The de-constructing fun continued today at our latest Take Apart Table! One family stayed for the entire session to finish taking apart the Keurig machine as well as take apart a clock and a wireless speaker. Another group stopped in
Little Bits #2- 2/9/2018
After the success of our first Little Bits workshop, students built on the skills that they learned in the first class to create prototypes of small self-driving vehicles as well as several additional inventions. One student designed a robotic platform
Science on the Go- “Build It!” 12/14/2017
The principals of engineering and physics were demonstrated at this hands-on workshop. Students had to experiment with a variety of everyday household items (cups, cardboard boxes, tubes) in order to solve some basic engineering problems that pertain to concepts of
Little Bits #1 12/2/2017
Today’s program, hosted by Jessica Lamarre, used both the WBPL’s Little Bits Student sets, as well as the Little Bits Coding Kit, to show our program attendees how to use the most popular component pieces including power bits, buzzers, slider
Science on the Go- “Forces & Energy” 11/28/2017
Our early Elementary group built parachutes and explored the concepts of velocity, gravity, motion, friction and acceleration. The presenter from the Easton Children’s Museum demonstrated all of the concepts by using her working model of a helicopter and several parachutes
Take Apart Table #1 10/21/2017
We had an amazing time de-constructing items that were found in our everyday world to see what’s inside! One group tried their hand at a retired sewing machine from our collection and found out how gears work. Another group