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STEAM Lab

Build It

2025-07-03 16:00:00 2025-07-03 17:00:00 America/New_York STEAM Lab Test your engineering skills by building your own catapult, a foil boat that can hold pennies and your own creations with Brain Flakes, Magna-Tiles, and more. Ages 8 - 12 are welcome. North Liberty Branch - North Liberty Meeting Room

Thursday, July 03
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-03 16:00:00 2025-07-03 17:00:00 America/New_York STEAM Lab Test your engineering skills by building your own catapult, a foil boat that can hold pennies and your own creations with Brain Flakes, Magna-Tiles, and more. Ages 8 - 12 are welcome. North Liberty Branch - North Liberty Meeting Room

North Liberty Branch

North Liberty Meeting Room

Test your engineering skills by building your own catapult, a foil boat that can hold pennies and your own creations with Brain Flakes, Magna-Tiles, and more. Ages 8 - 12 are welcome.

Tinker, build and create in our library STEAM lab. Enjoy an art, science or engineering activity each month.

Activities include: 

  • Construct a catapult using rubber bands, popsicle sticks and a spoon.  Test how far you can catapult small objects.
  • Design a small boat from foil, launch on water and see how many pennies you can add before it sinks.   
  • Free building with Brain Flakes, Magna-Tiles and Interlox Squares

AGE GROUP: | Children (6-11) |

EVENT TYPE: | Science & Technology |

North Liberty Branch
k.pauley@sjcpl.org
Phone: 574-656-3664
Branch manager
Kara Pauley
Hours
Mon, May 19 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Tue, May 20 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Wed, May 21 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Thu, May 22 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Fri, May 23 1:00PM to 5:00PM
Sat, May 24 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Sun, May 25 Closed
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Features: public meeting room, public computers, wireless laptops for in-house use, vending area

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