Starship Adventure
Posted by refbecca on June 10, 2009
Our wonderful Youth Services Librarian, Joanne, has arranged some excellent youth programs this summer in conjunction with the outer-space themed summer reading program, Starship Adventure.
Joanne talks about the program with the special help of our resident Alien Librarian, Becca:
Registration begins June 22. Anyone who is reading independently or being read to and entering grades k-6 in September may participate.
The Planets Magic Show – Monday, June 29 at 6 pm
Ages: 4-10
No registration!
The planets are having a retirement party for Pluto and everyone is invited! Young audiences will have great fun helping Debbie O’Carroll plan a magical party for the former planet Pluto as they learn about our amazing solar system. The “Planets Magic Show” has colorful costumes, mystifying magic and a captivating story line to delight the children.
Rockets: There and Back Again – Thursday, July 23.
There will be two sessions for this program: 11-11:40 am and 11:50 am-12:30 pm
Presented by the Museum of Science
Limited telephone and in-person registration begins Thursday, July 9. Because each workshop is limited to 25 participants (children and parents of children 10 and under), we ask that only one parent sign up with a child 10 and under.
There will be 3 activity areas:
-Building and testing latex balloon rockets that run on a wire track.
-A developing activity about travel space.
-Testing the best reentry design in a vertical wind tube.
This workshop is hands-on! Participants will visit each activity area together and be guided through the activity by the Museum’s educator.
Go for the Stars! – Monday, August 10 at 6 pm
All ages
No registration!
Lift-off to learning with a hands-on demonstration and experiments; audience participation; spacecraft props.
Find out about The International Space Station; spacecraft; planetary and satellite orbits; living and working in microgravity (eating, exercising, sleeping, etc.); the Space Shuttle Orbiter; future spacecraft; space hotels and the latest space news!
Meet “Robo” the friendly robot who talks, moves and interacts with the audience!
Join Gary Pozzato, Aerospace Educator, for an exciting and educational look at the space program.
Flea Circus – Monday, August 24 at 6 pm
All ages
No registration!
Ed Popielarczyk’s flea circus is an entire big top circus in miniature. You will be thrilled and amazed at Ed’s trained fleas. Watch as his fleas:
-Perform on the flying trapeze.
-Walk the always dangerous high wire.
-Spring off a diving board and land with a splash into a pool of water.
-Get shot out of a cannon and land on a marshmallow held by an audience helper.
