Join us outside by the playground at Octavia Fellin Public Library Children’s Branch every Wednesday at 11:00 AM for stories, songs and science!
Storytime Science – August 2021
Tag: science
Science & The Five Senses – Hearing
Join us on Facebook and YouTube Tuesdays at 1:00 PM to explore with our five senses. This month we’re focusing on science we can see!
August 3rd, 2021
Sink or Float
August 17th, 2021
Does it Glow?
August 31st, 2021
Density
Colorful Chemistry: Tie-Dye
Join OFPL for amazing colorful chemistry on Friday, July 23rd at 4:00 PM outside the Children’s Branch near the playground for a tie-dye session. Supplies are limited and available on a first-come first-served basis. You can also bring your own 100% cotton clothing to tie-dye!
Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 to reserve your shirt and for more information.
What are YOU made of?
Celebrate National DNA Day Sunday, April 25th at 1:00 p.m. on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library.
Discover the building blocks of life found within the cosmos. Then, learn how to extract the DNA from fruit and yourself in an interactive workshop. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Spring into STEM
Join us on Facebook LIVE @galluplibrary every Friday at 4:00 p.m. to participate in Fun Friday interactive events and the opportunity to win some great prizes!
Friday, March 5th
Livestream on Facebook LIvE
Spring into STEM
Unleash your inner scientist with all the supplies you need for 12 different STEM activity kits available at OFPL using the Supply Request Form all month long. We will be demonstrating the water wheel activity included in the kit.
Call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Sci-Fi Fest 2021
Sci-Fi Day is Saturday, January 2nd.
OFPL is hosting a week of Sci-Fi related programs and fun to celebrate. Check out our Sci-Fi collection of books and movies. Scan our social media each day for Sci-Fi facts and posts.
• Sci-Fi Scavenger Hunt on Instagram
• Sci-Fi Fest 2021 Daily Photo Challenge on Instagram
• Monday, January 4th at 4:00 p.m. – Creative Corner: Nebula Coasters
• Tuesday, January 5th at 4:00 p.m. – Sci-Fi Talking Tuesday
• Thursday, January 7th at 4:00 p.m. – Crafty Kids: Recycled Cereal Box Spacecraft
• Friday, January 8th at 4:00 p.m. – Sci-Fi Trivia
Then to wrap things up, on Friday, January 8th, join us for Fun Friday as we present Sci-Fi Trivia at 4:00 p.m. There will be opportunities for Sci-Fi prizes all week long.
Email libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Spanish & Spooky
Join us Live on Facebook and YouTube, @galluplibrary for beginning Spanish lessons and silly spooky science experiments this month. Videos are posted Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday
October 7th – Colors in Spanish
October 14th – Feelins in Spanish
October 21st – Tea Bag Ghosts
October 28th – Self-Inflating Jack O’ Lanterns
Friday
October 2nd – Counting in Spanish
October 9th – Weather in Spanish
October 16th – Opposites in Spanish
October 23rd – Oobleck
October 30th – Dancing Worms
¡Explora! @ Home Kits
Octavia Fellin Public Library has Explora @ Home Kits! Choose from offline coding or kaleidoscope making.
Reserve your kit for curbside pick up at https://forms.gle/DfufCPpYsoLCiZr2A or call us at (505) 863-1291.
Supplies are limited.
available on a first-come, first-served basis.
A special thank you to Navajo United Way and ¡Explora! for supporting STEAM learning in our community.
Glow Science
We’re doing family-friendly science experiments that glow in the dark, light up and change color!
Stop by the Children’s Branch on Saturday, February 29th at 3:00 p.m. To make blacklight paintings, glow bugs, and color-changing slime.
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.