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ACTIVITIES
FIRST Lego League Workshop Sessions
Experience an escape room by working together as a team, solving problems and unlocking boxes and finding your way out!
Sessions: 11:00 am - 11:45 am 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Learn about designing, building, and programming FLL
robots
Sessions: 10:30 am - 11:15 am 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
An information session on tips for college planning and a time to answer all your questions.
Sessions: 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Army ROTC
Learn about a college program that produces Officers for the US Army and Scholarship programs that can fund your STEAM education at any university int he country.
Gravity is Optional
Suspension Bridge
A test of strength? Come and build a suspension bridge with Popsicle sticks
Come and experience some hands on science for all ages!
Build a Bot
Bee Bots
Join us to create a robot with easy-to-block pieces and motors that have moving pieces
Come and learn about the basics of programming using some our buzzing Bee Bots!
Tyler Super Tomcats Robotics Team
STEM in the Fire Service:
Keeping Everyone Safe!
Come and watch the Lego robot's of Tyler Elementary's FLL team in action. Learn how to program their FLL Bots and watch sumo bots compete in the ring!
Learn how STEM is used in everyday firefighting
FTC Robotics
Watch FTC robotics at its best as teams showcase their engineering designs and technology.
Invisible Ink
Try out some invisible ink using a mixture of baking soda and water.
Aqueous Surface Design:
The Art of Paper Marbling
Fibonacci sequence
Learn all about the history/techniques of paper marbling.
Learn how to find the fibonacci sequence throughout the natural world and how it pertains to mathematical patterns.
Clothespin Kazoo
Making Gluep
Learn how to make your own kazoo and learn about sound.
Create some Gluep with common household items
Legos
Moon Sand
Mix oil and flour to create your own fun and interactive moon sand.
Show us you imagination and build and create things with Legos
Skewer a Balloon
Disappearing Water Trick
Learn about osmosis with an experiment that makes water "disappear."
Do the impossible by skewing a balloon with a bamboo stick without popping it
Static Electricity
Learn about positive and negative charges
STEAM and Robotics Activities
and Demo Booth
Come and drive a FIRST Tech Challenge robot and participate in multiple STEM activities like building balloon powered cars and marshmallow towers.
Animating Force and Motion
Maps/Directions/Compass Rose
Code Your Way Across The U.S.A. Using A Beebot
In a world filled with motion, come see how students are animating it.
Fireworks in a Jar
Learn about the miscibility of certain liquids with others using oil, water, and food coloring.
Digital Photography
Learn how to edit and transform your photos into works of art
3D Pens
Face Painting
Have your face painted with a design of your choice.
Create a 3D masterpiece with some 3D Pens
STEAM Bins
3D Printing Pancake Bot
Come and see a real-life pancake printing robot
Come enjoy STEAM Bins! These little bins are a great introduction to building and designing for the K-2 set. Stop by and build a maze, a tent, a trap, or many other creative structures using only the items in the bin.
Bend Some Pipe and Light a Light
6-8
9-12
Adults
Learn the facets behind electrical trade and how switches and lights are wired!
Make-Your-Own-Button
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
Join us to design your own buttons with coloring tools.
Nobel Explorers a-MAZE-ing projects
Girl Scouts STEM Information
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Stop by to build ships in our water tank and design ships in our free naval video game, FLEET
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Program a maze solving robot, design and print your own maze, build a website!
Stringed Instrument Zoo
Light Bulbs and LEDs
6-8
9-12
Join us to learn more about Light Bulbs and LEDs
Explore a variety of instruments and talk to other student musicians
Interactive Art
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
3-5
6-8
9-12
Like to push buttons? Who doesn't? Come make your own using paper, Scratch, and a MakeyMakey!
Jenga
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
Train your brain and try to take out pieces from the Jenga puzzle without it collapsing
Origami
3-5
Tangrams
Come and learn how to fold a variety of origami figures
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
Piece together some triangles to create a tangram masterpiece
3-D Printing
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
Check out some cool 3-D printed creations and learn how a printer works!
Tower of Hanoi
3-5
Put on your thinking cap to solve a traditional puzzle
Fling Flying Paper Airplane
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
Learn how to make some aerodynamic pieces of paper with easy to follow instructions.
Spin Art
3-5
Come and see physics in action with a spin art machine to create your own masterpiece
Roller Coaster Design Challenge
K-2
3-5
Learn about engineering and motion by building and testing a roller coaster designs!
FRC Robotics Demonstrations
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
Come watch the towering robots made by our FRC Robotics Team in action!
Cardboard Arcade: Simple Machines
K-2
3-5
Learn about simple machines and how students have made a game of it.
Digital Ice Creams
K-2
6-8
3-5
Come draw your own ice cream cone creation on an iPad using Sketchbook Pro. All flavors and skill levels welcome!
WiSTEM
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
Keep Prince William Beautiful
A booth targeted towards getting younger girls interested in STEM using crafts and games!
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
Learn about a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping PWC beautiful
Latin Language and Roman Culture STEAM influences
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
Story writing with StikBots and Green Screen Technology
K-2
3-5
Come interact with amazing " Green Screen Technology" and choose your own setting to star on the screen! Also, be creative and have fun with Mini-Steam Box Projects.
Come discover how the ancient Romans have influenced STEAM today!
Water Patrols
PWCS Energy Management
and Sustainability
3-5
K-2
Kids will learn about water runoff, how to identify water pollution sources, and how to conserve water at home!
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
The Prince William County Service Authority provides drinking and wastewater services to nearly 350,000 people in Prince William County.
Building with Base Ten Blocks
K-2
3-5
Prince William County Service Authority
Learn how to build using base ten blocks, have it uploaded to a website just for the activity, and take home a card with the website to show your work to your friends and family.
6-8
3-5
The Prince William County Service Authority provides drinking and wastewater services to nearly 350,000 people in Prince William County.
Prince William Public Library System
K-2
6-8
3-5
Patriot HS SeaPerch Program
Learn more about the 11 branches throughout PWC
6-8
9-12
See a static display of what SeaPerch is and how an ROV is built.
Combo-creatures in the Wild
K-2
3-5
Come see how the 5th graders of Chris Yung ES designed and built their combo-creatures and brought them to life using the engineering design process.
3rd Grade Dog Bone Simple Machine Contraptions
K-2
3-5
Create simple machines using Legos and test to see how far they can move an object.
Robotics For Youth
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Circuit Activity
K-2
6-8
9-12
3-5
Adults
Robotics For Youth is a non profit organization led by youth with the aim of promoting STEM among school children. Learn more about us.
Come and learn about basic electronic components using a circuit board and tracing the transferred energy
Beautiful Butterfly
K-2
Come and create a colorful butterfly by using water absorbed, some dyes, and a coffee filter
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