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Space Stories Pop Up Book
Patrons follow simple instructions to create their own pop up book about...
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Build A Planet
Patrons use a guide to create their own planet with different features...
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Build a Zipline
Patrons use common materials to design and construct their own zipline...
Activities for Tweens There are 149 items.
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Fossil Formation
Patrons discover how fossils are formed by creating their own fossils out of bread and gummy candy fish 0
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Freddy the Fish
In this role playing activity, patrons learn about river habitats and the effects of pollution on river animals 0
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Glacier Slide
This activity demonstrates how glacial movement carves the landscape and leaves behind evidence such as moraines, erratics, and U-shaped valleys 0
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Anomaly Adventures: Through the Eyes of a Computer
Patrons compare images to find the differences to learn about the process of "anomaly detection," and how scientists use this process to explore the Universe and study our own planet 0
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Space Forts: Exploring Computer Processing Systems
Patrons learn about parallel and serial processing computer systems by racing the clock to build a fort with stackable blocks 0
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Smelly Balloons
Explore scented balloons to discover how your nose can detect molecules too small to see. 0
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Rover Designs: Coding with Art
Participants explore computer programming by "coding" one another to build space designs using uniform blocks, such as Keva Planks 0
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Storytelling with Scratch "Adventure on the High Seas"
Participants animate an ocean wave to create a ‘high seas’ scenery and develop a story to go with it. Event tips are provided courtesy of Maria Reguera (Development Librarian: Digital Services & Innovation) and Aruna Naresh (Senior Library Assistant), Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure, UK. 0
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Testing Insulators: Ice Cube in a Box
In this activity, patrons work together to see how they can effectively slow the melting of an ice cube. They construct containers for their ice cubes using materials like cardboard, newspaper, aluminum foil, and tape. These containers create an insulating environment designed to keep heat away from the ice cube. 0
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GLOBE Observer: Mosquito Habitats
This citizen science toolkit of resources and activities will support your library in mapping and collecting data about mosquito habitats in your area. 0
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GLOBE Observer: Land Cover
This citizen science toolkit provides resources and activities for collecting data and learning about how different types of land cover could increase a community's risk of natural disasters, such as flooding. 0
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Globe Observer: Trees
Tree height is a primary indicator of how well an ecosystem can grow trees. This citizen science toolkit of resources and activities will support your library in collecting data to help scientists learn more about the ecosystems in your community. 0
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