STEM: DNA Extraction and Investigation
Learn about DNA fingerprinting and how to extract DNA from plant cells. Children below 8 years old will need parental assistance. Sign up required. Call 826.3711 or register below.
Learn about DNA fingerprinting and how to extract DNA from plant cells. Children below 8 years old will need parental assistance. Sign up required. Call 826.3711 or register below.
Learn about physics, engineering, kinetic energy and projectile motion as we build a popsicle stick catapult. Sign up required by calling 826.3711 or registering below. Children under 8 will need an adult partner.
Learn the basic concepts and techniques to make your own mini barn quilt. This is for ages teen & adult. Sign up required. Please call 826.3711 or register below.
Learn about landfills and the science behind food waste prevention. We will visualize what happens when food goes in the garbage. You will be a"gas"t at the results. ;)
In this activity, we will use pieces of candy to make a model for a short section of DNA. We will also learn about ammino acids, and the differences of DNA vs RNA. Children under age 8 will need an adult partner and sign up is required. Register below or by calling 826.3711
We will be making paper pinwheels for May Day.
Have you ever wondered what makes a paper plane fly? In this activity, you will get to build a paper plane and change its basic design to see how this affects its flight. There is a lot of cool science in this activity, such as how forces act on a plane so it can fly, ... Read more
Join us from 9am-1pm for a library themed scavenger hunt inside the library!
Part of our special summer reading presentations featuring Do-Art Productions. We will have an interactive and creative workshop where we work together to make a comic book. The recommended age to participate is 10+ but we will have another activity for the younger children to do upstairs.
Harness the energy of the Sun to make the best snack ever invented, S’mores! A solar oven is a box that traps some of the Sun’s energy to make the air inside the box hotter than the air outside the box. In other words, the solar oven is like a super greenhouse. Children under age ... Read more