June 15, 2020 | melissa c
At this all-ages STEAM Stop, you'll learn how to use your STEAM skills to survive in the wilderness. Use the links below to find activities you can do at home.
Each instructional sheet includes 2-3 fun STEAM activities, a supply list, and step-by-step instructions.
Food
- Follow this instructional for how-to make a fishing pole or bake s'mores in a solar oven.
- Design a water filtration system to make potable water
- Can you fry an egg on the sidewalk?
- Make a pizza box solar oven
Shelter
- Follow this instructional for how-to make your own adobe hut or find out if your shelter can survive extreme weather.
- Build a stick house for snakes, like in The Gruffalo
- Build a stick fort
- Build a person-size emergency shelter
Transportation & Flotation
- Follow this instructional for how-to make a mini sailboat or design your own flotation device.
- Use Tinkertoys and design a bus for Pigeon (but don't let her drive it!) with this preschool STEAM activity
- Experiment with square wheels (what?!) with the Exploratorium
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