H E X P O

3-2-1… BLASTOFF! Welcome to the world of rocketry and aerodynam-ics! In this workshop, design a model rocket using straw, clay and paper fins, and test your design using a pneumatic-launching device. Learn how far your rocket can go and how long can it stay airborne.

Engineering for Kids provides Academic Enrichment Programs to children aged 4 to 14, with a variety of extraordinary programming. Its mission is to prepare students for the global economy by providing programs

focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Its inquiry-based programs are de-

signed to provide exciting, hands-on experience with STEM-related projects.

Do You Speak Scratch?Learn the language of computer coding. This session will focus on Scratch, a programming language and online community where children can program and share stories, games and animation worldwide. As children create with Scratch, they learn to think creatively, work collaboratively and reason system-atically. Scratch is designed and maintained by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Jerry Crisci, director of Technology for Scarsdale schools, is a former contributing editor for Electronic Learning Magazine, columnist for Kids and Computers Magazine, and author of a forthcoming book on the future of education.

To register, visit HExpo2015.eventbrite.com Registration will close on Monday, May 18th

Registration options:Morning session - 10am - 12pm, 2 workshopsAfternoon session - 1pm - 3pm, 2 workshops

All day - both sessions, 4 workshops

When registering, please enroll all children and parents who wish to attend each workshop. Students in grades K-2 require parental supervision. Older students may participate on their own; parents with students in third grade and older also may register on their own.

If you are unable to come for the workshops, you are welcome to come explore the tinker tables, available from 10am until 3pm.

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Get Charged With Solar Circuits What’s the best way to soak up some sun? Explore how solar panels can provide solutions for creating natural energy to power the devices we use every day. See solar chargers in action charging smart-phones, tablets and digital cameras using nothing but sunlight! Learn the fundamentals of electricity, includ-ing amps, volts, watts and impedance, and how they relate to creating proper and efficient circuits. Then use what you’ve learned to create schematics of cir-cuits to power specific devices.

Rob Kissner, a Scarsdale native, has been involved in technology for 15 years. His background in media production, managing a historic recording studio on

Long Island, coupled with technology education was the driving force in creating The Digital

Arts Experience. The DAE, which will celebrate its third year, provides kids and teens with afterschool and sum-mer programs in all forms of technology, ranging from computer programming to digital drawing.

Seeing in 3D: Bringing Design to LifeDiscover how 3D printing technology is changing the world! In this workshop, explore the history of 3D printing and learn about the many technologies and processes used to create a three-dimensional object. Then, try your hand at TinkerCad, a powerful modeling program, to experiment in changing basic shapes into a 3D digital design.

Rob Kissner, see bio above.

SET Game: A Hands-On Cards Workshop (Open to grades 5-8; enrollment limited to 10.)

Come play cards! SET is a very popular card game based on deep mathematical concepts. Learn more about this addictive test of visual perception, where the object is to quickly identify similarities and dif-ferences in a set. Through playing, you’ll solve some interesting combinatorial questions. You may even get to build the magic SET hypercube.

Dr. Tanya Khovanova is lecturer in the Mathematics Department at MIT and head mentor at the Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering and Science (MIT PRIMES). She earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from Moscow State University in 1988 and her current research interests are combinatorics and recreational mathematics. Dr. Khovanova also coaches mathletes at the Advanced Math & Science Academy in Marlborough, Massachusetts and coordinates math research at MIT’s Research Science Institute (RSI). In addition, she is the creator of the popular Number Gossip site.

SET, Game and Theory(Open to teachers and parents. Enrollment limited to 10.)

SET is a very popular card game based on deep mathematical concepts. Learn more about this ad-dictive test of visual perception, where the object is to quickly identify similarities and differences in a set. As you play, see how SET can be a starting point for teaching modular arithmetic, combinatorics, group theory, linear algebra and other branches of math-ematics.

Dr. Tanya Khovanova, see bio above.

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Gaze up at the Starry SkiesDay becomes night in our indoor StarLab. Gaze up at the stars and explore the universe with museum educator, Peter Jacobsen, as your guide. Peter has over four years of experience teaching in StarLabs and will inspire you with the magnificent expanse of the universe. Learn how to

find real stars in the night sky and find out more about the ancient Greek

myths that inspired the constel-lations and astronomers still use today.

Peter Jacobson, Education and Program Manager, Mid-Hudson

Children’s Museum.

Manos Makrakis, a Heathcote parent, is an amateur astronomer and a member of the Westchester Ama-teur Astronomers club. “Whether observing through a pair of binoculars in a backyard or having worked as a research scholar for NASA’s Cassini project, I find that the satisfaction of discovering how our Cosmos works is unparalleled. Opening up this world of wonder and discovery to young minds is paramount in creating future success for our society.”

Find The Architect in You!

In this session, explore different types of basic building structures. Use simple materials to create your own structures and then solve several team-based chal-lenges using available tools and elements, and your own knowledge.

Blake Auchincloss, LEED AIA, is a senior associate at KSQ, an architecture firm with offices around the coun-try. Blake has practiced for over 30 years in both New York and Massachusetts. He is fascinated by education spaces that facilitate 21st century learning.

Lisa Yokana is an art and architecture teacher at Scarsdale High School. An artist and maker, Lisa facilitates experiences for students that develop their creative confidence. She is passionate about integrating ‘Making’ into our K-12 educational system.

How Did They Make That?Using the design process, examine an array of every-day objects, thinking about their form, function and use in the world. You will learn a bit of each item’s history and then try to reimagine the objects by de-signing an improvement, Shark Tank style. All young innovators will be encouraged to take existing ideas and inventions to the next level!

Giancarlo Paternoster graduated from Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale in 2012. While in high school, Giancarlo’s engineering mindset and love for moun-tain bicycles inspired him to design and build a better bicycle. He went on to study mechanical engineering at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania spend-ing summers working on the shop floor of Bronx Metal Works. With his engineering background and passion for creation, Giancarlo launched a furniture company to showcase his passion.

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Creating With LEGO® Put on your hardhat and come on down to our construction site! Create cool construction tools like jackhammers and dump trucks, and then help make a model of our new Tappan Zee Bridge. Along the way, you’ll learn more about the tools and what goes into build-ing a bridge through hands-on experience building with LEGO® bricks.

Bricks 4 Kidz is a global franchise teaching kids concepts of STEM one brick at a time. Aaron Tang started the Lower Westchester Chapter in 2013 and has been providing afterschool enrichment programs, birthday parties and summer camps throughout Westchester ever since. Bricks 4 Kidz provides a fun and exciting program that helps inspire our young leaders of the future.

Get Stuck on Collage With Famous Pop Artist Words and letters are everywhere! On packages, signs and… everywhere you look. Turn those letters and words into a picture story about yourself. With your imagination and creativity, recycled materials (such as cereal boxes, the artist’s trademark materials) will be used to create a modern picture word portrait. Pictures do tell stories – especially when words and letters are involved.

Michael Albert, a local modern pop artist, author, and founder of the Sir Real Fruit Juice Company, will lead this workshop. Posters of his colorful collage artworks can be found all over the USA and at Cosi Restaurants in Westchester and Fairfield counties.

Come Explore and Play at the Tinker Tables

Don’t have time to spend the whole day? Drop in to explore one of the tinker tables, or visit in between workshop sessions. Available from 10am - 3pm.

The Heathcote Green Club: Caine’s Arcade

Westchester Children’s Museum: Keva Planks

New NY Bridge: Andrew O’Rourke

Lego Building

LittleBits

Ozobot