STEAM Night - Year Two!

On a Thursday in May, families made their way to St. John’s to participate in a fun-filled night of building with marshmallows and toothpicks, creating robot critters and more.  Families were invited to move through ten STEAM stations throughout the STEM lab and middle school hallways.  Two of the stations had families trying to build the largest structure using ten pipe cleaners or marshmallows and toothpicks to win a prize.  Four of the stations were make and takes, where students created 3D bubble wands, lava lamps, robots and catapults. 

The last four stations were all about technology.  Students programmed and coded Ozobots to move from their “home” to the STEAM night. Next, they made music by playing “banana keys” using a Makey-Makey hooked up to the iPad.   Then, they made a stop motion video using M&Ms and Skittles.  Last, families played a game called Newton using the Osmo attachment to iPad where they had to use school materials, like pencils, to virtually move balls on the iPad screen to hit targets.  Overall, the STEAM night was a fun and engaging experience that allowed students and their families to practice their Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math skills!