2017 PTA Family Night: STEM & M (Planned Activities - Subject to Change)

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1 Foam Gliders & Straw Rockets Build and test your own foam gliders and straw rockets while learning about how things fly. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Make Workspace: Coding & Programming Basics Hands-on demonstrations with: SpheroSPRK, Dash Robot, and Ozobots Barnes & Noble Life Cycle of Butterflies and Moths Learn about a delicate insect that makes a single-generation trip of over 2,000 miles. Butterfly Society of Virginia Find the STEM in Fire Fighting Learn about the science and technology involved in fighting fires. Can you find the simple and compound machines in the fire truck? Chesapeake Fire Department Mosquitoes- Fight the Bite! Observe live mosquito larvae, look at dead adult mosquitos under a microscope, and see a working mosquito trap. Chesapeake Mosquito Control Break Out! Solve riddles to unlock the locks in order to break out the contents of the box to win the game. Chesapeake Public Schools The Science of Taste Hop aboard the Nutrition Express mobile learning lab to explore how we use all of our senses to enjoy the foods we eat. Chesapeake Public Schools- School Nutrition Services

2 Crestwood Int. & Grassfield Elem. STEM Robotics Watch students demonstrate the electronic robots that they designed and built. Crestwood Int. & Grassfield Elem. STEM Robotics Clubs Thrill Builders Participate in hands-on engineering activities and teaching kids about engineering. Differences Foundation Drones in Flight Observe drones in flight. DJI Retail Store Virginia Battling with LEGO Sumobots Build battle robots to push the opponent s robot outside of the Sumo Ring utilizing various sensors and LEGO pieces! Engineering For Kids FIRST Robotics (K-12) Learn about all four of the FIRST Robotics programs that are available and how they can help your child prepare for the future in STEM and other fields. FIRST Chesapeake, Virginia FIRST, VA-DC FLL Girls Go Tech Bridge Make music play, shoot off a fan, create a police siren all using Snap Circuits. Girl Scouts of Colonial Coast

3 STEMulating Minds 1 Build a peppermint racer that goes the farthest down a ramp. Grassfield HS Governor's STEM Academy Using Your Muscles! Give STEM a workout by coming to the gym to climb the rock wall and do aerobic bowling!! Greenbrier Intermediate Owl Puke What Do Owls Eat? Dissect owl puke to see what owls eat. Then put the bones together to form a mouse or a vole. Greenbrier Intermediate Puddle Up with LEGO Watch a LEGO robot as it moves through "water" obstacles, and build your own LEGO creation. Greenbrier Intermediate LEGO Team PTA Book Fair Purchase books at the bookfair to help support science, technology, engineering, math, and muscle fitness programs in our school. Thank you! Greenbrier Intermediate PTA The Panther is Missing! Using Forensic Science to Solve Mysteries Explore the world of Forensic Science. Greenbrier Middle School Chi Alpha Mu

4 Calling All Water Superheroes! Test the HRSD water samples and determine if they are clean and safe. Every living thing depends on water. Hampton Roads Sanitation District FIRST Robotics - Hickory High School Meet a local FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team and one of their robots. Hickory High School Robotics Mapping the Seafloor Learn about how NOAA uses ships and AUVs to map the sea floor National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) STEM: Information Dominance Build straw rockets and gliders and operate remote controlled vehicles with ipads and Smartphones. SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic To Recycle or Not to Recycle Play games that teach what to recycle in your school and home recycling bin. TFC Recycling Conquering the Plant World Look at different examples of how plants have adapted to various environmental and animal pressures. Virginia Cooperative Extension

5 Force, Mass, & Marshmallows Investigate the relationship between force and mass with catapults and marshmallows. Virginia Wesleyan University 3-D Printing Demo Observe a 3-D printer and see examples of creations made with a webbased design program. Virginia Wesleyan University Invertebrate Lab Practice your observation and inference skills using some invertebrate animal ambassadors from the Virginia Zoo. Virginia Zoo PBS STEM Online Resources Explore the PBS STEM website, pbskids.org/lab, and learn more about the learning apps. WHRO-TV (PBS) Birds of a Feather... Design the best "beak" to use to "eat" the bird food. Wild Birds Unlimited