How can I participate in STEAM Night?

1. Share Your Own STEAM Project and Activity (6th grade or OL 7th and 8th graders)

STEAM Night will not be a competition, but a showcase of projects that include hands-on learning activities created by our STEAM Club students. Each project will need a tri-fold display board that provides background information on a topic of study. Students will also have a hands-on project in front of their display board for guests to experience and learn more about their topic. We want our students to experience real-world learning, which opens up to a wide range of topics in the fields of STEAM. Click on "STEAM Night Project Ideas" for more ideas. We want our students to have fun, explore, and experience STEAM in the real world.

STEAM Night Tri-Fold Board Display

Have fun, be creative and make your project board unique! Remember, your project activity must fit in front of the tri-fold board area. Here are some suggestions for your board:

• Title of your STEM project
• Background information about your topic
• Why is this topic important? How does learning about this topic benefit our society?
• Interesting facts
• Real world application
• STEAM Vocabulary: What are some important vocabulary words you want people to know related to your project?
• Anything else you would like to add to make your project unique!

STEAM Night Activity

• The activity should follow our safety guidelines. Projects or activities that are restricted include testing on animals, testing on human subjects, inappropriate photos, living organisms on display, potentially hazardous chemicals, or activities. Projects should not make a large mess causing danger to others around. Projects should not interrupt the presentation of surrounding projects.
• Some web sites/online programs are blocked by the district web filter. If your project includes a demonstration on a computer, and it requires accessing the Internet, you should check with Mr. Jackson early on to ensure that your activity will be accessible from the school on STEM Night.
• Provide guests with an activity that allows them to explore your topic.
• Remember, you will have several visitors at your project so be ready to do your activity several times.

Ideas

Have fun, be creative, and take time to go in depth with your STEM topic. This is your time to shine! Below are just a few ideas. Be innovative and have fun! Choose a topic that catches your interest!

• Experiments in physical science such as force and motion, experiments on force, electrical circuits, etc.
• Dice probability
• Roller Coaster Physics!
• Geometry is everywhere! Where can you find geometric shapes?
• Think of what you have learned in science, math, and technology class. What has been your favorite topic and create a project for that topic.
• What are the best conditions for forming a fossil? Make your own fossil.
• Research project on an ecosystem or animal. Create an activity where the participant is in the shoes or "paws" of that organism.
• Create a website for participants to explore learning about computers.
• Careers in STEM.
• Destructive forces such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
• Design a bridge that can take a shake
• Solving logic problems
• Which simple machines do you use the most?
• Gravity on different planets.
• What is the engineering process?
• Making a greeting card come to life.
• Alternative energy: How does solar power work? Wind power? Hydroelectric? Biofuels?
• Create a station to test density of different objects.
• Which wing design has the greatest lift?
• Classification of different types of rocks.
• Fun with fractions!
• Environmental engineering.
• How do different pens work?
• How are environmental engineers protecting the environment?
• Demonstrate fractions using candy such as Hershey's bar or M&M's
• Why is exercise important?
• What tools are used in the medical profession?
• How does a microscope work?
• Force and motion activities
• Research a food webs in different ecosystems.
• Electrical circuits
• Robotics
• How could you demonstrate plate tectonics?
• Think of a problem in our community that could be solve using techniques in engineering.