Our Summer STEM from Your Library program is made possible by our sponsors: the Idaho Commission for Libraries and the Idaho STEM Action Center. A big thank you to them for their support!

Make a cute little animal from pipe cleaners and beads. The kit includes beads which are sensitive to UV light – see what colors they turn into when exposed to sunlight!

Materials needed:

Pipe cleaners
UV sensitive beads, found here, here, or here
Building materials (ie: 1/2 a cardboard egg carton, plastic glass, cardstock, foam block, etc)
Tape
Scissors
Optional: hot glue

Watch the Video Instructions

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Bettina on July 27, 2021 at 2:56 pm

There is no video for the STEM animal coding game.
I have no idea what to do with this activity kit.
- Rebekka Hanson on July 27, 2021 at 3:25 pm
  
  Hi Bettina. Did you click the blue button under the Materials Needed list? The video is there and available for viewing.
  - Bettina on July 28, 2021 at 1:32 pm
    
    Not the animal coding one. The one that is there is the UV animals
    - Rebekka Hanson on July 28, 2021 at 3:22 pm
      
      Oh, sorry! I wasn’t paying attention! Apparently we’re having a bit of problems with the video, but it should be up shortly. We’ll do a blog post just for that craft. Sorry for the wait this time!

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