Build-Your-Own STEAM Day: Motion, Meaning & Making

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A customizable, hands-on STEAM experience where learners rotate through interactive stations and/or anchor shows—designed to spark curiosity, build skills, and connect learning to joy, effort, and meaning.

Hosts choose:

• 2–5 STEAM Stations
• Optional Anchor Show (assembly-style)
• Program length from 90 minutes to full day
• Indoor or outdoor-friendly
   

Ideal for:
Schools • Libraries • STEAM nights • Camps • Museums • Community events • Conferences

Science • Engineering • Math
Learners test motion, force, and efficiency using real measurement tools while iterating for improvement.

Skills: systems thinking, data analysis, persistence

Technology • Engineering • Arts
Create light-up designs while learning circuitry, conductivity, and creative problem-solving.

Skills: design thinking, tech confidence

Technology • Arts • Digital Literacy
Students craft short visual or multimedia stories using structure, sequencing, and expression.

Skills: narrative thinking, media literacy

Arts • Culture • ELA
Visual-first storytelling that supports diverse learners and communication styles.

Skills: symbolic thinking, expression

Math (+ Art option)
Applied math through patterns, ratios, fractions, scaling, and real-world design challenges.

Skills: mathematical reasoning, creative application

Arts • Culture • Diversity • ELA
Explore global myths to uncover shared human themes, values, and storytelling patterns.

Skills: cultural literacy, empathy

Science • Engineering
Hands-on exploration of surface tension, geometry, and experimentation.

Skills: inquiry, hypothesis testing

STEAM + Performing Arts + SEL
A high-energy show exploring physics, systems, music, and emotional regulation through yo-yo performance.

Great for: assemblies, STEAM kickoffs, conferences

Music • Diversity • Physics of Sound
An immersive musical story exploring how sound is made and how differences create harmony.

Great for: K–5, libraries, family audiences

Format: Rotations + Anchor Show
Ideal group size: 3–5 classes
Total time: ~3 hours

9:00–9:30 – 🎭 Anchor Show: The Land of Colors
(Music, sound, inclusion, curiosity)

9:40–10:10 – Station Rotation 1

• Science of Bubbles
• Story Drawing Studio
   

10:15–10:45 – Station Rotation 2

• Spark JOY Math Station
• Circuits with Chibitronics
   

10:50–11:20 – Station Rotation 3

• World Mythology Lab
• YESS: Yeet Efficiency Score
   

11:20–11:30 – Group Reflection
“What did you try that was hard?”
“What got better with effort?”

✔ Highly movement-based
✔ Strong SEL integration
✔ Accessible for diverse learners

Format: Longer labs + show kickoff
Ideal group size: 60–120 students
Total time: ~4 hours

9:00–9:40 – 🎯 Anchor Show: Yeet the Yo!
(Physics, systems thinking, persistence)

9:50–10:40 – Lab Block 1

• YESS: Yeet Efficiency Score
• Spark JOY Math Station
   

10:45–11:35 – Lab Block 2

• Circuits with Chibitronics
• Digital Storytelling Lab
   

11:40–12:20 – Lab Block 3

• Science of Bubbles (engineering focus)
• World Mythology (patterns & identity)
   

12:20–12:40 – Reflection + Design Share
Students present a system, story, or redesign.

✔ Emphasizes data, iteration, modeling
✔ Aligns strongly with NGSS practices
✔ Excellent for STEM/STEAM initiatives

Format: Open stations + mini-performances
Total time: 3–5 hours

Opening (15 min) - Mini Show Moment (Yeet the Yo! highlights)

Open STEAM Stations (2–4 running simultaneously):

• Science of Bubbles (always a draw)
• Spark JOY Math Station
• Circuits with Chibitronics
• Story Drawing Studio
• YESS: Yeet Efficiency Score

Midpoint (10–15 min)
Live demonstration + audience participation

Closing (10 min)
Reflection wall or “What did you try today?”

✔ Family-friendly
✔ Works indoors or outdoors
✔ Great for STEAM nights & festivals