Enriching elementary minds and bodies during an at-home summer
Turn your backyard into a launch pad! Watch Making Rockets in Your Backyard Video No astronaut’s mission is possible without a rocket to blast your ship off into space. In this video, a member of the NY STEAM Bus at Niskayuna CSD shows us how we can build a rocket in our backyard with items …
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to transport moon rock samples? Watch Moon Rock Mystery Box Video Imagine you’re an astronaut traveling to the moon to bring some rocks back to Earth so you can study them. You’ll need something to transport all of those rocks in. In this video, a member …
The stars are full of stories. In this activity, young astronomers will write their own tale in the night sky. In this video, Steve from the NY STEAM Bus tells us all about constellations and has a challenge: Create your own constellation and a story to go with it. What You Need Something to use …
Kids get to play engineer in this imaginative planning activity. Watch the Will It Float Video Will It Float planning sheet (PDF) You’re out camping and exploring the woods with your friends. That’s when you realize you’re across the river far away from your campsite. You need to build a boat that can take you …
Create a Kraken, build a basilisk or develop a dragon, using objects found around the home. Mythical creatures are found in stories from all over the world. But did you ever try to create your own? In this challenge, you’ll gather up materials from around the house to depict or build a mythical creature of …
You create the hero. You make the challenges. It’s your board game! Watch the Hero’s Journey Video When a hero goes on a journey, they overcome the obstacles in front of them and grow as a result of it. Here’s your chance to create your own journey. Use your imagination to create a board game. …
How is it that no two fingerprints are exactly alike? Leave your mark with this hands-on fingerprint activity! Watch Fingerprint Monsters Video One thing that makes us so unique is our fingerprints. You are the only one in the world with your fingerprint! There are three types of fingerprints: loops, whorls and arches. In this …
Be an engineer and build your very own city in this creative, hands-on activity. Be the designer of a brand-new city and decide what buildings and places make it into your own marvelous metropolis. In this video from the NY STEAM Bus, Hayley Neufeld gives us the instructions to build our own model city with …
Did you know you can stack one liquid on top of another? Find out more in this hands-on STEAM activity. In this activity from the NY STEAM Bus at Niskayuna CSD, kids can create a layered density tower using liquids found around the house. Click the image above to watch a video demonstrating this experiment, …
Follow these directions to make your own far out lava lamp! Have you ever seen a lava lamp? The blobs seem to just float up and down inside. Have you ever wondered how they work? Today you can make your own version! What is a lava lamp? Watch this video from the Science Channel on …
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