Fort Hays State University’s Kansas Wetlands Education Center will host a drop-in STEM program from 1-4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 29.

Do you measure up to a Whooping Crane? Can you engineer a goose glider that can compare to the feats of Cheyenne Bottoms migrants? How does a duck stay warm and dry in cold water? Why are some animals covered in scales and others in fur or slime? 

The answers to these questions and more can be found at the KWEC Drop-in STEM program. This free, family-friendly afternoon is come-and-go. Rotate through several hands-on stations learning the science, technology, engineering, and math of the animals that call our wetlands home. Participants will also construct a unique snowman craft to take home, meet our opossum Clyde, and make a stop animation wetland video.

No registration is required for the free event. For more information, call the KWEC at 877-243-9268.

Kansas Wetlands Education Center, affiliated with FHSU’s Werth College of Science, Technology and Mathematics, is located 10 miles northeast of Great Bend at the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area. More information can be found at wetlandscenter.fhsu.edu.