At Cardboard Carnival students show off STEM skills

At Cardboard Carnival students show off STEM skills

First-grader Peter McCarthy tosses a ping pong ball at the moving ducks of an electronic arcade-style game designed and built by Tilly Scane (far left) at the Cardboard Carnival, District 65’s annual showcase of STEM work. Students in grades 5–8 received free kits from the Evanston Public Library in early February with motors, a control board and tools; they learned engineering and coding skills at after-school workshops. They filled the gymnasi…