13-03-2025
Siouxland families take part in ‘unplugged' experience
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Parents and children in Sioux City got an opportunity to unplug from their cell phones on Wednesday.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Siouxland hosted an 'unplugged' experience, which allowed people to take part in four STEM workshops. The workshops were:
Giant Puzzle Race: problem solving puzzle activity
Spinning Carousel Toy: creative engineering
Deep Sea Slime: chemical reactions
Will It Float?: boat making and water testing
There was also a 'shark encounter' where people were able to touch a shark and take home a real shark tooth.
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Officials with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Siouxland said people sometimes forget to give themselves a break from technology.
'Just an opportunity for families as a whole to come in, put the phones down and hang out,' said Kevin Pottebaum, Vice President of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Siouxland. 'It's an awesome opportunity for our club members to kind of show their parents or others in their family what they do here at the club every day after school and do some fun activities.'
U.S. Cellular provided supplies for the screen-free activities and 60 phone boxes to the club to store the cellphones.
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