Live Virtual Events 2021

Live Virtual STEAM Events- Schedule and Free Registration Below

Live virtual events are for elementary school students during Massachusetts STEM Week (October 18-22, 2021). Each event would require you to have a projector or smart board or device to broadcast the Zoom to your classroom. Scroll to see the full schedule of free live virtual events, and click the link below to register!

Monday October 18th

10:00 am – 10:45 am Learn Tinkercad: Design a Cake

Learn how to use Tinkercad (www.tinkercad.com) – a free CAD modeling design tool for all ages – to create your own 3-D model of a cake. Note – You can follow along on your own device, or simply watch the virtual event and try it yourself later!

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Make a Virtual Pet in Scratch

Create and code your own virtual pet with Scratch (scratch.mit.edu) Students learn how to design their own interactive pets to feed, play with, and more! Note – During the workshop, the host will share their screen and demonstrate some Scratch coding, and will then invite viewers to do an activity with paper and pencil.

Tuesday October 19th

10:00 am – 10:45 am Create Gliders with Girlstart

Ready, set, glide! Channel your inner aerospace engineer as you build a hoop glider and ring wing glider. Investigate the forces of flight to make your designs fly as far as possible. For the hoop glider activity, participants will need a straw, notecard, scissors, and tape. For the ring wing glider activity, participants will need a sheet of paper and tape. (www.girlstart.org)

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Entertaining Math with Russian School of Math

Malcolm’s city is having a fall festival and one of the most long-standing traditions is the famous bake off! Renowned chefs are competing for the title of having made the best pastry! But, there has been a crime! A secret family recipe has been stolen from one of the contestants! Join detective Malcolm to help him locate the thief and return the recipe! Math knowledge will help you solve this mystery and restore the festivities! (www.russianschool.com)

Wednesday October 20th

10:00 am – 10:45 am Q&A with iRobot Employees

Learn what we do at iRobot and how we work together to create Roomba- the robot that cleans for you. Learn about the people who work on creating robots – what they were like as children, their stories, their advice, and why they work in robotics. (www.irobot.com)

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Re-Imagined Flight – The Process of Steampunk Art & Design

Watch Bruce Rosenbaum as he goes through his process of Steampunk Art and design showing how he uses creative problem solving capabilities and adaptive reuse design to bring meaning, life and new relevance to objects that no longer have a purpose. (www.modvic.com)

Thursday October 21st

10:00 am – 10:45 am LEGO Robotics in Action w/ Einstein’s Workshop

We will demonstrate a LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robot in action on the FIRST LEGO League Challenge competition field. We will show the students the robot, some of the programming, and elicit input from the students on what to make the robot do or how to change it. (www.einsteinsworkshop.com)

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Entertaining Math with Russian School of Math

Friday October 22nd

10:00 am – 10:45 am Build a 3D Moon Rover w/ BlocksCAD

Put on your helmets and countdown to launch! Join BlocksCAD instructor Scott during this workshop, where you will use 3D geometric shapes to construct a replica of NASA’s VIPER moon rover! (www.blockscad3d.com)

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Technology Showcase w/ Brandeis Maker Lab

Brandeis Maker Lab will share their favorite technologies that they use on a regular basis to help their university students achieve project goals in social justice and innovation – putting technology to work for the greater good (and for fun!) (Brandeis Maker Lab)