Spark!Lab History Month Theme
March: Women's History Month
Bulletin Boards 1 & 2: NASA’S Explorers: Women in STEM
April:
Bulletin Boards 1 and 2: Exploring Black Holes
Spark!Lab Hands on Learning Activities
March Activities
Location/Times: Spark Lab (Each event is within Spark!Lab. Hours of Operation 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
- (Daily) Space Telescopes: Build and explore with handmade telescopes.
- (Mondays) Tower Building: Build a tower and test its ability to hold weight before gravity takes hold!
Tuesday, March 17: USSRC’s Birthday: Build and launch a paper rocket!
April Activities
(Daily) Out of this World Helicopters: Celebrating Ingenuity's first flight on Mars!
(Mondays) Exploring a Black Hole: Code Botley robots to explore the regions of a black hole.
April 1: Filtered Light: Hubble Exploring the Universe: Discover what colored filters can reveal more about an image and how scientists use telescopes and other tools to capture and filter energies of light to study the universe.
April 23: World Book Day: Become an explorer with the power of reading, share your stories with others, and discover STEM careers and subjects through a good book!
STEAM Literature Series
Every Thursday at 10 a.m. inside Spark!Lab
March
- March 19: Plants
Books: "Up, Down, and Around" by Katherine Ayres, "Growing Plants in Space" by Georgia Beth, "Plants Can't Sit Still" by Rebecca E. Hirsch
- March 26: Habitats
Books: “The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot” by Margaret McNamara, "Boxitects" by Kim Smith, "A House for Birdie" by Stuart J. Murphy
April Theme for the Month: Our Solar System & Beyond
- April 2: Our Solar System
Books: The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot by Margaret McNamara, Mars! Earthlings Welcome by Stacy McAnulty
- April 9: The Sun and Moon
Books: The Sun and the Moon by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano, Moon! Earth's Best Friend by Stacy McAnulty
- April 16: Constellations
Books: Usha and the Big Digger by Amitha Jagannath Knight, Animals in the Sky by Sara Gillingham
- April 23: Telescopes (Hubble Day 4/24!)
Books: Always Looking Up: Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer by Laura Gehl, The James Webb Telescope: A Picture Book for Kids by Keith Riegert
- April 30: The Goldilocks Zone
Books: Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers, Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall