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Overcast Learning, full STEAM ahead
Mobile science museum pays a visit to St. Christopher’s Catholic School
Students at St. Christopher’s got a taste of what science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics can do last week when Mobile Ed Productions brought its STEAM museum to the school.
The state-of-the-art museum turns a designated area in a school into an interactive children’s museum that focuses on STEM learning — science, technology, engineering and math with the added bonus of art.
Activities are suitable for all age groups and workstations help kids get an understanding of new technologies.
Among the hits at St. Christopher’s: a robot named Mr. NAO (that’s pronounced “now”), which demonstrated its skill at kicking a soccer ball, and a study of friction and speed.
With the Build-an-Arch exhibit, students studied a parabolic arch constructed from large kid-friendly foam blocks, and learned how such structures have been in use from ancient times until the present. And the stationary bike showed them how their kinetic energy may be converted into electricity.
