![Nebula Spin Art activity black circles with paint](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/splashy_hero_large/public/2021-12/Nebula%20Spin%20Ar%20ExSci_Space_20191111_0390.jpg?h=7ef60d59&itok=I2rywhoj)
STEAM - Creative Expression
Hands-on Activities
![Voyage through the Solar System Space Souvenir activity showing a medallion](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2023-08/Voyage%20through%20the%20Solar%20System%20Space%20Souvenir%20two%20children%20showing%20a%20medallion%20DIYSS_20230413_0113.jpg?h=5cbbf450&itok=5RiHQaXN)
Voyage through the Solar System: Space Souvenir
![Girl using paint in nebula spin art activity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-12/Nebula%20Spin%20Art%20ExSci_Space_20191111_0278.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=UrHJdm8w)
Exploring the Universe: Nebula Spin Art
![Three learners and a facilitator compare their dye colors to a PH scale](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/exsci_chem_20180219_1822_0.jpg?h=ecba4d93&itok=ZkdJmykM)
Nature of Dye
![Group of learners examine color diffusion on various papers](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/exsci_chem_20180219_1688.jpg?h=265e640d&itok=MBn5G6FZ)
Chemistry is Colorful
![Facilitator and learner look at a meteorite sample](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/exsci_space_20191111_0598.jpg?h=ab1e97c0&itok=WLgeWS-G)
Exploring the Solar System: Asteroid Mining
![A family looks at an image through a blue filter](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/ExSci_Space_20180929_1190_edit.jpg?h=3d346970&itok=-dNccHVd)
Exploring the Universe: Filtered Light
![Facilitator and learners discuss their drawn super organism](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-01/20160321_1239.jpg?h=7ea25c0c&itok=SDs6sXmB)
Building with Biology: Super Organisms
![a learner creates and draws an extremophile that could live on another planet](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/ex3-L.jpg?h=a31ffb6c&itok=kaOWQ5zU)
Exploring the Universe: Imagining Life
![Monster Mask completed mask with smiling visitor](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/monstermask.png?h=3b6f6cba&itok=3rspZwyP)
Monster Mask
![A group of learners creating a scribblebot using a pool noodle, small electric motor and thin markers](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/f200_pic_1.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=gIg0gzFW)
Scribble Bot
![Lit up dough creature holding flower with squishy circuit battery pack and wires](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/2021-03/Dough7.jpg?itok=D4-HPOCw)
Dough Creature
![Frankentoy activity with participants engaged](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-03/Frankenstein200_Photo%209-L.jpg?h=d0ec9e1d&itok=ED9gax4H)
Frankentoy
![Exploring Materials - Thin Films activity components including signs, activity materials and guides.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/rainbow_film_kit_materials.jpg?h=7025d824&itok=xEHGGVVK)
Exploring Materials - Thin Films
![Two automata on a table - one monster and one leaf being manipulated but a visitor](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/automata.png?itok=9dBKVOCe)
Automata
![Children with surprised faces and adults using the Frankenstein kit Battery Stack activity - adults dressed as Mary Shelley and the Monster](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2020-12/hero%20Frankenstein200_Photo%202.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=GuN54psC)
Frankenstein 200 Kit
![Image of various crafting materials for the Watch and Create activity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/materials_cropped.jpg?itok=dRmme0LF)
Watch and Create! Creativity For Sustainability
![Two learners and one facilitator look at gold nanoparticles suspended in a solution which makes a red color](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/20110918GH_241.jpg?h=cb7b63f3&itok=57PjNBxI)
Exploring Materials - Stained-Glass Windows
![Students work on making their own version of stained glass](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/catalog/programs/NSG_PEOPLEprogram.jpg?h=9e0bcf33&itok=cV-gyhAE)
Nanoparticle Stained Glass: classroom program
![Person's hand resting a Stained Glass window](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/NanoDays2009_219.jpg?h=a5eb5da0&itok=33TuNIRg)
Nanoparticle Stained Glass (cart demo)
Interference Acrylics: Painting with Structural Color
![a group of learners build UV color changing beaded bracelets](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/20151009_1142.jpg?h=265e640d&itok=nhC3c3sK)
Exploring Properties - UV Bracelets
![Learners holding image drawings of robots](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/10911/robots.jpg?itok=D1H7fE8F)
Robots & People
More Resources
- HowToSmile.org art activities https://www.howtosmile.org/resource-search/art
- HowToSmile.org music activities https://www.howtosmile.org/resource-search/music
Annual Events
- Arts and Cultural Celebrations
- National Week of Making (June 17-23)
- Instructables https://www.instructables.com
- Maker Ed https://makered.org
- Nation of Makers https://www.nationofmakers.us
- NISE Network Frankenstein200 kit of activities https://www.nisenet.org/frankensteinkit
- NISE Network engineering resources https://www.nisenet.org/engineering