Family STEM Night Activities
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Create a catapult and launch a pom pom ball! Then measure the distance that your pom pom flew.
Create a catapult and launch a pom pom ball! Then measure the distance that your pom pom flew.
In this activity, you will learn and think about how we design the world we live in!
In this activity, you will learn and think about how we design the world we live in!
Choose to design and build either bleachers for the Smokies Stadium or a bridge for Dollywood. Build your design to see how much weight it will hold!
Choose to design and build either bleachers for the Smokies Stadium or a bridge for Dollywood. Build your design to see how much weight it will hold!
Have you ever noticed all the shapes on a playground? In this activity, you will get to find shapes on a playground and make your own collage!
Have you ever noticed all the shapes on a playground? In this activity, you will get to find shapes on a playground and make your own collage!
Enjoy deciding how you would spend tickets on fun activities in your community such as ziplining at Adrenaline Park!
Enjoy deciding how you would spend tickets on fun activities in your community such as ziplining at Adrenaline Park!
Shapes are all around us! Go on a scavenger hunt in your house to find objects that have different kinds of shapes.
Shapes are all around us! Go on a scavenger hunt in your house to find objects that have different kinds of shapes.
If you could go to a Smokies baseball game, what would you spend your money on at the concession stand? Decide what food you would buy with the money provided.
If you could go to a Smokies baseball game, what would you spend your money on at the concession stand? Decide what food you would buy with the money provided.
Catapult Homerun Derby
Catapult Homerun Derby
Create a catapult and launch a pom pom ball! Then measure the distance that your pom pom flew.
Create a catapult and launch a pom pom ball! Then measure the distance that your pom pom flew.
Materials Needed:
Materials Needed:
Pom poms
Plastic spoon
4 popsicle sticks
3 rubber bands
2 sheets of green paper
Intro Video
Intro Video
IMG_2699.movWrap-Up Video
Wrap-Up Video
[Untitled Wed Mar 10 2021 195122 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)].mp4Designing Our World
Designing Our World
In these activities, you will learn and think about how we design the world we live in!
In these activities, you will learn and think about how we design the world we live in!
Materials Needed:
Materials Needed:
Paper or notecards
Crayons
Engineer Design Challenge
Engineer Design Challenge
Choose to design and build either bleachers for the Smokies Stadium or a bridge for Dollywood. Build your design to see how much weight it will hold!
Choose to design and build either bleachers for the Smokies Stadium or a bridge for Dollywood. Build your design to see how much weight it will hold!
Materials Needed:
Materials Needed:
Toothpicks
Marshmallows
Popsicle sticks
Engineer Design Plan Handout (see below)
Crayons
Engineer Design Handout
Engineer Design Handout
Engineering Task Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: First think about how you could build a bridge or bleachers with the materials that you have been given. Below are pictures of bleachers and bridges that may help you think of some ideas.
Step 2: Draw some of your ideas in the design space on your handout.
Step 3: Use your creative mind to build a bridge or bleachers with your materials (toothpicks, marshmallows, and popsicle sticks)!
Step 4: Find a few items around your home that you think your bridge or bleachers can hold up, and test these items out by placing them on your creation.
Step 5: On your handout write down or draw the items that your bridge or bleachers was able to hold, and how many! If your bridge or bleachers were not able to hold anything, write that down too!
Step 6: Decide if there are any changes that you could make that may make your bridge or bleachers stronger to hold more weight.
Challenge #1: Build Bleachers for the Smokies Stadium
Challenge #1: Build Bleachers for the Smokies Stadium
bleacher movie.mp4Challenge #2: Build a Bridge for Dollywood
Challenge #2: Build a Bridge for Dollywood
bridge movie.mp4Wrap-Up Video
Wrap-Up Video
VID_20210312_190210.mp4Share a picture of your model with us!
Share a picture of your model with us!
Engineering_Design_.pngShapes on the Playground
Shapes on the Playground
Have you ever noticed all the shapes on a playground? In this activity, you will get to find shapes on a playground and make your own collage!
Have you ever noticed all the shapes on a playground? In this activity, you will get to find shapes on a playground and make your own collage!
Materials:
Materials:
Construction paper
White copy paper
Glue stick
Pipe cleaners
Q-tips
Crayons
Scissors
Instructions:
Instructions:
Have you ever been to Optimist Park and played on the playground? What shapes do you notice there?
There are shapes all around us, and in this activity, you are going to look closely at a playground and identify shapes you see in the picture.
