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Terry EhleYouth Services CoordinatorLester Public LibraryTwo Rivers, WI
www.lesterlibrary.org
(920)793-7118
Read. Discover.Connect. Enrich.
ME Full time40 (ahem) hours/week – 8 @ Help Desk
MY STAFF
Part time25 hours/week – 20 @ Help Desk
BUDGETOfficial Yearly Programming: $2337Additional Summer: ~$3000
2013 ~ 275 Programs
$19 / Program
Two Rivers• Population ~ 11,700• Service Population ~
17,200• 6 Full time staff• 12 Part time staff• Manitowoc Calumet
Library System• Manitowoc Public Library
My #1 volunteer is
my husband.
I am not a scienti
st!
Programming
Philosophy?
OK Let’s Try It
WHY DO WE
PROGRAM?• To bring patrons into the library.• To show what our library has to offer.• To connect patrons and community
resources.• To connect patrons with other patrons.• To fill a need in the community.• To encourage patrons to read.• To encourage life-long learning.• To keep patrons out of trouble.• To keep funding and get more.• To teach.• To make our jobs easier.
Because it’s fun?!
What is your library’s mission?
Read.Discover new things.Connect people and ideas.Enrich your life and community.
Does your program fit your library’s mission?
HOW DO
WE
PROGRAM?
What does a scientist look
like?
THELAB
• Table • Plastic tablecloth• Safety glasses / Lab
Coats• Safety Rules• Instruction sheets• Paper / pencils• Experiment Materials • Wet Wipes• Towels / Gloves
Forces &
Motion• Design and Test a Parachute • Balloon Noise Maker • Pencil Strength • Blow• Get Revved Up • Hot Wheels• Angry Birds Live• Balloon Hovercraft• Paper Airplanes• Testing Strength• Protect Your Peeps• Gravity Art
Hot Wheels
Angry Birds Live
http://yaprogramactivities.wordpress.com/
Building
Protect Your Peeps
Light & Mirrors• Flashlight Fun• Prisms / Colored Lenses• Light Classification• Sky & Sunset Jar• Shadow play• Mirror Mirror
Measurements• Does it fit?
• Which is heavier?• Are you a square?• Bungee Scale• Measuring with objects
Our Senses
Sound• Cup Telephone• The Cone• Shaker Match• Hex Nut
Balloon• Sound Waves• Squawking Cup• Sound EffectsTouch• Braille • What’s in the
Box/Bag?• Touch Maze• Sensitive Skin• Slime/Oobleck• Test Reaction
Sight• Spinning
Colors• Memory Game• I Spy • Optical
Illusions• Nose to NoseSmell• Cotton Balls• Smells Around
Us• Fruity Jars• Scratch & Sniff
ArtTaste• Candy Check• Edible Fear Fac
tor• Ice Cream Inve
ntors• Cupcake Wars
Edible Fear
Factor
Ice Cream Inventors
Cupcake Wars
Crazy Concoction
s• Fizzy Sidewalk Paints• Alka Seltzer Lava Lamps• Invisible Inks• Henna Tattoos• Crayon Shaving Art• Baking Soda/Vinegar• Slime / Bouncy Balls
www.stevespanglerscience.com/slime-kit-green-pva-solution.html
Puking Pumpkins
Our Bodies• Dominate Side• Genetics• Heartbeat• Busy Body Challenges• Fantastic Finger Feats• Brain Science• Bet You Can’t
• http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/betyoucant.pdf
• Minute 2 Win It
Minute 2 Win It
http://www.nbc.com/minute-to-win-it/how-to/
Classifying
Magnifying
• Sorting• Venn Diagrams• Living/Nonliving• Colors / Shapes / Textures
• Close Up Pictures• Microscope• Tiny pictures• Diseases
Toilet Paper, Velcro, Banana
Bubbles
• Big Bubbles• Little Bubbles• Bubble Painting• Bubble Tray• Bubble Bottle
Natural Scienc
e• Science of Dirt• Gardening• Animal Adaptation • Camouflage• Life Cycles• Rocks & Gems• Skeletons• Science Discovery Table
Science of Dirt
Magnets• Magnet Maze
• What is magnetic?• Paperclips
STATIC• Balloon & Paper Pick Up• Salt & Pepper• Tinsel Orb
MISC.• Chromatography• Tie-Die• What Floats? Flinkers• What Dissolves?• Gummy Bear Science• Egg Drop• Ice Cube Melt• Mythbusters? • Robots• How many drops?
Terry EhleYouth Services CoordinatorLester Public LibraryTwo Rivers, WI
www.lesterlibrary.org
(920)793-7118
Read. Discover.Connect. Enrich.
