Homeschool Meet-Up: Basic Circuitry & Greeting Cards

A monthly Thursday morning library program for homeschool families. 

Goals:

·                     Opportunity to explore STEAM concepts in a relaxed setting.

·                     Participants can socialize and connect with other homeschool families.

·                     Students build confidence and cooperative skills by completing tasks together.  

 

 

Activities of the day:

“S” is for Science and “T” is for Technology and “A” is for art:

-          Learn about simple electric circuits by making a paper circuit similar to what is found at https://www.instructables.com/Paper-Circuits/  

  

 

-          Create a cupcake greeting card where the candle on the cupcake lights up similar to what I found at https://youtu.be/7hb-9eUpfbQ?si=LHM-0A6imBZCghFF 

 

 

-          Create a robot greeting card where the heart of the robot lights up similar to what I found at https://youtu.be/7hb-9eUpfbQ?si=jQI5nEf_W1ZpCEwN 

  

 

-          Create a shining star greeting card where one point of the star lights up

  

 

“E” is for Engineering:

-          Big blue blocks