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KCSC Brown bag activities
3D Bubble Wand
3D Bubble Wand
3D Bubble Wand
THE BIG IDEA
Learn structural engineering and make some cool bubbles.
3D Sculpture
3D Bubble Wand
3D Bubble Wand
THE BIG IDEA
Use household and recycled materials to create a sculpture.
Balloon Rocket
3D Bubble Wand
Balloon Rocket
THE BIG IDEA
Design a balloon rocket to learn about action and reaction.
Bird Feeder
Butterfly Life Cycle
Balloon Rocket
THE BIG IDEA
Use recycled and craft materials to make a feeder for the backyard and be prepared
to observe the birds that visit.
Bottle Racer
Butterfly Life Cycle
Butterfly Life Cycle
THE BIG IDEA
The bottle racer converts stored potential energy into kinetic energy, the energy of motion.
Butterfly Life Cycle
Butterfly Life Cycle
Butterfly Life Cycle
THE BIG IDEA
To learn about a life cycle and complete metamorphosis.
Candy Structure
Caterpillar Straw Race
Caterpillar Straw Race
THE BIG IDEA
Engineering is a way to solve problems and be creative.
Caterpillar Straw Race
Caterpillar Straw Race
Caterpillar Straw Race
THE BIG IDEA
Design a moving caterpillar and have a race!
Cellular Soap Opera
Caterpillar Straw Race
Cellular Soap Opera
THE BIG IDEA
To learn about some viruses, including the novel coronavirus and how virus membranes behave. Learn how
disrupting the viral membrane on contact, inactivates the virus.
DIY Insect Net
DIY Insect Net
Cellular Soap Opera
BIG IDEA
Use recycled materials to assemble your own inset collecting net
Einstein Art
DIY Insect Net
Einstein Art
BIG IDEA
Celebrate Albert Einstein’s birthday, March 14th by creating some art.
OOBLECK
DIY Insect Net
Einstein Art
BIG IDEA
Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid. What does that mean and what does it have to do with viscosity and force?
Measure Up Mystery Bag
Measure Up Mystery Bag
Measure Up Mystery Bag
THE BIG IDEA
Learning to use a measuring tool to determine the sizes of objects.
Membranaphone
Measure Up Mystery Bag
Measure Up Mystery Bag
THE BIG IDEA
Make an instrument that is fun to play.
Using a recycled water bottle and a paper tube to make a membranophone—an instrument that
produces sound from a vibrating stretched membrane. Kazoos and drums are both examples of
membranophones. This one sounds a bit like a cross between a saxophone and a clarinet.
Parachute Challenge
Measure Up Mystery Bag
Phases of the Moon Wreath
THE BIG IDEA
Make a parachute using simple materials and watch how the forces of gravity and air resistance affect it as it
falls.
Phases of the Moon Wreath
Phases of the Moon Wreath
Phases of the Moon Wreath
THE BIG IDEA
To learn about phases of the moon
Robotic Hand
Phases of the Moon Wreath
Solar System Model
THE BIG IDEA
To learn how robotics can help substitute some of the functions of the skeleton and muscles that make us move.
Solar System Model
Phases of the Moon Wreath
Solar System Model
THE BIG IDEA
To learn about what planets are in our solar system, which ones are closer or further from the Sun, and which
one is the biggest or the smallest.
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We would also love to see photos of your keiki participating in STEAM projects at home — any activities that involve creating, problem solving and critical thinking skills — indoors or outside.
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