Microplastics Challenge
Participants will learn about synthetic fibers, participate in a microplastics challenge and explore ways to reduce microplastic pollution.
Plant and Food Diversity
In this workshop, participants will learn the importance of biodiversity for plants and food.
STEM Rocks!
In this workshop for Grades 4-8, participants engage in the process of turning rocks into paint. They will learn how to crush and grind these rocks into fine pigments.
STEM Storytime - Solar Eclipse Phases Fold-Up
Get excited for the total solar eclipse!
Learn about the total solar eclipse
Get excited to view the total solar eclipse!
Meteorite Identification
Is it a meteorite? Learn about types of meteorites and how you can identify them!
Rethinking Energy: A Climate Resilience Workshop
In this workshop, youth will consider the effects of climate change on oil infrastructure on a fictional island and reflect on the long-term changes to the island’s oil policies that are needed for sustainability by adopting multiple stakeholder perspectives.
3D Printed Animal Tracks
Participants learn how to identify animals that may live in their environment using “signs”. Then, they will learn how photogrammetry can be used to scan and make digital models out of animal tracks found in nature so that they can be 3D printed.
Trashbot Challenge
Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a provocation for learning, learners explore real-world robots that help protect the environment and are challenged to design a robot to clean-up trash from the schoolyard or a local outdoor space. This activity can be done in-person or in a virtual setting.
Code a Drum in Scratch
Learners develop decomposition skills and learn about sequences and repetition by using Scratch to code a drumming sequence.
The Future of AI in the Workplace
Learners will use their knowledge of AI to ponder and form questions about the future of AI in the workplace and what role citizens could play in its development for daily use.
What's in a Face?
Learners will use their knowledge of AI and how facial filters work to explore the pros and cons of this rapidly advancing technology.
Secret Handshake
Learners develop computational thinking skills through creating a secret handshake.
Marshmallow Tower
Learners develop algorithmic thinking by designing and building a freestanding structure that can support an object, using toothpicks and marshmallows