Join us for Ashburton STEAM Night! 

When: Thursday, February 27th, 6:30 to 8:15PM

What: It's Ashburton's annual STEAM night which involves viewing student science projects and hands-on science activities for all attendees. Sign up to present a project on any science, technology, engineering, art or math topic. Individual and group projects (up to 4 students) are welcome. Please submit one registration per project. DEADLINE to sign up is Friday February 21, 2025.

Registration is now open! Sign up here!

Tips for a successful project: Students may do experiments and present their results (i.e. measure how fast hot or cold water causes ice to melt). Alternatively, students may read about a topic, such as dinosaurs or the solar system, and present what they have learned. 4th and 5th grade students are expected to do investigations and present their results.

There are lots of resources available online to give kids project ideas. Students may also find science project books in our school library or at the public library (call numbers around J 507).

A few rules:

• The project must fit on a surface the size of a student desk approximately 2 x 3 feet.
• It is recommended that students display their projects and results on a tri-fold board - example here.
• Do not bring liquids to STEAM Night. Take pictures of liquids and post them on your display board.
• All students should be careful NOT to select a topic that involves fires, flames, explosive chemical reactions, or animals (alive or dead).

For Parents: This is not a drop off event. Parents must remain with their students throughout. There will be no food available at this event.

Classroom volunteers: We are looking for scientists/doctors/engineers/artists and others to volunteer throughout the week of February 24-28, 2025 to present and/or complete experiments in classrooms. If you are interested, please sign up here. We will be in contact if you are selected to come into the classroom. Due to high-interest, we may not be able to accommodate all requests. DEADLINE is Friday, February 14, 2025.