Category: Indigenous People’s Day

• Family Maker Workshop: Indigenous Ingenuity

  

  Family Maker Workshop: Indigenous Ingenuity Often, STEM teachings and projects focus on Western inventors – but Indigenous peoples have been inventing problem-solving tools since time immemorial. For example, did you know that even hundreds of years ago, Aztec peoples used hollow bird bones to deliver medicines into the human body – just like syringes created…

  Sally Battle

  March 22, 2025

  anti-bias activities, arts + crafts, cost, Indigenous People’s Day, minimal, National Native American Heritage Month, some cost, staff time, stem

• Family Engineering Wildlife Crossing

  

  Family Engineering: Wildlife Crossing In this hands-on program, participants learn about traditional Incan bridge-building, wildlife crossings from around the world, and experiment to create their own bridges for toy animals. Full Program Description Brainstorm, design, build, and test structures to solve problems and help make the world a better place – just like real engineers! For…

  Sally Battle

  March 22, 2025

  anti-bias activities, best for 3+, cost, easy, Hispanic Heritage Month, holiday, Indigenous People’s Day, minimal, minimal cost, National Native American Heritage Month, recycled materials, staff time, stem