STEAMwhiz students will Level Up their ‘thinking & doing’ by wiring up, gathering, and analyzing their soil moisture data via input/output sensors. They will get hands-on by 3D printing, coding, & building a plant alarm system robot to automatically water their plant. Dead plants will be a thing of the past, thanks to robotics & automation!
STEAMWhiz Academy
Beating the Winter Blues
The weather may be colder and the days shorter, but we’re STEAMin’ it up with Winter’s Semester: Water, Fire, Coding & Robotics. The hits coming this month with in-person EVENTs like ‘make & take’ MakerLabs and Minecraft Challenge Nights @STEAMwhiz Lab HQ!
STEAMwhiz Year-Round Programs
Sign-up for a free Scratch account @https://scratch.mit.edu/ and unleash your child’s creativity
Explore the science behind snowflakes, design a unique snowflake using geometric patterns in CAD, and learn about the laser cutter tech used to fabricate your design. ‘Make & Take’ home your very own custom, laser cut snowflake design!!
Share the love with a 3D Printed, CAD-designed heart box. Experiment with cloning shapes, negative space design, and custom text to make this a ‘one-of-a-kind’ expression of LOVE!
TEAMWORK! Kids come to the lab w/friends and the STEAM-Team creates large challenges designed for group interactions, team strategizing, and fun!
Choose & laser cut your dry-erase character. Learn to use vector-graphic software to personalize them. Use sublimation technology to transfer your design to the white-board.
Our students are learning so much and having a blast doing it. Are you looking for more for your child’s edu? We are transforming how they learn & developing a growth-mindset early! Registration Open.
Can you program a robot to put out a fire? This is the question that is driving STEAMwhiz’s Winter Semester. Yes, this is an exciting & fun challenge but the main goal of this challenge is to develop creative problem-solvers by exploring the world through an analytical & critical thinking lens.
Using “The Art of Problem-Solving” SW students are breaking down this large, complex problem into manageable, bite-size pieces. Through this process, students have been introduced to programming using Scratch– a coding language with a simple, block-style visual interface that allows anyone to create games, animation, digital stories with their own, unique instructions. SW students will gain important strategies for designing projects, solving problems, and communicating ideas, not a prescribed “recipe” to follow. Through their Scratch coding practices & challenges, they will learn how to apply these strategies to their own, ultimate, coded STEAMwhiz Fire Robotic Arm.
Keep that “thinking & doing” spark alive at home. Sign-up for a free Scratch account @ https://scratch.mit.edu/. Click the “create” button and make that cat do something. Try adding new sprites or backgrounds. What happens when you create a variable for your game? Feeling stuck? Click on the “Tutorials” tab and learn how to Animate a Character or Code a Cartoon. Remember to have fun! Mistakes will happen, errors are inevitable, but it’s how you respond to those challenges that matter. Fail forward into success!
Got a little ‘thinker & doer’ @ home? Download the Scratch Jr. app from Google Play or the Apple App Store. This is a great option for pre-readers ages 5-7 years old.
Proactive Planning | Leaf Peeping Meet-up @ Lake George | Up Next: Chromatography & 3D Printing
Come to the lab and have your kids create, learn, and give mom a gift that keeps giving! Together with the STEAM-TEAM, they will use the laser engraver and illustrator software to create Mom a customized flower box for Mother’s day.
They will pick the seeds of their choice, from flowers to herbs, add soil and plant them. Just show up and we will do the rest!
Here is a great piece on the Makerlab event by our local WTEN news =)
Check out this great piece on our Mother’s Day event and STEAMwhiz! So excited to be reaching our community!
This is part 3 in the STEAMwhiz’s Moon Hunt Series. Before we understand the moon, we have to understand some basics about the earth. Here we explain why half the earth is bright. Make sure you check out the prior video and see if you can answer all the questions beforehand!
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Doing “real science” doesn’t have to be boring or hard. Using inquiry-based project learning creates connections and understanding of abstract concepts. Challenge your leaner to build a ‘Cereal Ramp Energy System’; explore types of energy, laws of physics, and various forces, as well as recycle materials…Woo-hoo! If you have any questions or need a little help, don’t hesitate to message us on fb.com/STEAMwhizNY or STEAMwhiz.com
We are happy to announce STEAMwhiz Winter Session 2021: Energy is Everywhere will be starting the week of Jan. 18th!
With science guiding us, monitoring local metrics and statistics, and adhering to and exceeding local, regional, and national safety and health protocols, STEAMwhiz is ready to continue to offer invaluable, in-person labs and empower your NextGen Thinkers & Doers!
Jan. 18-22 All Winter Session Labs will begin
Feb. 15-19 February Recess: No Regular Scheduled Labs (Possible Make-up Labs)
March 29-Apr. 2 Final Week of Regular Scheduled Labs
Apr. 5-9 Possible Make-up Labs
Winter Session 2021 has two-weeks built in exclusively for make-ups.
We will work with you on a case-by-case basis to arrange the make-up times and days. In the unlikely chance we are not able to make up the day, we will prorate the days no questions asked =)
In the event of a shutdown, don’t worry we have a plan in place for that as well. We will offer a combination of live streaming and pre-recorded lab sessions with creative, multi-media content to keep our STEAMwhiz kids discovering, thinking, and creating at home, all while having fun with serious science. Hands-on materials will be checked out via contactless pick-up for these labs.
Let’s face it, we are going to have sniffles, sneezing, etc. Normal, common-sense policies will apply. If your child is sick help them get better at home and don’t worry about the lab. We will make sure they make them up! Once they are recovered–masks, social distancing, handwashing, dedicated HVAC w/high-level filtration, nightly UV-C lab sanitation, hard-surface wipe downs, temperature checks, etc. will continue to keep the lab safe.
If your child develops new symptoms here are our guidelines:
Wait the 10 day COVID-19 quarantine time prescribed by the CDC
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Have your child tested at a local COVID-19 test sites
In the event your child(ren)’s school, classroom, or building is placed on pre-cautionary quarantine, please contact us as soon as possible, adhere to the pre-cautionary quarantine regulations, and we will work with you to make-up any missed labs.
Together we can keep a safe environment for our kids to learn during these trying times.
