Mapleshade Presents: 3rd - 5th Grades Playful Engineering NIGHT

Thursday, Feb 1, 2018

6:30pm

In the MakerSpaces(Library) at the Birchland Park Middle School

Playful Engineers with Jay Mankita!

Join us for a fun night of hands-on Playful Engineering with your third, fourth or fifth grader on Feb 1st (at the Middle School). This is a great chance to build and play with domino walls and rallies, popsicle stick snakes, gadgets and gizmos, and Rube Goldberg Machines - the things your child is exploring through the STARS (Students and Teachers working with Artists, Scientists, and Scholars) grant we received with teaching artist Jay Mankita. This is also a great opportunity to explore our two new MakerSpaces at the Middle School.

Check out Playful Engineers on here:

Or at Jay’s website,

WHEN

Thursday, Feb 1st, 6:30pm

WHERE

Birchland Park Middle School (Library)

MORE INFORMATION

Playful Engineers: design, build, and test, and make meaningful connections between play and engineering. We learn through trial and error, and address problems from different perspectives. Come build your own Rube Goldberg “Machines”, (complicated ways to accomplish simple tasks).Teaching Artist Jay Mankita has presented programs and workshops in over 2000 schools, libraries, and other venues for children and adults throughout the Northeast for 30 years. The recipient of many arts and science presentation and residency grants, he is also well-known as an award-winning songwriter, touring musician, and recording artist.

DONATIONS to support our Makerspaces

We are looking for donations to create our own Makerspace. If you have any of these items you would like to donate please bring them to the event. We will have a collection bin right outside the Cafeteria door.

•Toys: legos, building toys, science kits, k’nex, tinker toys

•Household items: Styrofoam cups/plates, foil, wax paper coffee filters, toothpicks, straws, cereal/soda boxes

•packaging materials such as bubble wrap

•masking tape

•paper towel tubes

•popsicle sticks- large craft sticks

•paint stir sticks

•buttons

•origami paper

•PVC pipe

•Solo cups

•Rubber bands

•Pipe cleaners (chenille sticks)

•Storage containers: plastic tubs, organizers with drawers