STEAM DROP-IN: Soaring Satellites
SOARING SATELLITES! Design and build a satellite that can float for at least five seconds in the marked area of our vertical wind tube. Using simple, recycled materials, children can explore the concepts of lift and weight as… Read More
Fairy or Nature Houses with Jennifer Stratton
Expressive and creative art educator Jennifer Stratton will help you create your own fairy and nature houses. We’ll also talk about what it may take for each of us to “build a better world.”
STEAM DROP-IN: Rube Goldberg Contraptions
RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINES Rube Goldberg was an illustrator, sculptor and inventor who is best known for cartoons depicting complicated gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. Come make your own “Rube Goldberg Machine” using balls, tubes,… Read More
STEAM DROP-IN: Design Challenges
SPAGHETTI DESIGN CHALLENGE Working with dried spaghetti and marshmallows, design and build a tower, a bridge, a geodesic dome or any other number of three-dimensional creations. These drop-in programs are designed to fit your schedule. Come in anytime… Read More
Build a Better World: Summer Reading Program Opening Celebration
Come to the Summer Reading Program opening celebration! Join us any time between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. to pick up your reading log, learn about this year’s theme, Build a Better World, experience the work of David Macaulay,… Read More