Colorado students build harmonicas, play concert as part of lesson in STEM

Some students in Aurora performed a classroom concert after building harmonicas on Thursday. It's all part of a partnership between Colorado Women in AV and IT (COWAVIT) and Rosie Riveters, an organization dedicated to inspiring young girls to pursue careers in STEM. 

Altura Elementary's 3rd through 5th-grade students built harmonicas using tongue depressors, straws and rubber bands. It was part of a lesson on sound waves.

"To see the smiles on their faces and just the energy in the room-- it is very invigorating when you get to take a few hours away from checking emails," said Christine Mitchell, President and CEO of COWAVIT. 

The classes competed to see who had the loudest concert which was measured by a decibel-measuring app developed by Colorado's Mersive Technologies.

The winners of the contest received free headphones.