Biddeford Afterschool opened the new year with a weather unit. Students monitored and graphed data using our very own weather station. Projects included making their own weather measurement devices, including anemometers and rain gauges. Clubs like Good Food 4 Kids, Drama, and Books offer fun, thoughtful, and delicious activities.
Portland Afterschool students are engaged in an Engineering is Elementary unit on Building Bridges. They also learned about “animal engineers,” such as bees, beavers, ants, and birds that build structures to survive. Finally, they participated in a “Readers Take the Stage” unit where they read and performed stories for their classmates to build confident literacy skills.
Saco Afterschool has started a new Go2Science unit on manatees in Florida. They have also been engaged in studying many facets of winter. Students are looking forward to starting new clubs and to planning our next Celebration of Learning.
Waterboro Afterschool kicked off the new year with new clubs and STEAM units. Students are exploring math through Pokémon and creating more community-based art projects. We were lucky to have a Service works participant volunteer in our program. She made a great impact!
