©2013 • Akil’s Creations Learning Design Studios! PAGE 1

I n V e n T u r e s

What colors are the leaves on this tree?How do you think this tree will change?When do you think the changes will happen?

You are invited to become a part of iLIVE – Investigating Life In Various Environments.

We are developing this as a national initiative in biodiversity to engage Head Start parents and staff in keeping the spirit and work of George Washington Carver alive in our children and in our communities.

Our goal is to recruit Head Start parents, teachers, and their children here in Baltimore and across the country to participate in developing and sharing information about the plant, animal and human life in the environments around their centers and homes.

The first major iLIVE STEAM InVenTure will focus on tracking the changes in plants, animals and people through the fall, winter, and spring seasons across the country.

Seasonal changes affect all life. Let’s investigate how they are alike and different in Baltimore, Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, etc. . .

George Washington Carver InVenTures Institute for STEAM SEPTEMBER 2013

An Invitation to Join Our National Initiative

in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math forHead Start Parents, Staff, and their Children

i L I V EInvestigating Life In Various Environments

Register your childrento be

iLIVE

InVenTureneers

by sending an email to:

akrahim@mac.com

Volume 1 –– Issue 1

©2013 • Akil’s Creations Learning Design Studios! PAGE 2

STEAM Classrooms are designed to work with our partner teachers who are highly interested in an integrated approach to STEAM education.

Digital STEAM Teams are our parents and partnership staff using digital technology to communicate about STEAM learning and school-readiness skills.

SOME OF OUR OTHER SPECIAL PROGRAMS

I n V e n T u r e s in S T E A M

DADSfor

STEAMRC

Truck Rallies

We are organizing a special set of interactive InVenTures to engage dads with their children (boys & girls) to facilitate the development of STEAM skills, understanding early cognitive growth and promoting positive social relations.

1. Inertia – Why Seat Belts are Important

2. Acceleration – Direction and Speed

3. Actions & Reactions – It’s About Relationships

Learning About Newton’s 3

Lawsof Motion

STEAM PACT Labs provide training and InVenTures for Parents And Children Together.

Color PhysicsEngineering &

Math

Color Physics & Math

Color ChemistryTechnology

©2013 • Akil’s Creations Learning Design Studios! PAGE 3

L E A R N I N G C H A N N E L S

I n V e n T u r e s in S T E A M

Granni Griot is our storyteller who helps parents develop their children’s literacy skills by time traveling George Washington Carver’s Legacy Trails.

Children Are Natural

Inventors and Explorers“Kids are natural inventors since they don’t

know what can’t be done.  Let kids have fun

thinking of inventions and don’t discourage

any of their ideas.  Even if their ideas are

wild, there might be a germ of a good idea

within the wild idea.”

Kids Inventing! A Handbook for Young

Inventors by Susan Casey

LEARNING DOMAINS

Logic & Reasoning is an early learning domain (area) essential for a child’s school readiness development and success in life.

Logic & Reasoning is the ability to

find appropriate solutions to problems.

Inventing builds a child’s logic and reasoning skills. When children invent they are learning to recognize,

understand, and analyze a problem. Children use their imagination, knowledge and experiences to find solutions to problems.

A key technique to use for developing

children’s logic and reasoning skills is simulation –– that’s the use of

symbols or objects to represent something else, such as, when children:

1. Use drawings, movement, and three-dimensional objects to represent people, places, or things; or,

2. Pretend play and act out roles; and

3. Recognize the differences between fantasy situations and reality.

invention is a creative process that produces something new or unique.

adventure is an exciting or very unusual experience. InVenTure

©2013 • Akil’s Creations Learning Design Studios! PAGE 4

Free Science Center Field Trips

Exploring Dinosaurs

One of the features of our parent program in Baltimore is the oppor-tunity for monthly visits to the Maryland Science Center.

In this InVenTure parents develop planning, leadership and school-readiness engagement skills.

They learn how to fulfill 3 outcomes of the PFCE Framework:#3 Families as Lifelong Educators#6 Family Connection to Peers and Community &#7 Families as Advocates and Leaders.

GWC IIS CalendarSeptember 22, 2013

First Day of Fall/Autumn

September 23 – 27, 2013

iLIVE Project Kick-Off

October 13 – 19, 2013

National Earth Science Week

November 18 – 22, 2013

GWC IIS’s Black Inventors Week

November 18 – 22, 2013

GWC IIS’s Black Inventors Day at the Union Baptist Head Start; featuring, Craig Thompson, author of The ABC's of Black Inventors

I n V e n T u r e s in S T E A M

St. Bernardine’sHead Start

Metro Delta HSSt. William of York

St. Veronica’s Head StartCherry Hill

Union Baptist Head Start

Metro Delta Head Start Reservoir Hill

Metro Delta HS Eutaw PlaceMLK EHS Eutaw Place

Current Baltimore Network of theGeorge Washington Carver

InVentures Institute for STEAM

Join Our Network!Email A Request To:

Akil K. Rahim

akrahim@mac.com