STEM Night

2022-2023 Co-Chairs: Tiffany Shao and Anita Ambani

Medina STEM Night is an exciting night full of fun and hands-on learning with STEM related activities for all ages. We welcome the entire Medina Elementary community to join us for exploration, discovery and entertainment.

2023 Medina STEAM night is here - Friday April 28th, 2023

We are excited to bring you the sizzling STEAM night at Medina! We are having:

Vendor presentations
Hands-on Kids STEAM activities (NEW in 2023)
Medina Students STEAM Ideas
Egg Drop Challenge (5-6pm) - design and build a contraption to protect an egg from a high fall.

Below is a glimpse of what each activity has in store for you.

Vendor presentations

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location: Cafeteria

Post pandemic, finally vendors are back to Medina premises to show some great presentations and STEAM ideas. Take this opportunity to ask questions, hear from them firsthand!

Hands-on Kids STEAM activities (NEW in 2023)

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Gym

We are excited to introduce hands-on STEAM activities this year! We will be having stations for a variety of science kits to enable kids to make their own toys, charge up electricity through fruits, make colored solutions, and verify Newton's motion theory themselves. We will have kid friendly science kit stations monitored by a parent as kids indulge in real life science time by themselves or with their friends. It is our way of encouraging their creative minds into building our Future World! Nevertheless, have some fun!

Medina Students STEAM Ideas - Projects and Science Demos

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location: Gym

Let your scientific curiosity run wild, and present your science experiments, research projects, and STEAM inventions to the Medina community!

Details

Sign up here by April 21st
You may work on your project by yourself or with up to two partners.
Choose a hands on STEAM project. Here are some suggestions:
- Science Experiment: Design and execute a science experiment with a hypotheses, experiment, and results. This is your chance to talk about your ideas.
- STEAM Ideas/examples
  - Increasing wildfires as forests run dry - how can we make our planet more green?
  - Global warming - how can we preserve water?
  - Heavier objects fall faster than light ones - how can force of gravity be used in the modern world.
  - WA waterfalls - can this motion be used to generate energy/electricity?
  - Windy Day - Can these winds be harnessed to run EV/Teslas?
  - Art- Many forms of modern art require STEAM concepts - pottery, geometrical art?
4:00pm-4:45pm (tentative)- Check in. Tri-fold boards are permissible but not encouraged. We would like to hear you talk and explain.
5:00pm-7:00pm- Explain your project/idea to those attending. Make sure to practice explaining your project, keeping your explanation to 2-3 minutes. Expect to give your presentation many times as different attendees walk through!
Reminder: STEM projects should be completed by the students as independently as possible.

EGG DROP CHALLENGE

Time: 5:00pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Undercover Area

The challenge is to create a container that will protect an egg from cracking or breaking from a high fall. You can make this as simple or complex as you want, but your container must comply with size and materials constraints! All participants will receive a recognition award!

Details for the Egg Drop Challenge

Sign up here by April 21st
Make a container at home. Label with your name and grade.
4:00pm-4:45pm (tentative)- Check in with your (1) container loaded with (2) an egg. We will check that your device meets size and materials eligibility rules.
5:00pm-6:00pm- Launch at first grade balcony by grade.
After you drop it, look and see if your egg cracked or remained intact. A cracked egg is defines as one that is visibly leaking its contents. (Remember to wash your hands after touching raw egg!)