Tag: STEM

Lego Club Meets in December

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Lego Club Meets in December

Join us in Lego Club at the Dillsboro Public Library December 5th at 3:30 pm and at the Aurora Public Library December 20th at 4:30 pm!

We encourage kids explore their creativity and create whatever they chose but if they need a little help, we have challenge cards available.

Feel free to collaborate in a group or by yourself. Afterwards we will put the designs up on the shelves in front of the children’s room to show off your creations.

This program is open to children ages 7-12. No registration is required.

Legos are provided along with snacks and drinks.

We can’t wait to see you there!

LEGO Club Meets in November!

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Lego Club Meets in November

Join us at Lego Club this month at the Dillsboro Public Library on November 7th at 3:30 pm Aurora Public Library on November 22nd at 4:30 pm!

We encourage kids explore their creativity and create whatever they chose but if they need a little help, we have challenge cards available.

Feel free to collaborate in a group or by yourself. Afterward, we will put the designs up on the shelves in front of the children’s room to show off your creations.

No registration is required.

Legos are provided along with snacks and drinks.

We can’t wait to see what you create!

Code and Create!

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Coding Club Meets in November

Welcome to Coding Club! This month, we will be meeting at the Dillsboro Public Library right after school at 3:30 pm on November 14th, and at the Aurora Public Library at 4:30 pm on November 15th.

Join us and use code to make webpages, animations, games, and more! No prior coding or programming experience is necessary. Make friends while gradually expanding your knowledge.

Laptops will be provided as well as snacks and drinks. This program is open to everyone ages 7-12.

We can’t wait to see what you create!

October Storytimes!

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storytime is back

OUT OF THIS WORLD reading will be taking place in October Story Time!

Spaceships, galaxies, planets, and aliens will be some featured characters in the month of October. Let’s take a trip into space and see what kind of space vehicles there are! Let’s not forget those far, far away galaxies (well… maybe they are in a jar!). Meanwhile, back on Earth, we will arrive safely after going on a thrilling adventure into space and back.

We can’t wait to share all the stories the library has to offer with you this October! See you there, and don’t forget your space suit!

BLAST OFF to Storytime!

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Rocket Science at APLD in October

Want to go to space someday? Or maybe you just want to learn about space here, safely on Earth? Come learn rocket science and other amazing things with APLD and the Kids Discovery Factory!

The program will then be offered to kids on Wednesday, October 11 from 1 pm–3 pm at the Aurora Public Library and Thursday, October 12 from 1 pm– 3 pm at the Dillsboro Public Library. Registration is recommended, but not required.

We can’t wait to explore space and blast off to the stars with you! See you there!

Lego Club Meets This Month!

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Lego Club meets in October

Join us at Lego Club!

We encourage kids explore their creativity and create whatever they chose but if they need a little help, we have challenge cards available.

Feel free to collaborate in a group or by yourself. Afterward, we will put the designs up on the shelves in front of the children’s room to show off your creations.

No registration is required.

Legos are provided along with snacks and drinks.

We will be meeting at the Dillsboro Public Library on October 3rd at 3:30 pm and at the Aurora Public Library on October 18th at 5 pm.

We can’t wait to see what you create!

Coding Club – STEM for Kids!

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Coding Club Meets in September

Do you love to build and create new things? Are you interested in all things science and math? Love computers? Come check out our brand new Coding Club, open to ages 7 through 12!

Use code to make webpages, animations, games, and more! No prior coding or programming experience is necessary. Make friends while gradually expanding your knowledge about computers, web design, and much more!

Laptops will be provided as well as snacks and drinks. All you need to bring is your creativity! We will be meeting at the Dillsboro Public Library on September 12th after school (3:30 pm) and at the Aurora Public Library on September 13th at 4:30 pm. See you there!

LEGO Club is GROWING!

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Spring into some creative design in Lego Club this May!

The theme is going to be “Let You Imagination Soar” and Lego Club members will be able to create whatever they want.

Feel free to collaborate in a group or build by yourself. Afterward, the designs will be displayed on the shelves to show off the creations.

Legos are provided along with snacks and drinks.

We wanted to thank YOU for your support and attendance at past LEGO Club meetings! Because of our high attendance, we are adding a second meeting at the Dillsboro Public Library this May! LEGO Club will be meeting at the Aurora Public Library on May 16th at 5 pm and at the Dillsboro Public Library on May 4th at 5 pm.

We can’t wait to see what you build!

Quantum Leap Shelfie Challenge

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Explore the spirit of possibility and problem-solving with the Quantum Leap Shelfie Challenge, a program sponsored by Indiana Humanities. The goal is to bridge the humanities with science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine, which we can do simply by reading! Below are ten books about women and girls in science. If you read five books and tell Indiana Humanities what you thought, they will send you a $10 Amazon gift card to buy your next great read! For more information, follow the link to the Indiana Humanities website.

The Aurora Public Library District owns copies of:

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

You could also request copies of the next books through Interlibrary Loan:

Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science by Jeannine Atkins

Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks

Radioactive! How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World by Winifred Conkling

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer by Sydney Padua

Wonder at the Edge of the World by Nicole Helgut

Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs

Happy Reading! Good luck!