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SLIME - Students of Long Islan d Maker Expo

\nFrom recyclables to robotics\, celebrating 21st century learning for all Long Island students.\n

WHAT'S SLIME?

\nSLIME is an interactive day of making for family and educators from all across Long Island. Hands-on learning activities from recyclables to robotics promote critical thinking and problem solving skills necessary for our children t o participate in the global community. We anticipate over 100 activities\, demonstrations\, presentations and speakers. Visit SlimeMakerExpo.com for more event detai ls!\n\nSLIME Expo tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door if avai lable. \nSeparate admission required for museum exhibit galleries\, dome t heater and video game exhibit.\n\n

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\n\nTh ings you can MAKE and DO at SLIME\nBalloon car racers\, catapults\, co ffee filter parachutes\, cd spinners\, robotic challenges\, yoga\, yoga ba ll drumming\, photo light sculptures\, button making\, drip paintings\, ha bitat for humanity welcome home signs\, adopt me doggy bandanas for a loca l animal shelter\, LED bookmarks\, pipe cleaner glow bugs\, binary bracele ts\, paperplay origami\, sewing & textiles\, recycled materials pinball ma chine/marble ramp\, 3D printing\, many different types of robotics and muc h more.\n\nFeatured Activities\n\nDesign Video Games with Bloxels\n Bloxels is a hands-on platform for kids to build\, collaborate\, and tell stories through video game creation. Designed with blocks\, a universal el ement of childhood play\, Bloxels cultivates imagination while encouraging discovery and experimentation. With Bloxels\, you can realize your own vi deo game ideas\, build and animate original characters\, develop villains\ , add in power-ups\, and more - all done directly with the Bloxels Game Bu ilder Starter Kit and then activated with the FREE Bloxels Builder App and your mobile device. Elementary Gifted/Enrichment Teacher and Bloxels amba ssador\, Angela Abend and Oceanside Schools Project Extra 6th grade studen ts will be on hand to demonstrate and help you start building games!\n\nGa me of Drones - Workshop\nDrones are used in so many careers such as aerial photography\, mapping\, and even the military. Come learn how drones can be used safely to teach students coding with Tynker\, problem-solving\, s patial skills\, and teamwork. Todd will demonstrate and share a variety o f lessons and tools to have you and your students learning and flying in n o time! Led by Todd Burleson\, 2016 School Librarian of the Year for Schoo l Library Journal. Tynker is a complete learning system that teaches kids to code. Kids begin experimenting with visual blocks\, then progress to Ja vaScript and Python as they design games\, build apps\, and make incredibl e projects.\n\nGreen Screens - Workshop\nTouching the Future with TouchCas t. Laura Gardner\, Teacher/Librarian and 2016 School Librarian of the Year Finalist for School Library Journal\, will lead an interactive workshop o n how to use the free TouchCast iPad app\, an interactive video platform t hat allows teachers to easily transform their classroom into a green scree n studio. Students have created curricular projects including math raps\, science news shows\, pubic service announcements\, and more. Students can develop 21st century learning and oral presentation skills. \n\nThe Dream Flag Project\nDesign and display your own dream flag. The Dream Flag Proj ect invites students to dream and hope and wish. They capture their dream poems in words and images to share with the world. The Dream Flag Project is free and open to any adult-led group of students. Students from ages 3 to 20 have created Dream Flags through schools\, libraries\, hospitals and other organizations. Inspired by the poetry of Langston Hughes and the tr adition of Nepalese Buddhist prayer flags\, The Dream Flag Project® is an annual poetry/art/community-connection project for students in Kindergarte n to twelfth grade.\n\nMicrosoft: Hacking STEM\nPeople from the Microsoft Hacking STEM initiative will be at SLIME to demonstrate hands-on\, teacher -tested projects and activities that use everyday materials to make STEM a ffordable\, accessible\, and fun for everyone. Demonstrating their Sensori zed Glove and the Robotic Hand\, they will show how to build robotic model s from cardboard and straws to understand the anatomy and biomechanics of the human hand. Then\, they will show how to conduct trials visualizing da ta in Excel to generate new ideas for improving it’s performance.\n\n“Make a Difference” Charity Pitch\nFinalists from the “Make a Difference” Chari ty Pitch Fest will make their pitches live at SLIME - winning pitch will h ave a donation made in their name to their chosen charity courtesy of the Suffolk School Library Media Association.\n\n\nSLIME is brought to you by Long Island LEADS\, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation.\n\nA bout Long Island LEADS\nLong Island LEADS (Learning\, Educating\, Advo cating\, Developing and Supporting the Maker Movement and STEAM Education) is a group of makers\, educators\, administrators\, librarians\, museum d irectors\, parents\, students\, community members\, non-profit organizatio ns and companies who believe in hands-on learning for innovation. Long Isl and LEADS is nationally recognized as a founding member of the Nation of M akers. X-WR-RELCALID:55ed9a7b45218af36bfa3c28c4ae08b0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20171105T020000 RDATE:20181104T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20180311T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fd8251fe-c749-45d1-9d08-66534b5db944 DTSTAMP:20260513T212440Z DESCRIPTION:Long Island LEADS presents\n

SLIME - Students of Long Island Maker Expo

\nFrom recyclables to robotics\, celebrating 21st century learning for all Long Island students.\n

WHAT'S SLIME?

