STEAM Saturdays
Beginning in January 2025, on the third Saturday of each month we are inviting community members to present programs or projects in their fields of study. These programs or projects should be family-friendly (though they may focus on a specific age range) and should focus on either science or art.
STEAM Saturdays will run from 10:00-12:00 at Kaleidoscope Hancock (417 Quincy) and will include simultaneous programs: art will be in our Indigo classroom and science will be in our Thistle classroom. Families may move freely between the classrooms.
Kaleidoscope staff will be available to assist, and will provide supplemental and complementary activities so that all family members can be engaged in age-appropriate projects.
This event will be free to anyone in the community, with optional donations to Kaleidoscope.
STEAM Saturdays are currently scheduled for the following 2025 dates:
January 18, February 15, March 15, and April 19.
More dates may be added!
March 15th, 2025
Ink Stamp Landscape
Participants will create landscapes with ink stamps and marker ink.
Catherine Hiltunen is the owner of Magic Kiln Studio in Hancock. Before opening the Magic Kiln, Catherine was an elementary school teacher in Texas. She has worked in the community for over 8 years providing a place where families can be creative. She has also coordinated with Great Explorations after school, summer programs to bring art projects to the schools, and has offered workshops and art classes through her studio.
Magnetic Field Exploration
Students will use playdoh while exploring how magnets interact with each other and with ferrous metals.
Jason Sommerville integrates his expertise from multiple technology sectors to drive Orbion’s vision for space products. He has been designing, analyzing, and optimizing in-space propulsion and control systems for more than a decade. He is an expert in components and architectures for traditional, micro-, and nanosatellites, with particular focus on Hall-effect thrusters. Jason has designed and built hardware and software for systems across a wide range of applications from satellite instruments to automotive components. Much of this work was done as founder of UPVI LLC, a National Instruments Alliance Partner. He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University.
If you would like to apply to provide progamming in your area of expertise, please fill out this form.