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Ready, Set, Explore STEM & Media – Reading

Pennon Education invites your family to explore STEM concepts, ignite curiosity, think critically and engage in artistic expression at Ready, Set, Explore STEM & Media.
Plus, you can meet Pennon Education’s original bilingual character, Tiara “Tia” Flora!

Saturday, February 8 • 11am – 2pm

Reading Public Museum

500 Museum Rd., Reading, PA 19611

Get FREE Tickets!

Snow date: February 22

Ready, Set, Explore STEM & Media offers kids and teens the space to discover and experience new technologies, resources and tools, while providing the expertise needed to critically analyze content in the 21st-century’s digital world.

Your family can:

  • Create a personalized GIF with Tia Flora using green screen technology
  • Help Tia explore her new city by coding a Bee-Bot
  • Design a bright, eye-catching ad for Tia’s new show
  • Develop skills to spot AI-created images and discern fact from opinion

Each child in attendance can choose a free book to take home at the end of their visit. Titles include Fact vs. Opinion vs. Robot by Michael Rex and The Girl Who Built a Spider by George Brewington.

Your tickets to Ready, Set, Explore STEM & Media include free admission to the Reading Public Museum and access to all exhibits — including Wild Kratts: Ocean Adventure and Wild Kratts: Creature Power. Be sure to take time to explore all the museum has to offer!

Ready, Set, Explore STEM & Media is supported by:

The Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Charitable Fund

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