\nSLIME is a n interactive day of making for family and educators from all across Long Island. Hands-on learning activities from recyclables to robotics promote critical thinking and problem solving skills necessary for our children to participate in the global community. We anticipate over 100 activities\, demonstrations\, presentations and speakers. Visit SlimeMakerExpo.com for more event detail s!\n\nSLIME Expo tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door if avail able. \nSeparate admission required for museum exhibit galleries\, dome th eater and video game exhibit.\n\n

BUY TICKETS NOW

\n\nThi ngs you can MAKE and DO at SLIME\nBalloon car racers\, catapults\, cof fee filter parachutes\, cd spinners\, robotic challenges\, yoga\, yoga bal l drumming\, photo light sculptures\, button making\, drip paintings\, hab itat for humanity welcome home signs\, adopt me doggy bandanas for a local animal shelter\, LED bookmarks\, pipe cleaner glow bugs\, binary bracelet s\, paperplay origami\, sewing & textiles\, recycled materials pinball mac hine/marble ramp\, 3D printing\, many different types of robotics and much more.\n\nFeatured Activities\n\nDesign Video Games with Bloxels\nB loxels is a hands-on platform for kids to build\, collaborate\, and tell s tories through video game creation. Designed with blocks\, a universal ele ment of childhood play\, Bloxels cultivates imagination while encouraging discovery and experimentation. With Bloxels\, you can realize your own vid eo game ideas\, build and animate original characters\, develop villains\, add in power-ups\, and more - all done directly with the Bloxels Game Bui lder Starter Kit and then activated with the FREE Bloxels Builder App and your mobile device. Elementary Gifted/Enrichment Teacher and Bloxels ambas sador\, Angela Abend and Oceanside Schools Project Extra 6th grade student s will be on hand to demonstrate and help you start building games!\n\nGam e of Drones - Workshop\nDrones are used in so many careers such as aerial photography\, mapping\, and even the military. Come learn how drones can be used safely to teach students coding with Tynker\, problem-solving\, sp atial skills\, and teamwork. Todd will demonstrate and share a variety of lessons and tools to have you and your students learning and flying in no time! Led by Todd Burleson\, 2016 School Librarian of the Year for School Library Journal. Tynker is a complete learning system that teaches kids t o code. Kids begin experimenting with visual blocks\, then progress to Jav aScript and Python as they design games\, build apps\, and make incredible projects.\n\nGreen Screens - Workshop\nTouching the Future with TouchCast . Laura Gardner\, Teacher/Librarian and 2016 School Librarian of the Year Finalist for School Library Journal\, will lead an interactive workshop on how to use the free TouchCast iPad app\, an interactive video platform th at allows teachers to easily transform their classroom into a green screen studio. Students have created curricular projects including math raps\, science news shows\, pubic service announcements\, and more. Students can develop 21st century learning and oral presentation skills. \n\nThe Dream Flag Project\nDesign and display your own dream flag. The Dream Flag Proje ct invites students to dream and hope and wish. They capture their dream p oems in words and images to share with the world. The Dream Flag Project i s free and open to any adult-led group of students. Students from ages 3 t o 20 have created Dream Flags through schools\, libraries\, hospitals and other organizations. Inspired by the poetry of Langston Hughes and the tra dition of Nepalese Buddhist prayer flags\, The Dream Flag Project® is an a nnual poetry/art/community-connection project for students in Kindergarten to twelfth grade.\n\nMicrosoft: Hacking STEM\nPeople from the Microsoft H acking STEM initiative will be at SLIME to demonstrate hands-on\, teacher- tested projects and activities that use everyday materials to make STEM af fordable\, accessible\, and fun for everyone. Demonstrating their Sensoriz ed Glove and the Robotic Hand\, they will show how to build robotic models from cardboard and straws to understand the anatomy and biomechanics of t he human hand. Then\, they will show how to conduct trials visualizing dat a in Excel to generate new ideas for improving it’s performance.\n\n“Make a Difference” Charity Pitch\nFinalists from the “Make a Difference” Charit y Pitch Fest will make their pitches live at SLIME - winning pitch will ha ve a donation made in their name to their chosen charity courtesy of the S uffolk School Library Media Association.\n\n\nSLIME is brought to you b y Long Island LEADS\, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation.\n\nAb out Long Island LEADS\nLong Island LEADS (Learning\, Educating\, Advoc ating\, Developing and Supporting the Maker Movement and STEAM Education) is a group of makers\, educators\, administrators\, librarians\, museum di rectors\, parents\, students\, community members\, non-profit organization s and companies who believe in hands-on learning for innovation. Long Isla nd LEADS is nationally recognized as a founding member of the Nation of Ma kers. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170520T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170520T150000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:SLIME - Students of Long Island Maker Expo END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR