Lend a hand: PortSide's Simple Machine goes to school 1/22

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January 16, 2019

One side of PortSide's Simple Machine Machine

PortSide's "Simple Machine Machine" expo is going back to school! Can you help set up and/or run our expo at PS 676?

The machine - a universal gym set of maritime levers, inclines, wheels, screws, and pulleys designed and constructed by dockbuilder Paul Amico - will be set up at our partner school PS 676 in Red Hook to demonstrate the wonders of simple physics in a maritime context.

Date: Tues, 1/22/19, 1:00-9:00pm

Event is at PS 676 at 27 Huntington Street in Red Hook

1:00pm load out at MARY A. WHALEN

1:30-3:00pm installation of our expo

3:00-5:00pm we offer after-school program to students

5:00-6:00pm break

6:00-8:00pm we offer program to parents and students for "Family Night"

We could use your help setting this up and then guiding the kid's exploration. We guarantee this will be a rewarding experience. Check out the kids enjoying this in a video of this installation at PS29 a few years ago.

If you can help out any (or all?!) of the time please let us know at [email protected]

In addition, to the machine itself, we will turn turning the classroom into an maritime immersion experience with props, banners and projections.

And that's not all, we will also represent our African-American Maritime Heritage program by bringing books and an exhibit panel, and talking about our annual AfAm maritime history challenge.

Hope you can join us.

Thanks!

[email protected]

917-414-0565

PortSide Simple Machines exhibit, PS 29 "Super Science Saturday" fair

Photos from our setup as PS27's Super Science Saturday, 2013

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