On December 20th 2024, The Poly STEM Outreach Club visited Holabird Academy to do a STEM event with 3rd Graders. The Poly STEM Outreach invited AFJROTC and Robotics Club to join us. Each club/program brought their own activities to showcase the students.
First, Andrew Gao, the president and co-founder of Poly STEM Outreach gave a short presentation along with John Bacon, one of our club members. The slides focused on the importance of STEM. At the end of the presentation, there was a trivia for students, if they get the answer correct they get a candy. Then, we gave out raffle tickets to each student for a chance to win on our prize at the end. The Poly STEM Outreach Club chose four activities to do at Holabird; Magnetic Fishing, Binary Coding, Conductivity, and Mathopoly.
In the Magnetic Fishing activity, students were given four different types of fishes, then they were given a chance to color or design their fish. After the coloring, there's a small competition, students were given a stick with a rope and magnet, it's supposed to be the fishing rod, then they were tasked to put a paper clip on the mouth of the fish. The competition is that whoever gets the most fish wins a prize. The purpose of this activity was to teach students about magnetism.
In the Binary Coding activity, students were given a binary code sheet, and what they have to do is put the words shown in binary code. The purpose of this activity was to teach students about coding in a easy way,
In the Conductivity Experiment, we let the kids examine what types of objects can light a light bulb. Then we demonstrate it to them. We used alligator clips, batteries, small LED lights, and wires to conduct this experiment. We also brought objects like a fork, paper a clip, a dime, and a gum wrapper. The purpose of this activity is to teach kids about conductivity and its mechanics.
In the Mathopoly activity, students were separated into two groups, then each student is given the chance to roll the dice and move their groups figure. The game was designed to match the curriculum of the students. The purpose of this game was to teach students about math while also letting them have fun.
Lastly, at the end of the event, we gave out raffle prizes and STEM Activity Books.
In conclusion, the event was successful, and the students and club members had so much fun. MISSION SUCCESS!