Community Central began 2017 by looking at different forms of energy with 4th Graders at McMahon Elementary. Many of these students participated with Community Central as 3rd Graders and some have attended sessions at community partner locations across Lewiston. To explore potential and kinetic energy youth built tracks for marbles using pipe insulation. The first challenge […]
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Community Central Lewiston’s 2016 sessions ended with a bang and we’re ready for the new year! Over the past couple months youth at the Root Cellar, the Boys and Girls Club Auburn/Lewiston Clubhouse, and Lewiston Housing Authority have been exploring rockets. Youth began by experimenting with film canister explosions, mixing different amounts of Alka Seltzer […]
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Youth across Lewiston have been exploring the density of fluids, including experimenting to see how many fluids they could stack on top of one another. At the Root Cellar, Lewiston Housing Authority, and the Boys and Girls Club, the youth had five fluids to stack on top of one another. In the test tube above the […]
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Over the past few weeks, Community Central has been working with 3rd-grade students at McMahon Elementary School to learn all about bats! While learning about bat habitats, students each colored a page of a mural without knowing what the full photo looked like! Each habitat needs four things: water, food, shelter and space. Students have been […]
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It’s that time of year again! We’re back to school and after-school programming. We hope that all of our youth members, teen leaders, and community partners have a smooth start to the school year. We are excited to begin our after-school programming in a couple weeks and to begin visiting McMahon Elementary in October. We […]
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Community Central is excited to be working with the Boys and Girls Club Auburn/Lewiston Clubhouse this summer! At the clubhouse, youth are exploring aquaculture and seaweed with the 4-H Summer of Science kit. During a recent session, youth took out microscopes and their science journals to help each other identify rehydrated seaweed samples. Nia, a member of […]
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And… we’re back! Community Central Lewiston summer programming has kicked off with Summer of Science programming in Lewiston. This summer we’re working with Lewiston Housing Authority, The Root Cellar, The Boys and Girls Club, McMahon Elementary, and Tree Street Youth, to bring experiential learning projects to youth entering third to fifth grade. This year’s Summer of Science sessions […]
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The Community Central program is very fortunate to be able to work with many high school students who have committed to the role of Teen Leader. These teens work with Community Central staff on the planning and delivery of STEM-based lessons, games, and family activities. This week, we are highlighting teen leader Mohammed, from Portland. Mohammed […]
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Welcome, Maisy! Maisy Cyr, 4-H Community Education Assistant, has joined the Community Central team and will be working with Laura at multiple locations across Lewiston. In other big news, Community Central staff is excited to be working with McMahon Elementary again! This past summer, Laura visited the rising 3rd-grade classrooms during summer school. Beginning in late March/early […]
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Over February break, the Maine 4-H Community Central Teen Leaders hopped the train to Boston to visit the Science Museum and Boston University! After an early morning departure, Community Central teen leaders, staff, and volunteers explored parts of Boston University and then went to the Boston Science Museum. As part of their ongoing workshop series, the teen leaders […]
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