Thanksgiving is a few days away. Kids are out of school. If you don’t find something to catch their attention, they’ll go stir-crazy waiting! So today, we’ll look at ideas for interesting Thanksgiving weekend STEM fun for kids that will keep their minds occupied.As you may know, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are booming fields for the employment sector, but that doesn’t always translate into “fun for kids.” So how can you bring learning to your children for Thanksgiving and get them interested in STEM?Easy, just share one (or all) of these fun ideas to engage their minds, and redirect them to STEM-focused activities. 1. Reveal the Volume of Turkeys Consumed Each Year Our first idea starts with a huge number.Each year in the United States, Americans consume around 46 million turkeys which equal around 704 million pounds of turkey.Clue your kids into the volume of turkeys consumed each year, and ask what other numbers they can turn that into.If divided by 275 million people (the number of people expected to eat turkey on thanksgiving), how many pounds of turkey is that per person? You could even ask silly questions to spark their computational thinking skills.How many turkeys would fit…