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STEAMAdventures@Home: Star Wars Day

May the 4th be with you on this Star Wars Day, and may the force be with you as you complete this STEAMAdventures@Home! Use the curated list below to create your own STEAM themed program. Watch the title video, then choose an additional 2-3 books or videos, do an activity, and learn together. Scroll down for an extended list of library materials. Books, movies, and music that are also available digitally are noted below the title.

Carmel Clay Public Library

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  • Make your own Death Star with a cupcake liner, crayons, and watercolors! Don't have any good cupcake liner for this project? No worries! You can use regular paper as well--just be sure to cut it into a circle!
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  • Try making some edible TIE Fighters either by using cheese and crackers (as shown here) or marshmallows and graham crackers. Are there other foods you can combine into delicious space ships?
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  • Try completing one of these 20 cool Star Wars themed crafts and experiments! Also available on Libby (ebook).
    BookNew York, New York : DK Publishing, 2018. — J745.5 HEINECKE
  • If you like Yoda, you should meet Zip! This beginning reader series shows the fun green alien having all kinds of adventures!
    BookNew York : Simon Spotlight, 2018. — READER MILGRIM, DAVID
  • If you like R2D2, you should give this picture book a read! Boy and Bot may not go on as daring of adventures as Luke and R2D2, but they're still best friends!
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. — JE DYCKMAN, AME
  • If you like Finn, you should read this book! When Astronaut Randolph Witherspoon doesn't follow the rules, he ends up making some new friends!
    BookNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2019] — JE BIGGS, BRIAN
  • If you like Han Solo and Chewbacca, your should check out this series! Zeke and Zeus get into all kinds of hilarious trouble on their wild adventures!
    BookNew York, NY : GROSSET and DUNLAP, 2017. — CHAPTER KRULIK, NANCY
  • If you like Kylo Ren, you should give this chapter book a chance! Just because you're part of the dark side, doesn't mean you can't become a good guy!
    BookNew York : Scholastic Incorporated, [2017] — CHAPTER BLABEY, AARON
  • If you like Rey, you should check out this graphic novel series! Zita's a normal girl who gets thrust into adventure as she attempts to save her friend.
    Graphic NovelNew York : First Second, 2011. — GN J HATKE, BEN
  • If you like Luke, you should get to know Daniel Coldstar! A boy from humble beginnings, he rises to the challenge to save the galaxy!
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] — J PAVLOU, STEL
  • If you like BB8, you should read about Cog! He'll go on an amazing adventure to get back with his friend!
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] — J VAN EEKHOUT, GREG
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  • This episode in "The Search for Exoplanets"--available on Kanopy--talks about real-life Tatooines (planets that orbit not one sun like we do, but two!). May be best if watched with an adult as the series is not strictly geared towards…
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