STEAM Club: Create Your Own Galaxy Slime
Have fun creating your own galaxy slime complete with glitter! Supplies: Clear school glue ½ cup of water Red and blue food coloring 2 bowls Measuring cups: ½ cup and 1 cup [...]
Stop Motion Film Kit: Zombies
Are you looking for a great STEAM activity? You can make a zombie movie at home! All you need are a few zombie figures, good lighting, construction paper, and a device with an app for recording your images and editing them together. [...]
STEAM Club: Think Like an Engineer and Build a Foundation
An engineer is someone who creates something that solves a problem. They come up with solutions. How does an engineer “think”?Ask - they ask “What is the problem and what needs to be done to fix the problem?”Imagine - they imagine [...]
MD STEM Fest
Join CCPL this year by celebrating the Maryland STEM fest, by participating in one (or all!) of CCPL’s STEAM Fest programs, taking place between October 15th - November 14th. What is the MD STEM Fest? (From the MD Stem Fest Webpage) The Maryland STEM Festival [...]
Young-Steam: We have a problem! Liquid Layers
Experiment and observe with liquid layers. Why did it sink? Why did it float? What’s in the middle? Explore the different density, which is more mass and less air of an object, and the layers using liquids that can be found in [...]
Garrett Morgan and the Three Way Traffic Signal STEAM Activity: Three Way Traffic Light Made out of Puffy Paint
Garrett Morgan was an African American inventor known for inventing the three way traffic signal. He was born on March 4, 1877 in Paris, Kentucky. He always enjoyed experimenting with new ideas. One day while driving through Cleveland, he saw a car collide [...]
STEAM Club: Cool Crystals
They sparkle, they shine, and chances are you can find quite a few even in your own home… What are these sparkly things you ask? Why crystals of course! A crystal is an organized grouping of atoms or molecules. (science kids) These [...]
STEAM Club: Fabulous Fall Foliage!
Fall is here and that means brightly colored leaves of red, yellow, or orange and piles of leaves to rake and jump in. Did you ever wonder how the bright green leaves of spring and summer give way to the fabulous [...]
Celebrate National STEM/STEAM Day!
NATIONAL S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. DAY – November 8 So let’s celebrate and create and have fun with STEM/STEAM projects! Web sites 5 Ways to Celebrate National STEM/STEAM Day Celebrating National STEM(&STEAM) Day Simple STEM Activities for Kids Activities/Siemens STEM [...]
STEAM Club: Spooktacular Spiders
Spiders, they are everywhere! And no wonder since there are over 40,000 different species of them worldwide, except for Antarctica. Spiders are not insects or bugs, they are called arachnids. Which means 2 body segments and 8 legs with 6 joints [...]