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Science Storytime: Bubbles
For the first Science Storytime of this school year, we focused on the wonder of bubbles. Before the program I read over the notes from the ALSC blog on a similar bubble program. I had intended to use...
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Science Storytime: Surface Tension
For our Science Storytime about surface tension I couldn’t figure out a good book to use for the subject, so we just skipped the reading section. We talked a little bit about surface tension, trying to...
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Engineering Challenge: Brushbots
Our September Engineering Challenge was a bit of a departure from our previous challenges. Usually I try to keep the Engineering Challenge programs very open ended. I declare a goal, and then give the...
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Science Storytime: Leaf Sorting
This was not one of my more successful Science Storytimes. The intention was to sort leaves by various attributes, as modeled so wonderfully here. However, it was a gorgeous fall day, and I only had...
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Science Storytime: Clouds
Inspired by the ALSC program about weather, this week’s Science Storytime theme was clouds. We read parts of Tomie DePaola’s book Clouds and talked about clouds in general, such as colors of clouds,...
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Engineering Challenge: Hurricane Towers
I was originally inspired by this write up of Hurricane Towers, which was based on a NASA lesson plan. After reading through all of the NASA information, I decided that my target audience was a little...
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Science Storytime: Static Electricity
The effects of static electricity are visually stunning and a very common life experience so I knew that I wanted to use it as a theme for Science Storytime. I wasn’t able to find a book for...
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Science Storytime: Paper Tools
While we call it Science Storytime to help easily market it to the target audience, the program is really a STEM Storytime. Today’s theme was focused on the T: Technology. We wanted the children to...
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Science Storytime: Marble Runs
I had all of the supplies to make marble runs as part of a school-aged Engineering Challenge, and I thought my younger Science Storytime preschool friends would also like to experiment with the...
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Engineering Challenge: Roller Coasters
Our January Engineering Challenge theme was roller coasters. Before we started, I talked a little bit about momentum, demonstrating that a marble rolled along a mostly flat track will stop, but a...
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Engineering Challenge: Ping Pong Ball Zip Lines
For our March Engineering Challenge we built devices that would carry a ping pong ball down a piece of fishing line. I got the original idea from a PBS Kids Design Squad activity, which I then adapted...
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