PLIX Play Cafe: Inflatables!

Hi everyone,

The pattern in this origami paper reminded me of the “koizilla” that shows up at the end of Book 1 in Avatar: The Last Airbender, I thought it would be cool to turn him into a paper inflatable --like him rising from the sea. :grin:

At my last library, there was a “wind farm” one town over --they used windmills and converted the energy to electricity, I believe …

Thanks PLIX and everyone for a fun hour! Looking forward to more Play Cafes!
For those of you who have ran similar STEAM types of programs at your libraries, how much teaching do you do about the related concepts … do you just call it STEAM and just let the kids do their thing/experiment (like passively, they’re learning about STEAM by doing/experimenting) or do you try and have a short teaching moment? I do tons of arts & crafts programs, but STEAM programs always intimidate me for some reason, like I feel I need to teach/have a clear educational aspect to market it as STEAM …

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