Tag: learn

Tinker Tech – 3D Jewelry

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 29th at 4:00 PM

Use Tinkercad to design and 3D print jewelry for yourself or to give as a gift to someone special!

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Eureka! – MagLev Train

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). Eureka! STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 27th at 4:00 PM

Learn how to build a train with no wheels using magnets! Discover this real world method by building your own mini maglev train.

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Tinker Tech – 3D Stamp

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 22nd at 4:00 PM

Use Tinker-cad to design and 3D print a stamp with your own custom phrase on it!

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

OFPL with Explora at Rio West Mall

Join OFPL in-person at the Rio West Mall on March 18th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for hands-on science explorations with Explora! Engage in a new kind of learning with fun exhibits that nurture thoughtful experiments with wind, light, electricity, rotation, and more!

Rio West Mall
1300 West Maloney Ave.

March 18th
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Eureka! – Magnet-Powered Motor

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). Eureka! STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 13th at 4:00 PM

Use magnets, a battery, and copper wire to replicate one of the first electric motors!

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Eureka! – Amazing Magnets

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). Eureka! STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 6th at 4:00 PM

Learn about magnetism by testing various objects and then participate in some magnetic challenges!

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Tinker Tech – 3D Printer Boot Camp

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 1st at 4:00 PM

Learn how a 3D printer works and the basics of using one to print a 3D model, then work as a group to print an example 3D design.

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Hour of Code – Game Design: Gaming Story

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 2nd at 4:00 PM

Use block code to create a gaming story that has different results.

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – So Many Colors!

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday and Wednesday at 11:00 AM for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 2nd at 11:00 AM

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we will learn color words in Navajo and Zuni and explore the significance of different colors in these cultures. Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 1: So Many Colors!

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Chess Club – November 2022

Join the chess club at OFPL! Every Tuesday and Friday at 4:30 PM at the Children & Youth Library. Through the game of chess, members of the club are able to bond and improve their chess skills!

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

Tuesdays & Fridays in November

  • Each Tuesday we will learn and practice chess theory and strategy together.
  • Each Friday we will compete in a tournament-style format. Prizes will be awarded!

All ages are welcome, although this is targeted at the age 8-18 range. Participants do not need to attend every event.

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.