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- Bridge Building Challenge Families with children ages 0-12 will be given the opportunity to pick up a bridge kit that will be provided to them. They will try to build the strongest bridge with the supplies provided. The children will submit their results, and the ones with the strongest bridges will win a prize. The age groups are 0-5, 6-9, 10-12.
- Squishy Circuit STEAM kit Squishy Circuits uses conductive and insulating play dough to teach the basics of electrical circuits in a fun, hand-on way. Make your own dough with the provided recipes. Let your creations come to life as you light them up with LEDs, make noises with buzzers, and spin with the motor.
- Hot Air Balloons Make hot air balloons with household materials.
- Paper Plate Hover Craft Make a hover craft out of household materials. This is a great extension activity to use with Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andre Beaty
- Create a Digital Escape Room with Youth Work with youth in your community to create a digital Escape Room
- Easter Egg Rockets Explore chemical changes by creating a rocket using Alka Seltzer tablets and plastic Easter eggs.
- Vinegar and Baking Soda Bottle Rockets Explore thrust and chemical reactions using recycled materials and vinegar and baking soda.
- Extending Grabber Explore simple machines and scissor mechanisms by creating an extending grabber. This lesson can be used as a precursor to a hydraulics lesson.
- MakeCode Micro:bit STEAM kit #9 Micro:bit STEAM kit #9 is programming the processor to detect dry soil and then turn on a pump for irrigation. The patron will be learning how to turn the micro:bit into a soil moisture detector and learn how to wire it to turn on a water pump to irrigate the soil. These projects are intended to give people an introduction to computer coding in a fun interactive way that they can do at home.
- MakeCode Micro:bit STEAM kit #8 Micro:bit STEAM kit #8 is learning how to use the built-in Anaglog-to-Digital converter of the micro:bit processor. The patron will learn how the micro:bit converts the analog input into a multi-bit digital number that can be read by the processor.These projects are intended to give people an introduction to computer coding in a fun interactive way that they can do at home.
- MakeCode Micro:bit STEAM kit #7 Micro:bit STEAM kit #7 is working with programming LED lights. It includes two projects to complete. The first project will have the patron programming a tri-color LED light. The second one will have them programming three LED lights to turn on and off like a traffic light. These projects are intended to give people an introduction to computer coding in a fun interactive way that they can do at home
- MakeCode Micro:bit STEAM kit #6 Micro:bit STEAM kit #6 is a lesson on how to program the micro:bit chip to create audio tones. It includes two projects. The patrons will be creating audio tones using a piezo speaker and gummy candy. These projects are intended to give people an introduction to computer coding in a fun interactive way that they can do at home