Hyattsville Library STEM workshops - Spring 2026

Welcome to the Community STEM Workshop page, run by the University of Maryland, Balloon Payload Program!

This page is dedicated documentation for materials used during the Spring 2026 STEM Workshop series at PGCMLS Hyattsville Branch Library.

Workshop Lessons

Workshop 1: Thinking Like a Computer - counting in binary!

In this workshop we learned a little bit about how computers think compared to humans... in 0's and 1's! Using what we already know about numbers, we learned how to count in a base 2 number system (aka Binary)

see the presentation slides here
Week 1 Presentation Sides
Our workshop portion consisted of a counting activity using popsicle sticks!