Join us for STEAM Week 2020!
"See Yourself in STEM"
STEAM week is October 19-23
This newsletter will help you find fun activities and events that you can participate in with your child and as a family. Participating in these experiences will build your child's lifelong love and interest in STEM!
Please reach out with any questions, suggestions, or stories of fun things you did!
Looking forward to hearing from you,
PJ Feynman
FPS K-12 STEAM Coach
Something for Everyone: Find activities for your child below!
Elementary
Post it! Math Art Challenge
Submit your design by Thursday, Oct 22 to be included in the FPS STEAM Week Gallery!
Did you get my Message? Read Aloud and Activities
When done, consider using what you learned to write a letter to a loved one, or make up a code using light, sound, numbers or letters!
Solar System Explorers - The Crista McAuliffe Center at FSU
Monday, October 19 at 4:30 PM
Register Here to receive Zoom Link
Have you ever dreamed of exploring another planet? Let your dreams take flight as a Solar System Explorer! Follow in the “footsteps” of explorers of the past (both human and robotic) or chart your own course and go where no one has gone before! The path you choose to explore today could be your first step towards becoming a space explorer of tomorrow!
Solar System Explorers is a live, interactive journey through our Solar System led experienced planetarium educators.
Middle School
Post it! Math Art Challenge
Submit your design by Thursday, Oct 22 to be included in the FPS STEAM Week Gallery!
Science & Engineering Education Developmnent (SEED), Inc. Virtual Lessons on YouTube
YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU5E80DMgtB-nAtKxPL8esA
Come explore science experiments with real scientists! Conduct a series of video experiments that explore the science standard of mixtures and chemical reactions.
Explore bubbles, gases, color changes, pH, rockets, glow sticks, and so much more! Each video can be watched at your own convenience and explains the simple materials you need and where to find suggested worksheets. They also invite you to make predictions and collect data to understand new concepts. Come have fun while doing hands-on science!
Please Note: SEED will be updating the channel with more lessons as STEM week unfolds. Make sure to check frequently!
The Star Factory - The Crista McAuliffe Center at FSU
Tuesday October 20 at 4:30
Where do stars come from? For astronomers, the greatest discoveries often start with a simple question. In this live, virtual astronomy program, you become the astronomer as you start with a question, and then learn the tools of exploration that will allow you to unlock the secrets of the Universe.
The Star Factory is the first in a series of live, interactive programs about the life cycle of stars. Each program presents one stage in the life cycle AND introduces one or more fundamental science concepts that guide us as we consider the questions “how do we know?” and “why should I care?” The Star Factory presents the first stage: the formation of new stars. Explore breathtaking images captured by NASA’s Great Observatories, and learn the secrets these telescopes unlock by observing different types of light that are invisible to our eyes.
High School
Post it! Math Art Challenge
Submit your design by Thursday, Oct 22 to be included in the FPS STEAM Week Gallery!
See Yourself in STEM - Speaker Series
Technology, Seems Neutral, But Is It?
Assimilationism vs. Intersectional Antiracism in Technology Design
Dr. Katlyn Turner, Research Scientist at Space Enabled, MIT Media Lab
Register: https://rb.gy/ioyzb4
Thursday, October 22 at 4:00PM
STEM Thinking to the Rescue – Pandemic Tent Prototype
Speakers from Massachusetts STEM businesses, including an architecture firm, an energy-oriented consulting engineering firm, a construction corporation, a brand experience agency, and a multi-disciplinary acoustics consulting firm.
Register: https://rb.gy/qqipt4
Saturday, October 24 at 12:00PM
BIPOC See Yourself in STEM + Mentorship
Navigating the Road to Success
Aliyah Nisbett, Mechanical Engineering and Sustainable Community Development at UMass Amherst
Jessica Sanon, CEO/Founder, sySTEMic flow and Youth Employment Coordinator, Waltham Partnership for Youth
Register: https://rb.gy/rlrlxq
Your Place in the Universe - The Christa McAuliffe Center at FSU
October 23 at 4:30
Register here for Zoom Link
To say that the universe is huge is a vast understatement. It is unimaginably large, and filled with all types of breathtakingly beautiful objects - from the planets in our own Solar System to distant galaxies. How can we make sense of all these different parts of the universe? Where does Earth fit into all of this? These are some of the questions that astronomers seek to answer.
Your Place in the Universe is a live, interactive program that lets you become the astronomer and explore the different pieces of the universe, and how they fit together. Use your observation skills and critical thinking to make sense of the universe’s structure, then figure out just how far away we are from the other planets, stars, and galaxies!