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Activities for Teens There are 73 items.
These activities were curated with Teens in mind!
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Locker Lights
Patrons create a circuit out of a few simple materials that they can take home to light up their room, closet, or even school locker! 0
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Stop and Animate
Patrons animate their own creative story using stop-motion filming techniques 0
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Industrious Engineering
Patrons learn about the engineering and design process by constructing take-out boxes, then learn about how to increase the productivity and efficiency of making products without compromising the quality 0
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Blowing in the Wind
This engineering and design challenge has patrons building a windmill that lifts weight while learning about using wind for energy 0
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Create a Face: Programming an Emotional Robot
Patrons explore conditional programming language using a robot face made out of cards and other props 0
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The Red Black Mind Meld
Patrons learn about algorithms in a card game that appears to be magic, but is actually a mathematical model! 0
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Teen Coder Camp
Want to start a Coder Club for teens and tweens but don't know where to begin? This bundle of resources includes materials that will help you successfully facilitate a multi-week coding program for teens, along with five great activities! 0
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World's Slowest Computer
In this "unplugged" activity, patrons use a "sponge computer" to learn about different computer science concepts and how the hardware of computers work 0
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Mighty Girl Coders
This suite of 12 activities has patrons building their own websites using WordPress, with a final launch party at the end! 0
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Catching a Whisper from Space
Patrons simulate how NASA communicates with spacecraft by playing a kinesthetic game with sounds and umbrellas 0
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Planetary Poetry
This STEAM activity provides guidance and examples for using NASA missions and discoveries to get patrons writing poems to share their knowledge of or inspiration about these topics 0
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How Do We See Dark Matter?
Patrons learn about dark matter, a hypothetical substance that does not reflect or absorb light the way normal matter does, by observing two containers to identify differences in content 0
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