Table of Contents

• Foreword by Aaron Dworkin
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Are We Reaching Everyone?

  1. Float Your Boat

• 2. Slime Time
• 3. Flying Gyroscope
• 4. See Cool Patterns with a Kaleidoscope
• 5. Wacky Wobbler
• 6. Balance Birds
• 7. Circle Spinners
• 8. Toothpick Tops
• 9. Straw Pipes
• 10. Sound Sandwich
• 11. Marker Tie Dye
• 12. Freaky Foam
• 13. Rainsticks
• 14. Far, Far Away
• 15. Water Filter
• 16. Weather Station – Anemometer
• 17. Weather Station – Barometer
• 18. Weather Station - Rain Gauge
• 19. Weather Station – Wind Vane
• 20. Blown Over
• 21. Helping Hands
• 22. On Your Mark, Get Set, Blow!
• 23. Mind Reader Card Trick
• 24. DIY Cloud
• 25. Amped Up Energy
• 26. Egg-stronaut
• 27. Original Reaction
• 28. Up, Up and Away
• 29. Forget to Water your Plants
• 30. Two Scoops of Science
• 31. Insulation Engineering Challenge
• 32. Newspaper Fortress
• 33. Seas the Day
• 34. Look Out Below
• 35. pH Rainbow
• 36. Topsy Turvy World
• 37. Recycled Seed Paper
• 38. Summer Slopes
• 39. Reach for the Skyscrapers
• 40. Solar Snacks
• 41. Stomp Rockets
• 42. Bridging the Gap
• 43. Bubble Blow-out
• 44. Signal the Superhero
• 45. Cool Under Pressure
• 46. Outta this World

  Appendixes

  • A. Vendor and Store List
  • B. Program Planning Rubric

  About the Authors

• Index

About the Author

Brett Nicholas is a former classroom teacher turned museum educator. He is a veteran developer of informal STEAM education programs for educators, students, families and the public. For 15 years, he has worked at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and serves now as the Manager of Community Initiatives, where he is responsible for extending the reach of the museum's educational arm outside the walls of the museum. He's lectured and trained nationally and ardently believes in the role of STEAM in the library. Having set fire to balloons filled with explosive hydrogen gas, made fake poop to talk about digestion and having helped thousands of kids have their first dissection experience while cutting open cow eyeballs, Brett believes in direct and interactive teaching. He is dedicated to helping all children see how much fun they can have doing science and strives to open opportunities for science to have a meaningful role in their future.