Category: Item of the Week

This week’s Item of the Week is “The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe” by Theodore Gray. This book uses photographs and stories to showcase the 118 elements of the periodic table. Each element has a photograph of the element, as well as examples of how it is used and…

Students from Kindergarten through High School can use these lizard-shaped foam tessellation tiles to make designs of varying complexity. Students use their creativity and problem-solving skills to discover the various patterns and shapes the tiles make when connected. Using these tiles is also a good activity to help younger students learn spatial-reasoning and as an…

The Chinese Spouting Bowl uses sound resonance to spout water out of the bowl. After washing your hands, filling the bowl halfway with water, and dipping your hands into the bowl, you can then rub your hands along the bowl’s handles to create waves. This is a great tool to use to teach students about…

This week’s item of the week is our biology golden guides! The STEM Center has golden guides covering the following topics in biology: birds, insects, butterflies and moths, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, trees, weeds, flowers, pond life and seashells. These golden guides help you identify differences between the subjects covered in each book, and more…

This week’s item of the week is Robot Turtles, a board game for kids age 4 and up! Parents and children can use Robot Turtles to play together while learning key programming principles. This is a great game for parents or teachers to introduce children to programming and help them develop critical thinking skills.