STEM Week - Day 3, "E" for Engineering

This week is MA STEM Week! As day 3, I want to highlight some great Engineering focused things you can do at home. The lists below are just a small sampling of ways you can expand STEM beyond formal instruction and help all our students see themselves in STEM!

Join our RMHS Robockets:

Check out some of these great Science items from the Reading Public Schools Library of Things:

• Kids’ Architecture Kit
• Kids’ Cardboard Challenge Kit
• Kids’ Gears Kit
• Four Piece Tool Kit
• Home Energy Evaluation Kit

Look for some of our previously shared RPS Book of the Month with some fun Engineering themes (Visit Whitelam Books or Reading Public Library!)

• Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals
• If I Built A School
• Nano: The Science of the Very (Very) Small
• Curiosity: The story of the Mars Rover
• Whoosh!

Visit a local museum for some hands-on learning opportunities! (Those with an * have tickets taht can be reserved with a Museum Pass from the Reading Public Library)

• Museum of Science*
• Discovery Museum*
• MIT Museum
• Boston Children’s Museum*

Learn more virtually about Engineering

• PBS Learning Media: Engineering
• How Stuff Works
• Chicago Museum of Science and Industry – Experiment
• DiscoverE