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Balloon Rockets
Children are “rocket scientists” as they test their ideas relating to physical forces and launch simple balloon-powered straw “rockets.” 0
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How-to Video Teacher's Guide Provides classroom connections, key concepts, connections to science standards, and additional resources. Family Take-home Activity A take-home that can be sent with patrons that wish to do STEM activities at home. These at-home activities cover similar topic areas as the associated activity and could be handed out at the conclusion of a program or left on a circulation desk for patrons to take home. -
Eggstronaut Drop
In this classic activity, patrons engineer a space capsule that will protect an egg that is dropped from a specific height. 0
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Make a Star Finder
Patrons make an origami "fortune teller" from a template that helps them learn their way around the night sky by finding constellations. 0
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Roving on the Moon
Patrons use the engineering design process to build rubber-band-powered rovers out of cardboard. 0
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Soft Landing Challenge
Patrons use craft sticks, balloons, and rubber bands to design an airbag system that can safely land a dropped egg. 0
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Make a Sundial
Participants explore the relationship between the size and position of shadows and the position of the sun. They make sundials to use outdoors. (Sundial handouts can be found on page 35 and 36 of the PDF.) 0
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Soda Straw Rockets
3 Review(s)Patrons practice the engineering design process by creating paper rockets that can be launched from a soda straw. They then test, redesign, and do it again! 10383
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Let's Make A Supernova!
Participants imagine themselves inside a large star at the end of its life, just as it is about to go supernova. Learn what happens in the core of a star when it runs out of fuel. This is a very active, engaging activity that your audience will remember. 0
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Train Like an Astronaut
In this suite of physical activities, patrons utilize the same body parts/systems as astronauts do in training and on missions in space. The activities may be used by individual students or delivered to an audience of students by educators 0
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Big Dipper Star Clock
2 Review(s)Participants create a "star clock" that they can take home and use to tell the time from the posisiton of the Big Dipper in the night sky. 8850
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SciGirls Star Power
In this maker activity, participants use a shoe box, constellation template, and flashlight to shine a star pattern on a wall. An additional maker project demonstrates the importance of reducing light pollution. 0
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Sky Heroes: An Activity Reinventing the Constellations
1 Review(s)Participants celebrate their heroes by creating connect-the-dot star patterns to represent them. 1108
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