March 2025

  • Minnesota Science Museum representative Janet Groenert explains the “Mitten Makers” experiment to Rylie Haugen’s first-grade class on Thursday, March 6. The 18 students in Rylie Haugen’s first-grade classroom overwhelming selected Thinsulate as the warmest mitten material but were evenly divided between neoprene and nylon as the best waterproof and flexible material. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
    Elementary students are 'Mitten Makers'
    March 12, 2025
    Kindergarten through second-grade students at Luverne Elementary School spent last week as “Mitten Makers,” a residency program through the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul. The residency was sponsored through a KAHR Foundation grant. Guided by a museum representative, the students used the engineering design process (ask, imagine, plan, create, improve) to conduct tests on a variety of…
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