STEAM Club

Anna Pollard
Fall 2022 - Tuesday 6PM-7PM (ET)

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Description

Online STEAM Club Description

STEAM Club (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) is for interested novices and talented artists alike!

STEAM (or STEM + Art) Club offers live online activities including an artistic or creative element, in addition to one or more of the traditional STEM subjects. For example, meetings could include creating art using STEM tools, or creating an engineering project where you take particular attention to aesthetics. It could be… any number of things really. The key is that it must cross the curriculum and encourage critical thinking skills in a meaningful way.

STEAM is a more engaging way to integrate and combine the concepts of science, technology, engineering, art, and math with a more hands-on approach.

STEM/STEAM is all about innovation, problem solving, and creativity!

Grade Levels

For middle school and high school students.

Family Membership

Membership is per family. However, each family will share the same login account.

Club Meetings

The club meets every other week on Tuesday at 6PM (ET) for 8 sessions per semester (see schedule below). The club is designed for middle school and high school homeschoolers.

Students will join the instructor live in Zoom and participate in hands-on STEAM projects along with the instructor and other students. Each meeting will consist of different themed activities, and there are assigned projects, build challenges, and research to be completed where students may receive incentives.

Key Components of STEAM Include:

  • Solving problems through innovation and design
  • A combination of more than one STEAM subject, taught and assessed in tandem
  • Students are encouraged to consider both the beauty and usefulness of art
  • A collaborative, process-based learning environment
  • A focus on real-life, social-emotional connections between disciplines
  • A survey of STEAM career pathways

Club Activities

  • Science Experiments
  • Coding (Programming)
  • Engineering Challenge Contests
  • Graphic Design and Illustration (including step-by-step drawing lessons)
  • Interactive Math Activities

Previous activities have included:

  • Google Expeditions Virtual Reality Tours
  • Electromagnetism with homopolar motors
  • Engineering Design Process building island survival huts
  • Poster Design and Typography
  • Designing Postage Stamps
  • Building Bridges and Pulleys
  • Solving some of the same calculations of NASA scientists using Pi
  • Coding Apps in App Lab

Fall 2022 Schedule

Month Days Time
September Tuesday 6th & 20th 6PM – 7PM (ET)
October Tuesday 4th & 18th 6PM – 7PM (ET)
November Tuesday 1st, 15th, & 29th 6PM – 7PM (ET)
December Tuesday 13th 6PM – 7PM (ET)

Spring 2023 Schedule

Month Days Time
January Tuesday 17th & 31st 6PM – 7PM (ET)
February Tuesday 14th & 28th 6PM – 7PM (ET)
March Tuesday 14th & 28th 6PM – 7PM (ET)
April Tuesday 11th & 25th 6PM – 7PM (ET)

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Anna Pollard

Anna Pollard began her professional career in the graphic and web design industry as a Creative Director in the field of Informational Technology. She has a AAS in Commercial Art and Advertising Design, a BA in Computer Science, and a Masters degree in Business and Marketing.

After 15 years of professional IT work, she made a career change to share her technology knowledge with students and began a career in teaching for many years.

Anna is married, has a 27 year old son whom she also home schooled, and who is now a chef at a French restaurant.

Anna has adopted/rescued multiple cats and two horses. In her spare time, she helps with the horses at Love of Lacey Equine rescue in Bunn Level, NC. She is also a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America and creates colored pencil art work for show at local art galleries.

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