STEAM Challenges

Welcome back to another STEAM challenge, where you’ll be pushed to question, discover and create. Today we are joined by Zakki, an alien looking for a new home! We are going to explore the solar system and find the best planet with ideal terrain, good climate and resources for Zakki.

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Welcome back to another STEAM challenge where you’ll be pushed to question, discover and create. Today, we’re going to become agents of the internet and go on a top-secret mission to learn the differences between reliable and unreliable websites.

MCYU presents Happy Exercise. Let’s explore the different happiness chemicals we experience when we exercise and play “Name that Happiness Chemical!”

Now that we’ve learned what decoding and encoding mean, this week we’re going to take that idea further by looking at how companies encode a powerful message into an exciting story to get you to buy their products.

Let’s decode some of the hidden messaging you might find in today’s advertisements. Get your detective caps ready because this week we’re going to be joined by the McMaster Secret Society of advertisements.

Let’s explore and investigate how soap helps to clean our hands during this COVID-19 pandemic, along with two fun activities, including making a do-it-yourself homemade virus!

To complete our UPlanet project, we’ll be looking at how people live together and create laws and societal rules for them to follow! Topics include health care, youth development, education, and social services.

With a focus on technology and engineering, let’s design people for our planet and technology for them to use!

Let’s create our own planets and explore how biology, technology, engineering and design all work together!

In Exercise Messengers we challenge you to be active every day next week and share how you keep your muscles strong.

Try this MCYU challenge to create your mind game and, once you’re finished, share any questions you may have with us!

Create your water filter, take a photo, and share with us!

Create your collage, take a photo, and share with us!