Grayslake-02/23/13, Sat./College of Lake County (front) Bridget Wright, 13, of Round Lake and fellow classmate Maya Gajeski, 12, of Round Lake both 7th graders from Big Hollow Middle School work on weight of alloys for a materials engineering session during STEM event at College of Lake County in Grayslake. | Joe Shuman~For Sun-Times Media
Grayslake-02/23/13, Sat./College of Lake County Katie Carranza, 15, of Round Lake Beach a Round Lake High School student works on weight of alloys in liquad for a materials engineering session during STEM event at College of Lake County in Grayslake. | Joe Shuman~For Sun-Times Media
Grayslake-02/23/13, Sat./College of Lake County Margarita Diaz, 16, of Fox Lake a Grant High School students lauches a rocket during STEM event Saturday at the College of Lake County in Grayslake. | Joe Shuman~For Sun-Times Media
Grayslake-02/23/13, Sat./College of Lake County Abigail Giles, 14, of Fox Lake, a 8th grader from Big Hollow Middle School watches a video of a shuttle launch during STEM event at the College of Lake County. | Joe Shuman~For Sun-Times Media
Can your cell phone hurt you? How does NASA launch rockets? Using a limited number of mini-marshmallows and toothpicks, could you engineer a structure that can bear the weight of more than 150 pennies? These and other questions were explored in a series of presentations …
