Build STEM skills through fun, hands-on activities. Learn about a range of STEM topics from engineering and design to chemistry and coding. This week: make signaling devices, secret ink, and more!
Build STEM skills through fun, hands-on activities. Learn about a range of STEM topics from engineering and design to chemistry and coding. Different activities each week!
Jun 27: Spy Academy - Put your STEM skills to work as you make spy gear such as marshmallow launchers and signaling devices, and use secret ink and solve spy codes to complete a scavenger hunt.
Jul 11: Slime - Use household ingredients to make various types of slime to take home.
Jul 18: Turning Tops and Beyblade Battles - Play with the physics and engineering principles behind spinning tops. Create your own tops, battle beys, and make art with centrifugal force. Bring your own beyblades if you have them!
Jul 25: Chocolate STEM - Learn how chocolate is made with Mindo Chocolate Makers--from the fruit on a tree to chocolate treats, and explore taste science as you experience chocolates that range from bitter to sweet. Chocolate scavenger hunt and scented stickers too!
Aug 1: Legos - Use our Lego Spike sets to build, then use an iPad to code your creation to move, or free build!
A Project STEM @ YDL series sponsored by Toyota
Our largest branch on Whittaker Road, near the roundabout, has 6 meeting rooms, including our large Community Room.
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