{"id":3317,"date":"2013-10-08T22:50:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T22:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bme2.flywheelsites.com\/blog\/heart-of-business-robots-fire-lasers-steam-carnival\/"},"modified":"2020-10-23T10:43:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T10:43:16","slug":"heart-of-business-robots-fire-lasers-steam-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benchmarkemail.com\/in\/heart-of-business-robots-fire-lasers-steam-carnival\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart of Business: Robots. Fire. Lasers. STEAM Carnival."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Think back to your high school chemistry class. If you\u2019re like me, your biggest memory is of that time your teacher created that explosion, reaction or something else fun. That\u2019s why the STEAM Carnival got our attention. They lead their Kickstarter page off with the selling point of robots, fire and lasers. Sold.<\/p>\n<p>The STEAM Carnival combines Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math into fun and games, creating a learning experience like not other. It\u2019s like a hands-on version of every show I love on the Discovery Channel. They refer to it as ambush education. I call it freakin\u2019 awesome.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F114392203\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The STEAM Carnival was fully funded on Kickstarter. Find out how they made that happen, where the idea for the carnival came from and the past experiences that lead to to be where they\u2019re at today. C\u2019mon .. we didn\u2019t really need to write any more words than robots, fire and lasers. 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