Collierville Reads hosts ‘All A-Bot STEM’ event

Collierville Reads 2015 invites residents to attend “All A-Bot STEM” on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Collierville Burch Library.

This event highlights science, technology, engineering, math, and reading with demonstrations, hands-on activities and robots.

The activities celebrate STEM education and “Spare Parts,” this year’s Collierville Reads reading selection.

Collierville High and Collierville Middle students and teachers, along with volunteers from the Collierville Literacy Council and the community, will lead the activities.

“It is an honor and privilege to partner with the Collierville Literacy Council to promote reading and STEM. Collierville STEM students have prepared a variety of hand-on activities and demonstrations and are looking forward to a fun event for the whole family,” said Shelli Brasher, a Collierville High School STEM teacher.

Included are demonstrations of robots, 3D printers and Galileoscopes. Participants can compete in Lego Mindstorms building, K-Nex flash builds, CO2 powered dragster races and a sweet, team-building activity for “kids at heart.” Games, puzzles and art activities include Towers of Hanoi, binary numbers, origami, and string art. Door prizes will be awarded, and bids will be taken for a Lego Mindstorms Building Kit.

Food trucks will be on site. Preregistration for some of these activities is recommended.

The Saturday event is free of charge. Collierville Burch Library is located at 501 Poplar View Pkwy. in Collierville.

For more information visit colliervilleliteracy.org, colliervillelibrary.org, or call 901-854-0288.