Director Ellen Snoeyenbos and some of the student-makers that have used our 3D Digital Printer recently visited the Cape Cod Mini Maker Fair to showcase some of the amazing items that have been made here at the WBPL! Not only
3D Digital Printer Projects
Director Ellen Snoeyenbos has led almost twenty 3D Digital Printer workshops on Wednesdays since receiving the LSTA grant! The students have designed jewelry, ornaments, small toys, chess pieces and the newest project- a nightlight with a photo image of the
Keva Plank Challenges
Challenges have been offered weekly during our school year. These challenges have been offered after school and any students that wished to participate could. Small token prizes were given out to winners. Some of our challenges have included: “Who can
Science on the Go- “Squishy Circuits” 3/6/2018
The science theme discussed was physical science and students learned about energy by creating simple circuitry utilizing Play-Doh, batteries, wires and miniature light bulbs.
Take Apart Table #2 2/10/2018
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