041918 LCJ Science Jam (CJ)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Liam Sisulak, 7, of Grayslake with Cub Scout Pack 671 holds a tower he built using straws, pipe cleaners and marshmallows to hold a tennis ball during the Scouts of Gurnee Science Jam-STEAM Night at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee.Liam was able to build the tower with help from students in the Woodland Science Olympiad Club.(4/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Sana Menezes and Thania Rastham, both 6, of Waukegan work on squeezing strawberries into a cup to extract their DNA for a science experiment sponsored by Naval Station Great Lakes Community Outreach during the Scouts of Gurnee Science Jam-STEAM Night at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee.(4/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jerry Zimmerman, of Batavia (Mr. Freeze) shows what happens when liquid nitrogen is poured on a piece of paper during a cryogenic demonstration presented by Fermilab during the Scouts of Gurnee Science Jam-STEAM Night at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee.(4/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Madelyn Kissinger, 9, and Ida Belskis, 10, both of Grayslake, with Junior Girl Scouts Troop 43146, listen to Allen Mons, 16, of Libertyville, with the Carmel Catholic High School N.Y.A.N. (Not Your Average Nerds) varsity robotics team talk about the robot his team made named, Veronica, during the Scouts of Gurnee Science Jam-STEAM Night at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee.(4/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Hailey Harkaway, 11, of Waukegan makes slime with glue, baking soda and saline solution, sponsored by the Girls Scouts Service Unit 413, during the Scouts of Gurnee Science Jam-STEAM Night at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee.(4/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Liam Sisulak, 7, of Grayslake (center) with Cub Scout Pack 671 works on building a tower using straws, pipe cleaners and marshmallows to hold a tennis ball with the help of Dhruval Bhatt, 14, and Shannon Mahoney, 13, both of Gurnee, with the Woodland Science Olympiad Club during the Scouts of Gurnee Science Jam-STEAM Night at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee.(4/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Children lined up to make slime with glue, baking soda and saline solution, sponsored by the Girls Scouts Service Unit 413, during the Scouts of Gurnee Science Jam-STEAM Night at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee.(4/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Andrew Maeder, 7, of Gurnee, with Cub Scout Pack 627, looks through a reflecting telescope and its mirrors inside at the Lake County Astronomical Society booth during the Scouts of Gurnee Science Jam-STEAM Night at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee.(4/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Merlanne Rampale, of Prairie View, education director and outreach for SWALCO, hands out crystal making kits during the Scouts of Gurnee Science Jam-STEAM Night at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee.(4/11/18)