{"id":142193,"date":"2025-06-07T10:58:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T15:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/?p=142193"},"modified":"2025-06-07T10:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T15:58:58","slug":"fun-with-stem-at-gigis-playhouse-hoffman-estates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/uncategorized\/fun-with-stem-at-gigis-playhouse-hoffman-estates","title":{"rendered":"Fun with STEM at GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Hoffman Estates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fun with STEM!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2025\/06\/Nathan-STEM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2025\/06\/Nathan-STEM-1024x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142195\" style=\"width:430px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2025\/06\/Nathan-STEM-1024x810.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2025\/06\/Nathan-STEM-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2025\/06\/Nathan-STEM-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2025\/06\/Nathan-STEM-1536x1215.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2025\/06\/Nathan-STEM.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past week, we started piloting a new STEM Lab program here at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Hoffman Estates! This new and groundbreaking pilot program explores Science, Technology, Engineering, and math in a fun and engaging way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants explored the states of matter (solids, liquids, gasses), made hypotheses, and more by combining ingredients to make Oobleck, a non-newtonian solid that flows between a liquid and a solid depending on the pressure applied to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STEM Lab is an engaging and dynamic group program that nurtures essential developmental skills through hands-on exploration of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. This program fosters curiosity, critical thinking, and problem-solving while developing cognitive skills and building confidence. STEM Lab empowers individuals with Down syndrome to explore STEM concepts in a fun, supportive, and interactive environment through experiments, creative challenges, and innovative problem-solving tasks.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be on the lookout for more pilot STEM Lab classes this summer for kids, teens, and adults!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fun with STEM! This past week, we started piloting a new STEM Lab program here at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Hoffman Estates! This new and groundbreaking pilot program explores Science, Technology, Engineering, and math in a fun and engaging way. Participants explored the states of matter (solids, liquids, gasses), made hypotheses, and more by combining ingredients to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20307,"featured_media":142194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}