This week's activities are all about air! Remember, we would love to feature some of your student’s work on our social media outlets. You can help us with this by using the #STEMATHOME hashtag and tagging the Oakley STEM Center (@TNTechSTEM) on your posts.

Steve Breen

By the time she's two years old, Violet Van Winkle can engineer nearly any appliance in the house. And by eight she's building elaborate flying machines from scratch—mind-boggling contraptions such as the Tubbubbler, the Bicycopter, and the Wing-a-ma-jig. The kids at school tease her, but they have no idea what she's capable of. Maybe she could earn their respect by winning the blue ribbon in the upcoming Air Show. Or maybe something even better will happen—something involving her best-ever invention, a Boy Scout troop in peril, and even the mayor himself!

Guest Reader: Jake Hoot, Country Singer, winner of the 17th season of the Voice, and his daughter Macy.

Video Production: Gary Bradford our AV Specialist at the STEM Center.

*This video has been posted with permission from Penguin Random House Publishing

Marion Dane Bauer

Though you can't see the wind, you can certainly feel it when the wind blows! But where does wind come from? The answer is at your fingertips. Just open this book and read about the wonders of wind.

Guest Reader: Dr. Jane Baker, a faculty from the Curriculum and Instruction Department.

Video Production: Gary Bradford our AV Specialist at the STEM Center.

*This video has been posted with permission from Penguin Random House Publishing