We participated in McCormicks Creek Elementary STEM night along with a dozen other exhibitors. We had batteries and bulbs, an assortment of PVC pipes and connectors, earth-moon necklaces, and corona chalk art. Some kids worked at all 4 stations, some only did one. When someone was doing an “eclipse” activity, we talked about the eclipse,… Read more »

POP fest is a day for Brown County High School students to get a glimpse of post K-12 ideas, careers, jobs, pursuits. They attend 6 sessions lead by business community experts. We did a cardboard construction sessions where they designed and prototyped food trucks. As they built, we talked about all the types of brains… Read more »

We headed north to Plainfield to work with 3 – 1st grade classes at Brentfield Elementary. We did a Q&A about the eclipse so we could all share things we knew about the eclipse. A basketball and tennis ball are good (proportional) models for the Earth & moon. For this size, they would be about… Read more »

We participated in the Lotus Blossoms World Bazaar Community Day. We had a variety of homemade instruments.             We started with a regular straw to make a “straw oboe”. Flatten one end a and cut the edges off to make a point. You are making a “reed” type element. Then… Read more »

We had another after school STEM club get together. First we had some eclipse Q & A. One statement by a student I wasnt 100% sure about. They said that eclipses happen every 100 years. I knew that was wrong, but didnt know the exact timeframe. I thought they happened every year. And they do,… Read more »

Linton–Stockton Elementary School held a SCIENCE night and many, many kids and parents came (at least 100 /50). There was a variety of activities for students to do : magnetic painting, work with Root robot, explore conductivity, launch stomp rockets, make bubbles, make invisible ink, corona chalk art, and make an eclipse paper circuit (station… Read more »

Recently, Paoli had a family STEM Night with various activities. They were demonstrating their 3D printer and laser cutter, as well as some robots. They had a couple of tables with science experiments, someone had a VR experience. I had stomp rockets. We quickly hit the ceiling in the cafeteria, so we started launching at… Read more »

35 students and 3 educators from  Avondale Meadows Middle School came to visit IU campus to get a glimpse at college life. They get an activity and a tour of a classroom building, dorm, and dining hall. The activity was a cardboard prototyping project. Design something. One group designed a special hearing aid, one did… Read more »

There are various ways to get started with circuits (batt & bulb ; paper circuits ; circuit blocks…) At the Unionville Elementary 4th grade science class, we started with the kits they had been exploring and they remade a series circuit. Then we switched up and gave them an LED & a battery and they… Read more »

I borrowed the Tale-Bots from the TTL in School of Education and headed out to Unionville Elementary. They had some Bee-Bots, so we were able to pair kindergarten students up on a bot. We talked about what it meant to be robotic (sense, think, act) and which directions our typical bots can move (forward, backward,… Read more »