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Bruce Museum STEAM activity

For Kids in Grades 1 to 5: Bruce Museum Has At-Home STEAM Activities You Can Find Online

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While closed to the public for now due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bruce Museum in Greenwich is posting weekly activities involving STEAM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Arts-Math) for kids in Grades 1 through 5 stuck at home. From the museum’s announcement:

Manager of School and Community Programs, Corinne Flax has created weekly STEAM activities for families with children at home. These weekly activities will focus on basic STEAM concepts. Learners will get the chance to design, test, modify, experiment, hypothesize and much more. A little about the series, At Home STEAM Activities:

●     The series is for children ranging from 1st through 5th Grades.  Each activity can take as little as 30 minutes or as much as an entire afternoon, depending on the interest level of your learners.

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‘Artrepreneur’ Mark Yurkiw Speaks on Using Science, Tech, Engineering, Art, Math for Business Innovation

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Westporter Mark Yurkiw, an astrophysicist turned “artrepreneur,” discusses art applied to problem-solving — bringing together science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) to inspire business innovation. Yurkiw will speak from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday at Westport Library. — an announcement from Westport Library

Register online. The Westport Library is co-sponsor of these meetings of FairCo TEEM (Technology, Environment, Entertainment, Marketing), a group of entrepreneurs whose meetings consist of a networking session, followed by a brief talk, and then more networking. Mark Yurkiw is a Westport resident and a New York City scientist and artist who creates storytelling sculptures and numerous projects for Fortune 500 clients and their advertising and marketing agencies.