The CMSN Ecosystem is excited to launch a month-long series of LIVE STEM design challenges offering families a variety of hands-on activities to engage in together. Each week is a new opportunity to come together and learn, design, build and share with each other.
All STEM Together activities will be hosted on Zoom. If you are not familiar with Zoom, please click here for step-by-step instructions.
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Upcoming STEM Together Opportunities
NEW DATE! June 17, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 PM Grades 4 and up
OIL SPILLS: A Slippery Situation – Join WPI Engineering Ambassadors and learn how oil, which is essential to many luxuries we enjoy, can also create damage to our environment when it spills. You will create your own “oil spill” and conduct an experiment to see how it affects wildlife, then become an engineer and clean up your oil spill!
Past STEM Together Activities
Pint out directions and design on your own!
May 6, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 PM Grades: K-6
Launch It! – Anyone can become a rocket scientist or aeronautical engineer! Join the EcoTarium as we help you and your family use engineering, math and physics to design, build and test a rocket prototype using paper, tape and a drinking straw.
May 13, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 PM Grades 4-8
Prosthetics – Engineers apply their knowledge to replace limbs by using technology and materials to provide people with independence, mobility and experiences. Today we will design a prosthetic leg for your favorite stuffed animal!
May 20, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 PM Grades: 4-8
Cardboard Creations: Phone Stand – Design and craft your own phone stand to use during movie-making or animation projects, or for comfortably watching STEM videos! We’ll use recycled cardboard to create a simple stand, and explore the importance of measurement and precision in the engineering process.
May 27, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 PM Pre-K
Calling all Boat Builders!
Join Head Start teachers as they encourage families to think like engineers while building boats and solving problems. Families will have the opportunity to plan, build, and test out their own unique boats using recycled materials. Once their boats are built, they will be challenged to think more about buoyancy as they experiment with how to keep their boats floating when they add “passengers”. This will be a fun experience filled with great learning opportunities.
June 3, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 PM Grades K-8
Newspaper Towers!
Calling all engineers! Are you ready for a challenge? Join the Boys & Girls Club in participating in a design challenge! Using only newspaper and tape you will have to construct your very own building that can withstand the strength of the wind. Can you rise to the challenge?
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