Elwood Union Free School District is proud to present:
When: June 16, 2017 from 4pm-7pm
Where: Elwood Middle School
Who: Students in Kindergarten through Grade 8 and their parents (K-5 must be accompanied by a parent)
In conjunction with the National Week of Making, students in Kindergarten through Grade 8 are invited to take part in an afternoon of discovery, creativity, and fun! Students will be able to register for two one-hour structured workshops and engage in hands-on activities to learn basic physics and engineering principles and spend a third session in a general maker space environment to explore, discover, and tinker.
Bubblemania- Make all size bubbles using different objects such as hula hoops, strings, tubes, etc.
Dowel Painting- Discover a very unconventional way of creating beautiful artwork!
Kaleidoscopes- Can you construct your own?
Lego Maze- Create a maze and instruct your parent how to get through it using coding commands
Rainsticks- Create a musical instrument out of recycled household items
Marble Roller Coasters- Create loops, swirls, and hills all around the room to make your marble travel.
Bio-Bottles- Create a terrarium using recycled materials that you can bring home and continue growing!
Make Ice Cream- Do you love ice cream? Learn how to make this delicious treat at home with very simple tools.
Wobblebots- Do you love playing with robots? Build your own in this session!
Straw Boat Challenge- Build a boat that will float and hold weight in this challenging and fun session.
Water Slides- How do water slides work? In this session, you will build your own water slide model and test the principles or gravity and inertia.
Cartesian Divers- Create your own experiment in a bottle as we explore pressure, buoyancy, and displacement.
Operation- Learn how electronic games are built and make your own game to take home and play with your family!
Plarn- Use recycled materials and learn to crochet a mat for the homeless.
NASA Foam Rockets- Construct a model rocket and launch it to see how far it can fly!
Facilitated by: Mrs. Eileen Kelly-Gorman, Director of Math, Science, and Technology
Mrs. Krista Albrecht, Instructional Technology Specialist
Questions?
Please contact:
Eileen Kelly-Gorman - ekelly@elwood.k12.ny.us
Krista Albrecht - kalbrecht@elwood.k12.ny.us