STEM Families -Virtual Home Lab – science you can do at home…
If you are looking for some at home science projects to learn-tertain your kids during the stay at home mandate – this online series is great. Don’t worry if you miss the real-time event – they post past events with recorded videos – it’s free and fun. We call that a win, win.
STEM FAMILIES Virtual Home Lab is a series of workshops to share practical tips, virtual experiments and other concrete tools that families – even those with little time, few resources and no STEM exposure or teaching experience – can use to engage their children’s learning.
STEM education leaders from across the country will offer a variety of activities for different age groups to engage students in STEM learning with resources that you have around the house.
Upcoming Workshops
From Boredom to Innovation: A Problem Solving Exploration
Date: Thursday April 16TH. 2020 1 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. CT / 11 a.m. MT / 10 a.m. PT
Most of our families have been practicing social distancing for weeks and getting over the boredom hump is, no doubt, a challenge in many households. This virtual lab will walk you through how to question, invent, and transform ANYTHING you have in your home into something that will fulfill your families boredom needs. These activities are for children grades K-8 (with slight modifications).
Presenter:
- Sri Lankha, Founder, Association for Sustainability Education
Previous Home Labs
Exploring Sound With NASA
Kids are experts in turning basic household items into innovative and useful tools. During these challenging times, the fear of running out of resources is very real for several families, but we can help you make learning possible by reusing what you have at home to explore the topic of sound.
We have partnered with our friends at NASA to walk you through an experiment that will allow your children to learn how to amplify and reduce sound using your cell phone and a few household items.
This activity is part of a webinar series, STEM FAMILIES of STEM@Home™. Our goal is to support families and communities during challenging times and feature resources that help families keep learning going for their children while school and out-of-school activities are suspended.
The STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice is a global network of STEM leaders that learn and share with one another. We are proud to release STEM@Home with the strength of our network.
Lesson Plan (includes NGSS alignment)
Adeline Dinehart
Education Specialist
NASA Langley Research Center
Jennifer Hudgins
NASA STEM Specialist
Office of STEM Engagement
Materials: Paper towel tube, Two disposable plastic cups, Scissors, Tape, Miscellaneous Materials: (i.e. Styrofoam cups, paper, cardstock), Smartphone or similar device
Suggested items: Sound (Decibel) meter*, Oscilloscope*
*app versions available
Click to access video of this webinar
A Family Penny Boat Challenge by the makers of Family STEM Cards
Coming up with new ideas to keep your children engaged in learning can be difficult, but what if you had a toolbox of simple task cards to help move learning forward.
Join our FREE virtual lab for parents, guardians, and caregivers looking for simple guided STEM activities that release your child’s voice, choice, and creativity during periods of extended time at home. The Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative has an inventory of card decks available for families with children grades K-8. They will walk you through an easy penny boat challenge that your family can do right at home using their deck of Family STEM Cards.
This activity is part of a webinar series, STEM FAMILIES of STEM@Home™. Our goal is to support families and communities during challenging times and feature resources that help families keep learning going for their children while school and out-of-school activities are suspended.
The STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice is a global network of STEM leaders that learn and share with one another. We are proud to release STEM@Home with the strength of our network.
Join Mary Adams, Emilee Armbruster, and The Milligan Family of the Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative
Access the Family STEM Card Collection, here.
View the Presentation & Demo here.
Click here to access the Penny Boat PPT.
Marshmallow Catapults and Building a Rube Goldberg Machine
Social distancing has forced us to think about creative ways to make physical contact with something. We want to offer your family a chance to explore the role machines when interacting with other people and things.
Join this FREE virtual lab for parents and guardians looking to ensure a fun STEM learning experience for their children grades K-8. You DO NOT have to be an expert. All you need is a little creativity. Our guest presenters will walk you through 2 activities that will get your kids thinking, designing, and building.
This activity is part of a webinar series, STEM FAMILIES of STEM@Home™. Our goal is to support families and communities during challenging times and feature resources that help families keep learning going for their children while school and out-of-school activities are suspended.
The STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice is a global network of STEM leaders that learn and share with one another. We are proud to release STEM@Home™ with the strength of our network.
Speakers:
- Liz Peterson, Youth Development, Pender County Cooperative Extension
- Barb Termaat, Executive Director of Newton’s Road Northwest
Learn more about 4-H Positive Youth Development and Newton’s Road Northwest
Cabin Fever Math!
With kids across America stuck at home, they’re now going to be online for all their school day learning, along with all their video games and Snapchat. Screen time is going through the roof! What’s a parent to do?
How about a little hands-on math that gets kids up and moving? Long-time Ecosystem partner Bedtime Math has retooled games from their popular Crazy 8s after school club to create a suite of grab-and-go activities that families can do at home.
Join Laura Overdeck, Founder, for ideas you can share across your community.
PUBLISHED MATERIALS LINKS:
- Webinar Recording can be found here.
- The PPT can be found here.
- Visit Bedtime Math and Cabin Fever Math by clicking the links.
SPEAKER:
- Laura Bilodeau Overdeck, Founder and President, Bedtime Math
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