Tag: tween

Tweens Who STREAM – Sugar Skull Science

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making. October’s theme is Kitchen Chemistry: delicious, edible STREAM activities that will help you learn about the properties of matter.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 17th at 4:00 PM

Celebrate Hispanic heritage by learning how to make calaveras, or sugar skulls, from scratch.  Observe how sugar molecules bind together in the presence of water.

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

Mighty Chondria Kids – Edible Molecules

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making. October’s theme is Kitchen Chemistry: delicious, edible STREAM activities that will help you learn about the properties of matter.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 24th at 4:00 PM

Molecules are all around us, but they are hard to observe because they are so small.  

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

Hour of Code – Storytelling: Setting

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!

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 19th at 4:00 PM

In this coding challenge, you will create a dynamic stormy day setting, complete with rain and lightning.

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

Tweens Who STREAM – Delicious DNA

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making. October’s theme is Kitchen Chemistry: delicious, edible STREAM activities that will help you learn about the properties of matter.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 17th at 4:00 PM

Learn about DNA by building an edible scale model.

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

Crafty Kids – Pasta Suncatcher

Join us in person at the Children & Youth Library every Thursday at 4:00 PM for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form below.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 6th at 4:00 PM

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

Supply Request form

Hour of Code – Storytelling: Dialogue

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!

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 5th at 4:00 PM

Use block code to tell a story in which two characters talk without using questions.

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

Tweens Who STREAM – Edible Rock Cycle

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making. October’s theme is Kitchen Chemistry: delicious, edible STREAM activities that will help you learn about the properties of matter.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 3rd at 4:00 PM

In this hands-on activity, see what happens to Starburst candies when they are subjected to heat and pressure.

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

Tweens Who STREAM – Block that Noise

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 26th at 4:00 PM

Design sound-insulating containers and measure how well they work using a sound measuring device.  Learn how sound waves can be reflected, absorbed, and transmitted.

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

Tweens Who STREAM – Build a Paper Speaker

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 12th at 4:00 PM

Investigate how sound is created with electronic devices by building your own speakers using a few simple materials.  Engineer your own speakers, then learn how they convert electrical energy into sound.

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

Tweens Who STREAM – Build a Water Slide

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library on August 8th and 22nd at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 22nd at 4:00 PM

In this open-ended engineering activity, we will be using materials to plan a design and then construct a working water slide that will transport a toy figure without leaking water. 

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