about STEM topics and 21st century skills.
Kids’ Night Out takes place once a month from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and provides at least two hands-on STEM activities each night. Science Vortex Director Laurie Altringer said that it’s one of the only programs, besides their summer camp, at which parents can drop their children off for the duration of the event. All of the kids who participate also receive an activity they can do at home afterwards.
Kids’ Night Out started as a chief science officer program action plan, and was so successful it was turned into a monthly program. The CSOs typically come up with the activities for the night. This past Saturday, kids got to make and launch rockets as part of the program.
The chief science officer program is run out of the SciTech Institute in…
