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Summer S.T.E.A.M. in the Museum
Looking for kids summer activities on LBI?
The Long Beach Island Historical Association Museum has a Makerspace program for kids, 5 – 12 years of age.
The morning incorporates STEAM activities with historical artifacts from the Museum.
Mondays in July & August @ 10:00am
Each week, a new design challenge is presented to the kids and their parents.
It’s truly a family affair where problem-solving becomes the key to having fun and learning through STEAM activities.
July 6th – Challenge: Build a Paper Bridge
Learn about compression and tension and the effects of both when building a bridge.
July 13th – Challenge: Lighthouses on the Jersey Shore
Discover the problems encountered by ships at sea, then build a lighthouse using materials found around the house.
July 20th – Challenge: Breaches Buoy Challenge
Learn how, in the early days, lives were saved from doomed ships using lines that were shot from shore to ship so that passengers and sailors could follow the line to safety.
July 27th – Challenge:
Boats that Float – Learn about the early fishermen on LBI and pound fishing. Kids will discover what makes a boat float and design their own boats with bouys.
August 3rd Challenge: Anchor & Mooring
The kids will tour the museum, inside and out, to see and learn the different types of anchors, then they will be tasked with making their own chain from one piece of paper and using their ingenuity to make it the longest possible chain!
August 10th
Challenge: Communication is Key
In the earliest days of the telephone, people couldn’t dial one another directly. Students investigate how sound travels through a string and air. They will be challenged to redesign the string telephone for distance.
August 17th
Challenge: Wind Powered Vehicle Challenge The earliest sailboats were no more complicated than hoisting a bed sheet on a pole and letting the wind do all the work.
But what happens if you want to go in a different direction than the wind is blowing?
Everyone will explore wind power and build vehicles that sail with the wind.
August 24th
Challenge: Egg Drop Challenge
In this activity, the kids will tour the museum with a focus on natural disasters that have impacted LBI.
They will learn about the change from potential energy to kinetic energy and the energy transfer that occurs on impact.
Using engineering design, the kids will design, create, and test a device that will prevent a raw egg from breaking when dropped from a specific height.
https://www.lbihistoricalmuseum.org/kids-summer-activities-lbi
609-494-0070
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