STEAM Day: Let's do fun stuff with science, engineering, art, technology, and math!
Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm
Nea CLC
3 days before, 1 day before

Participate in Nea's annual STEAM Day!

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) Day will inspire kids to explore, create, and build and to learn through hands-on activities and interactions.

Activities will be designed for Lower Village learners. Upper Village learners are invited to lead activities.

Please sign up to host a table with an activity.  Here are some possibilities (or create your own!):

Halloween Flameless Candles

Misused Sticky Notes

Weaving loom

Paper circuits

Paper circuit mural

Almost Real Spiderweb Mobile
Scribble machines
Engineering paper bridges

Catapults

Lego WeDo

Making ink pads

Writing Secret Messages in Color

Egg drop

Initial stamp making
Woodworking

Soldering

 

Other project ideas:

Kitchen chemistry (such as vinegar, baking soda, and food coloring)

Building large structures with leftover cardboard boxes (and painter's tape and possibly tools from Make.Do)

Build a chair out of cardboard
Sew pillows
Make fairy houses
Stomp rockets

Tapegami

See Howtoons book for more project ideas: marshmallow shooters with PVC pipe

See more project ideas on the Creativity Lab website or https://www.instructables.com/id/100-STEAM-Projects-for-Educators/.

 

Contact Laura if you have questions: quercust@gmail.com or 415-254-2326.


Jobs

Choose your own activity (describe briefly what it is in the Notes field so we don't have duplicates) Signed Up: 6 / 15

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm
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Pool Noodle Robots Signed Up: 1 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm
Robots will be premade, but kids can help decorate them if they’d like. Volunteer helps kids turn robot on/off Paper, robots, markers will be provided

STEAM puzzles Signed Up: 0 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm
Hundreds of challenges at different levels Volunteer supervises each game and explains how to setup each puzzle. Puzzles will be provided
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Make your own stamps Signed Up: 0 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm
Volunteer will help kids cut foam shapes, glue them to wood blocks and place paint on stamp. Wood blocks, foam and paint will be provided
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Paper circuits (each activity leader gets a table for their activity): more info at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxEFcim8OtLXZ1JheW9RZW82TDg/view Signed Up: 0 / 1

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Kitchen chemistry (such as vinegar, baking soda, and food coloring) Signed Up: 0 / 1

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Catapults (more info at https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=http://www.lighthousecharter.org/creativity-lab/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Catapults.pdf?iframe%3Dtrue&width=1000&height=500) Signed Up: 0 / 1

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Scribble machines (more info at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxEFcim8OtLXUHpBNVpMOHVnYlU/view) Signed Up: 0 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm
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Engineering paper bridges (more info at https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=http://www.lighthousecharter.org/creativity-lab/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Paper-Bridges-2.pdf?iframe%3Dtrue&width=1000&height=500 for more info) Signed Up: 0 / 1

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Woodworking (more info at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwByi6jx0j41SkxUSWM5Y3N1eTQ/view) Signed Up: 1 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm

Building large structures with cardboard, tape, and possibly tools from Make.Do Signed Up: 1 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm

Programming with Lego WeDo: more info at https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=http://www.lighthousecharter.org/creativity-lab/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Programming-Lego-WeDo-2.pdf?iframe%3Dtrue&width=1000&height=500 Signed Up: 0 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm
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Egg drop design challenge: more info at https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=http://www.lighthousecharter.org/creativity-lab/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Egg-Drop-2.pdf?iframe%3Dtrue&width=1000&height=500 Signed Up: 0 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm
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Soldering: more info at https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=http://www.lighthousecharter.org/creativity-lab/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Soldering.pdf?iframe%3Dtrue&width=1000&height=500 Signed Up: 0 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm
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Initial stamp making: more info at https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=http://www.lighthousecharter.org/creativity-lab/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/InitialStampMaking.pdf?iframe%3Dtrue&width=1000&height=500 Signed Up: 0 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm
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DIY stamp pads: more info at https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=http://www.lighthousecharter.org/creativity-lab/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/InkPads.pdf?iframe%3Dtrue&width=1000&height=500 Signed Up: 1 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm

Paper making: more info at https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=http://www.lighthousecharter.org/creativity-lab/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Paper-Making-2.pdf?iframe%3Dtrue&width=1000&height=500 Signed Up: 0 / 1

Sat, Sep 29 11:00am-3:00pm
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