Once a month, we organize fun STEM activities for students at the Innovation Station.  Check out some of the activities we've done!

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Previous STEM Saturday Events

March, 2025

Rube Goldberg Day/Simple Machines 

Learning about Chain Reactions

February, 2025

Cardiac themed for National Heart month-led by Albany Med PA student, Urvi Patel

Learning how to take a pulse & how a stethoscope works

9Investigating clogged arteries, how valves function & dissecting a pig's heart

Pig hearts generously donated by Johnk Family Farm

January, 2025

Flying High Presentation by the Society of Women Engineers from RPI

December, 2024

Designing and building gingerbread houses!  Students were given design requirements & a list with the cost of supplies to determine the value of their house

November, 2024

Design & art while using the LEGO Printing Press

Designing & building turkeys!

October, 2024

Halloween Themed

Learning about density while making spooky potions

September, 2024

Apple Themed!

Designing &  Building an Apple Wrecking Ball!

Using the Engineering Design Process to Build a Structure out of Straws that can Hold an Apple (or Two!)

In Addition to an Apple Oxidation Experiment, Students Built LEGO Marble Mazes

August, 2024

At the Friendship Festival!

July, 2024

Learning about Renewable Energy!

Engineering & Testing Wind Turbines

June, 2024

Summer themed fun!

Learning about surface tension & shapes with bubbles

Designing & building a water slide for a LEGO mini figure to learn about friction, potential & kinetic energy

Building a mini golf course out of LEGOS

May, 2024

Star Wars themed for May the 4th!

Learning about circuits while making light sabers

Learning about potential & kinetic energy while designing & building catapults to attack the dark side!

April, 2024

Caring for birds in honor of Earth Day: Making birdfood, building & painting birdhouses

Special Thanks to Lowes Home Improvement Center in Glenmont for the donation of supplies!

March, 2024

Using the Engineering Design Process to make Leprechaun Traps

The finished traps!

Making Green & Gold Slime!

February, 2024

Learning about insulators & building igloos!

January, 2024

Winter themed STEM activities!  

Making a snowball launcher while learning about Newton's Laws

Engineering a shovel to move marshmallow snow!

Using the Scientific Method to determine what melts ice fastest & making snowflake shaped crystals

December, 2023

Making LEGO ornaments for the Christmas tree in the Innovation Station  

Our float in the Village of Ravena Christmas Parade

Given a budget for supplies & design requirements, these architects built impressive gingerbread houses!

November, 2023

Balloon Science!  We blew up balloons with a chemical reaction, decorated them and made our own Thanksgiving parade after finding innovative ways to attach them to remote control cars

Making aluminum foil boats to carry pilgrim supplies & helping a turkey escape its cage by coding a path!

October, 2023