Family pLAY AND LEARNING AT HOME

The Discovery Museum wants to share their staff's favorite at-home fun-and-learning activities and some terrific interactive opportunities from museums, individuals, organizations, and other creators around the world.

For starters, you can celebrate National Chemistry week by Sticking with Chemistry. Whether we realize it or not, we rely on sticky things, or adhesives, every day. Adhesives hold our shoes together, keep labels stuck to bottles, secure our packages and boxes, piece together our toys, and so much more. There are many kinds of adhesives, from natural substances like tree sap, to adhesives created by scientists and capable of traveling into space.

• Go on a sticky scavenger hunt. Look around the room or take a walk outside and try to identify all the different ways adhesives used in everyday items. 
• Put your tape to the test. Gather different kinds of tape and glue from around the house like masking tape, cellophane or Scotch tape, painter’s tape, packing tape, white glue, a glue stick, or hot glue. Then, collect a variety of recycled and repurposed materials, like papers, plastics, metals, and fabrics. Now, create and build, testing different methods of holding your materials together. How well do the different types of glue or tape work on certain materials? Trial and error is often important in finding the right “tool” for a job, along with practicing how to use it.
• Make glue using milk! Did you run out of glue mid-project? Follow along with the American Chemical Society’s experiment for Making Glue at Home.
• Turn your glue into art. We often use glue when making art, but give your glue the chance to step into the spotlight with Colors on the Move. Using four simple ingredients–glue, water, food coloring, and dish soap–you can watch a beautiful masterpiece unfold.

The Discover Museum now offers virtual, interactive workshops for students in the classroom and at home. Hands-on materials are delivered to the classroom prior to a live video call with one of our educators. For a list of available topics, see our website.

2020 Summer Bridge At-Home Workbooks

Summer is here, and AB PIP STEM is offering our popular Summer Bridge books. Support PIP and local STEM activities when you order online using the promo code ABPIP. 

Summer Bridge Activities workbooks are designed to help your children retain classroom skills and reinforce concepts. The award-winning Summer Bridge books sharpen your students' Math and Reading and prepare them for the next year. All books are $14.98 including shipping directly to your home.

1. Go to www.WorkbooksDirect.com.
2. Choose your books* or other fun products.
3. Check out and be sure to enter our school code ABPIP.
   

Your books will be delivered right to your door by U.S. Mail.

* Includes Math, Reading, Writing, Science, Fitness, and more...
* Aligned to current state standards
* Includes FREE online companion
* Organized by daily activities
* 160 colorful pages!

2020 AB PIP STEM Scholarships

Congratulations to the Class of 2020 AB PIP STEM volunteers who were awarded scholarships at the AB Scholarship Night (filmed by Acton TV). Below are our four AB PIP STEM Scholarship winners:

Try your hand at KenKen, Sudoku or Domino Math at home while honing your math skills! AB PIP Domino Math games are a great way to learn Times Tables and how to solve puzzles. See Family Math Games for instructions, printouts and online versions.