What do you notice about this playground?
Do you see any shapes on this playground?
What do you wonder about this playground?
Use your materials to create shapes you see on the playground. You can make as many shapes as you like.
For example, you can use Q-tips to create a rectangle. This rectangle is going to be the slide on the playground at Optimist park.
Now I want you to look at this picture and make a collage of the different shapes you see on the playground. Use Q-tips, pipe cleaners, and paper to create shapes that you see on the playground. Then glue it to your construction paper. Once you have done this you can color your collage.
Intro Video
Intro Video
Introduction Video.mp4Wrap-Up Video
Wrap-Up Video
wrapUpvideo.mp4Cougar Cash
Cougar Cash
Enjoy deciding how you would spend tickets on fun activities in your community such as ziplining at Adrenaline Park!
Enjoy deciding how you would spend tickets on fun activities in your community such as ziplining at Adrenaline Park!
Materials:
Materials:
Cougar Cash Brochure handout
Cougar Tickets handout
Scissors
Instructions:
Instructions:
Cut out the Cougar Cash Tickets
Then choose to complete the Level 1 or Level 2 activity.
Choose how many tickets you will have. You can choose to start with between 10 and 25 tickets.
Read the price list for the level you chose and plan how you would spend your tickets.
Try it again by choosing a different level or a different amount of tickets.
Intro Video
Intro Video
Intro Video Community STEAM.mp4Wrap-Up Video
Wrap-Up Video
Outro Video Community STEAM.mp4Sneaky Shapes Scavenger Sort
Sneaky Shapes Scavenger Sort
Shapes are all around us! Go on a scavenger hunt in your house to find objects that have different kinds of shapes.
Shapes are all around us! Go on a scavenger hunt in your house to find objects that have different kinds of shapes.
Materials:
Materials:
Sneaky Shapes Scavenger Hunt Handout
Instructions:
Instructions:
Step 1: Choose the Scavenger Sort Chart that’s right for you!
You have three different scavenger charts you can choose from for this activity!
We suggest that you use the first chart, but start with whichever chart is most comfortable for you!
Step 2: Go on a scavenger hunt to find objects around your house, and record them on your chart!
Start by finding an object with one of the shapes listed.
Then, decide what kind of property the object has (if you are using the main chart).
Repeat this hunt for all of the shapes and properties on the chart!
Next, write and/or draw the object in the box under the shape (column) and beside the property (row).
Try to fill in as many of the boxes as you can!
For an extra challenge, you can choose your own shape and property under the “your choice” row and column. Try and find objects with that shape and property to add to your chart!
Step 3: Share it with us!
We want to see all of the amazing objects you found on your scavenger hunt!
Click the Google Forms link to upload and share a picture of your chart so we can see what you found!
MEDU 530 STEM Night Activity Board (1).pdfIntro Video
Intro Video
STEM Night Science Intro videoWrap-Up Video
Wrap-Up Video
STEM Night Closing Video.mp4Saturday at the Smokies Stadium
Saturday at the Smokies Stadium
Have you ever noticed all the shapes on a playground? In this activity, you will get to find shapes on a playground and make your own collage!
Have you ever noticed all the shapes on a playground? In this activity, you will get to find shapes on a playground and make your own collage!
Materials:
Materials:
Game Day Menu handout
Money handout
Scissors
Optional Guiding Questions
Optional Guiding Questions
MENU #1 Guide
You have $10
Looking at menu #1, what would you spend your $10 on? You have to use all $10.
With your $10, you have to buy 1 food, 1 drink, and 1 snack. What did you buy? How much did you spend?
You want to buy a hot dog and soda from the concession stand, how much money will you have left?
How much would a hamburger and water cost? Can you show how much money you would give the cashier?
How much money are your two favorite things on the menu combined? Show the cashier.
Now try it again with $20
MENU #2 Guide
You have $100
If you are at the game with 4 friends and have to buy all of you food from the concession stand, what would you buy? How much do you have left?
If you could buy any combinations of items from the concession stand, what would it be? How much would this cost?
How much would 5 cheeseburgers cost you? What if you add one hotdog? How much would have left after you buy those 6 items?
What are some different combinations of items that you could buy with $50?
How much money are your two favorite items on the menu combined? Show the cashier. How much money would you have left?
Intro Video
Intro Video
Stem night.mp4Wrap-Up Video
Wrap-Up Video
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