STEAM@Home: Flick Your Wrist--Experimenting with Frisbee Throws
Cambridge STEAM Initiative
What can you make your Frisbee do? Test out each idea in the data sheet and try your own. Keep track of your observations.
STEAM@Home: Chalk Your Walk
Cambridge STEAM Initiative
Sidewalk Chalk Art is a creative and fun form of public art that can help you connect with the people in your community.
STEAM@Home: Fly, Fly Away--Designing Paper Airplanes
Cambridge STEAM Initiative
One piece of paper and a couple of folds can lead to a lot of fun! Do you want to make a plane that flies far? One that spins? One that stays in the air for a long time? Try out these designs!
STEAM@Home: Puff-n-Go--Designing a Breath-Powered Vehicle
Cambridge STEAM Initiative
Design and create a vehicle that can carry a note to a friend sitting on the other side of a room. But here's the catch--to make your vehicle move, you can only blow on it once!
STEAM@Home: A World of Math Games
Cambridge STEAM Initiative
ACHI Math Game - Achi is a game played by the Asante people of Ghana that is similar to tic-tac-toe, but tic-tac-toe ends when all the pieces have been placed; instead, Achi continues. Let's play!
STEAM@Home: Exploring Bubbles--What Can Bubbles Do?
Cambridge STEAM Initiative
What can bubbles do?
Are there things bubbles cannot do?
Observe, experiment, and explore!
STEAM@Home: Grocery Gardening
Cambridge STEAM Initiative and CitySprouts
Have fun Growing from Groceries with City Sprouts! Prepare your seeds, plant them, then observe and record the changes you notice as your seeds develop into plants.
STEAM@Home: Sink or Float Science to do at home
Cambridge STEAM Initiative
What are some things that sink?
What are some things that float?
Experiment, observe, and explore!
Find a spot where you can make a wet mess. Gather your materials. Go!
STEAM@Home: Sound Games, Make Some Noise
Cambridge STEAM Initiative and MIT Edgerton Center
Grab a partner and join MIT Edgerton Center to make some music! Gather some objects from your home – anything from kitchen tools to office supplies – and explore the sounds they can make.
STEAM@Home: Make Your Own Basketball Hoop!
Cambridge STEAM Initiative
Miss basketball? We do too. What can you do when the courts are closed? Tap into your creativity and design your own at home hoop!
STEAM@Home: Backyard Birding
Cambridge Public Library and Cambridge STEAM Initiative
Explore local birds in their natural habitat either in your own neighborhood or further afield. Identify the birds you see. Keep track of your findings on paper or in a sketchbook!
STEAM@Home: Leaf Rubbing
Cambridge Public Library and Cambridge STEAM Initiative
Ever wonder about the trees around you? Let's learn to identify trees in our neighborhoods or on-the-go.
STEAM@Home: Observing Nature and the World Around You
Cambridge STEAM Initiative
Find a window in your home to look outside, or sit outside in your backyard or at a park. Find a comfortable seat and an area to write on. What kinds of living things do you see? What are they doing?