{"id":8447,"date":"2016-02-22T19:57:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T00:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/?p=8447"},"modified":"2024-11-26T10:36:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T15:36:10","slug":"february-break-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/2016\/02\/22\/february-break-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"February Break STEAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"8449\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0966.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8449\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0966-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Youth guiding paper through sewing machine\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0966-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0966-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0966-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0966-317x212.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0966-423x283.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0966-634x424.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0966-846x565.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0966-951x635.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0966.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Youth first practiced on paper &#8211; stitching straight lines, pivoting, and sewing on a curve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>4-H youth in Lewiston got an up-close look at how science and art interconnect &#8211; through sewing!<\/p>\n<p>As part of the partnership between Lewiston Housing Authority (LHA) and\u00a0Community Central, members of the LHA&#8217;s Aspirations Program and Community Central educators worked over February break to find out a little bit about the science behind different parts of the sewing process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4-H Judges Training: STEAM Clothing Introduction\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oj25UmRXSVM?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure id=\"8450\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8450\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Elaine using sewing machine\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982-94x140.jpg 94w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982-317x474.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982-423x633.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982-634x948.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982-846x1266.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982-951x1423.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/02\/DSC_0982.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,201px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elaine Theriault, AmeriCorps member serving at LHA, hard at work on her braided infinity scarf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Using the 4-H Steam Clothing series, youth started by looking at how\u00a0math is involved in sewing when measuring seam allowances and measuring themselves for clothing patterns.<\/p>\n<p>How else do you think science, technology, engineering, and math\u00a0might be involved in sewing?<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Community Central, please contact Kristy L Ouellette, PI of the Maine 4-H Community Central Program at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mail%20to:%20Kristy.ouellette@maine.edu\/\">kristy.ouellette@maine.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Community Central is a project funded by the USDA\u2019s Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) Sustainable Community Projects\u00a0program.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4-H youth in Lewiston got an up-close look at how science and art interconnect &#8211; 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