Since 2021 the team at Roger That! has been putting together STEM kits for distribution to under resourced schools. The kits are aligned with 3rd - 5th grade NGSS guidelines. Each kit comes with all the equipment and instructions necessary for teams of up to 4 students to perform a series of scientific experiments on a particular topic. Team members visit the schools to deliver the kits, explain how to use them and a little about the science, and talk about Roger That! to classrooms.

This year we’re excited to provide this STEM kit for you to explore sound. Each Roger That! 2024-25 STEM Kit provides supplies for exploring three different aspects of the science of sound. 

Experiments:

1. Creation of Sound
2. Characteristics of Sound
3. Transmission of Sound

To request kits please contact us at [email protected].

Wave Behavior

This STEM kit for you to explore the basic aspects of wave behavior, because absolutely everything that exists can be considered as a wave under specific conditions. (In quantum physics, this is called “wave-particle duality.”) Water waves, light waves, and sound waves are probably the most familiar examples of waves in our everyday lives, but even matter and gravity can be understood as waves! 

Experiments:

1. Reflection
2. Refraction
3. Diffraction

Forces and Motion

Understanding forces and motion is necessary for space travel, and each Roger That! STEM Kit provides supplies for exploring five different aspects of forces and motion.   

Experiments:

1. Inertia
2. Forces 
3. Falling objects
4. Pendulum
5. Projectiles   

Plant Growth

For astronauts to travel to Mars and beyond they will need to grow their own food, and each Roger That! STEM Kit provides supplies for exploring four different aspects of plant growth.

Experiments:

1. Seed size
2. Soil
3. Water
4. Light