Highlights from this year’s daily STEAM activities:

Taft Elementary

Besides creating their own drones from recycled materials, Taft students worked with artist Krista Eddy to complete a mural in the school cafeteria.

Newport Middle

Students used their creativity to design chairs (which had to be able to hold someone sitting on them) made only with newspaper and tape.

Crestview Heights

Students successfully tried their hand at butter-making with help from OSU Extension STEAM mentor, GabrielleCiofani. After a brief discussion of the science behind how butter is made, students had the opportunity to shake it up in the classroom! With music from the “Beatles” crooning in the background, the class shook and danced their way to create their own fresh batch of homemade “1000 Shake Butter” to take home to their families!

Toledo Elementary

Students learned about earthquakes; then each group used a Ziploc bag full of Legos to design a building which could withstand an earthquake. The “earthquake” was built using cardboard, ping-pong balls, and rubber bands. 

Sam Case

During the summer program, students learned about buoyancy with the help from an OSU Extension STEAM mentor.

Neighbors for Kids

Students worked on a project about helping injured animals. One student designed a prosthetic salmon tail, and other designs included eagle beaks and elephant legs.