Homeschool students explored balance and counterweights through a recent workshop at the Southern Museum in Kennesaw, where museum educators divided the activities into three sections.
The session covered railroad-related concepts including catenary systems, simple machines, levers, scales, pulleys and weight distribution. Participants included brothers James Coggins, 13, and Jakob Coggins, 7.
Amy Torrance, the museum’s early childhood educator, said its STEAM activities bring multiple subjects together and give children different ways to engage with the material. She said the programs are designed around Georgia’s Standards of Excellence and help children connect museum projects with concepts they may learn at home.
Jessie Coggins said the projects combine engineering, science, history and math, while students use reading and writing as they work through instructions. James said his family returns to the museum every month.
Marcus Jones
News Now Georgia
