Let EVERY DAY be National Stem/Steam Day! This day is to inspire YOU to explore and pursue your interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. WE are excited to celebrate everyday with you! Here's HOW.
Attend Study Hall at the FabLab for a STEAM activity. Sign up on the BMS student homepage.
Up your STEM game by joining the FabLab Creation Club or FabLab Leadership Team - learn more and sign up on the BMS student homepage.
Stop by the BMS Library for a STEAM-tastic activity.
Try these on-line stem activities Linked HERE.
Science activities to inspire you
SciJinks - It's all about weather!
Launched in 2002, NOAA SciJinks inspires and engages YOU to learnn about weather, satellite meteorology and Earth Science.
Interested to see how temperature affects the shape of snowflakes? How angles and distances affect your view of rainbows? Join a Hurricane or Tornado simulation?
Your forcast will be sunny when you try these Games at SciJinks.
Discovery Channel - Weather Patterns
When you think about patterns, what comes to mind? You probably didn't think of an image of a hurricane on a weather map. What is the connection between patterns and hurricanes? Curious?
Take a plunge into Discovery.
First Woman Graphic Novels and Interactive Experiences - NASA
First Woman tells the tale of Callie Rodriguez, the first woman to explore the Moon. While Callie is a fictional character, the first female astronaut and person of color will soon set foot on the Moon – a historic milestone and part of upcoming NASA missions. Through a series of graphic novels and digital platforms, First Woman aims to capture our attention and unite the next generation of explorers who will return to the Moon.
Start Exploring HERE with NASA
First Woman Graphic Novels and Interactive Experiences - NASA
First Woman tells the tale of Callie Rodriguez, the first woman to explore the Moon. While Callie is a fictional character, the first female astronaut and person of color will soon set foot on the Moon – a historic milestone and part of upcoming NASA missions. Through a series of graphic novels and digital platforms, First Woman aims to capture our attention and unite the next generation of explorers who will return to the Moon.
Start Exploring HERE with NASA
Technology activities to inspire you
Robots to the Rescue
Examine how robotic technologies help respond to natural hazards by aiding in a rescue and reconnaissance mission. In this Digital Exploration, you will be part of the National Hazard Rapid Response Team. You will be introduced to conditions and patterns of geologic forces that lead to natural disasters like volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and more.
The benefits of using robots and sensors used to perform a successful rescue mission with TGR EDU: Explore
Engineering activities to inspire you
Following Natures Lead
In this Digital Exploration, you will learn that scientists and engineers frequently use nature to inspire their research, designs, and products. Match animal habitats and animals to human inventions and designs, learning which human innovations have been inspired by termite mounds, dolphins, pigeons, and more.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR DIGITAL EXPLORATION AND UNDERSTANDING BIOMIMICRY with TGR EDU: Explore
Imagine your future
The Museum of Science, Boston MA Do you like to imagine things? Do you like to solve problems? You might like to be an engineer. Engineers are people who make things to solve problems, such as headphones, medicines, and robots. Discover how your interests connect to engineering. From mechanical and civil engineering to electrical and software engineering, problem-solving, critical thinking, and technical knowledge. Empower yourself to be the engineers of tomorrow!
Play Engineering Kahoots.
Art (and music) activities to inspire you
BeastBox
Brady FabLab invites you to check out this fascinating creative way to express your own rhythm through A MUSICAL PLANET Wildlife DJ and beatboxer Ben Mirin, who travels the world collecting the voices of wild animals that catch his attention. Layering his own beatbox loops with his favorite animal voices, he makes music inspired by the ecosystems he visits.
NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO BE A WILDLIFE DJ with The Cornell Lab of Orinthology and Ben Mirin with BeastBox
Adobe Color Wheel
The science of Color - Explore the color wheel. Complementary, monochromatic, Analogous, Shades... Colors have a name, Hex Code, RGB Code - their own decimal code set of information!! What colors inspire YOU?
Be a color scientist with Adobe
Math activities to inspire you
Fraction Matcher
Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. Challenge yourself by making, matching and comparing fractions using numbers, pictures and patterns.
Let's see how you MATCH up! with PhET Interactive Simulations
