Third grade student Aarna, right, discusses littleBits circuits with her family and compares them to products she finds in her own home, like a dimmer switch and door bell, during the Livingston Park Elementary School STEAM Expo on Nov. 14.
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Hundreds of third and fourth grade children and their parents attended the Livingston Park Elementary School STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) Expo on Nov. 14.
Fifth grade volunteers were on hand to walk visitors through the stations and provide technical support.
Working collaboratively, students and parents completed various littleBits challenges to create lights, fans, buzzers and timers. At the Makey Makey station, families created circuits and built their own bongos, pianos and video game controllers. Students followed a recipe to concoct their custom slime complete with food coloring and glitter. Families were challenged to drive their Sphero robot through an obstacle course using block code on a Chromebook. To demonstrate their coding skills, students raced their LEGO WeDo robots against one another. A family favorite was the bridge building challenge in our library Makerspace.
A PRIDE grant from the North Brunswick Township Education Association enabled the purchase of materials.
Stephanie, third grade student, right, and her brother Stephen show off their slime creations during the Livingston Park Elementary School STEAM Expo on Nov. 14.▲
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Third grade student Verena and her sister Angelina with their parents learning to program a Sphero robot using block code on a Chromebook. Fifth grade volunteer Josue, far left, demonstrates how to control Sphero. The Livingston Park Elementary School STEAM Expo took place at the North Brunswick school on Nov. 14.▲
Fourth grade students Pranet and Arya exploring with littleBits, magnetic “Bits”, or electronic building blocks, that snap together and allow students to build inventions, during the Livingston Park Elementary School STEAM Expo on Nov. 14.▲
Fourth grade students work cooperatively to build circuits with Makey Makey and control virtual bongos during the Livingston Park Elementary School STEAM Expo on Nov. 14.▲
Livingston Park STEAM Expo volunteers Marcus Burnett, left to right, Illeana Lopez, Jacqui Maroccia, Doreen Campbell, Preeti Singh, Susan Suydam, Debbie Shamy, Carole DeLuca, Mary Margaret Blicharz, Bryan Sannwaldt and Kim George. ▲
