Terry Ehle Youth Services Coordinator Lester Public Library Two Rivers, WI www.lesterlibrary.org (920)793-7118 tehle@lesterlibrary.org Read. Discover. Connect. Enrich.
ME MY STAFF BUDGET Full time 40 (ahem) hours/week – 8 @ Help Desk Part time 25 hours/week – 20 @ Help Desk 2013 ~ 275 Programs $19 / Program BUDGET Official Yearly Programming: $2337 Additional Summer: ~$3000
Two Rivers Population ~ 11,700 Service Population ~ 17,200 6 Full time staff 12 Part time staff Manitowoc Calumet Library System Manitowoc Public Library
My #1 volunteer is my husband.
I am not a scientist!
Programming Philosophy? OK Let’s Try It
WHY DO WE PROGRAM? Because it’s fun?! To bring patrons into the library. To show what our library has to offer. To connect patrons and community resources. To connect patrons with other patrons. To fill a need in the community. To encourage patrons to read. To encourage life-long learning. To keep patrons out of trouble. To keep funding and get more. To teach. To make our jobs easier. Because it’s fun?!
What is your library’s mission? Read. Discover new things. Connect people and ideas. Enrich your life and community. Does your program fit your library’s mission?
HOW DO WE PROGRAM?
What does a scientist look like?
THE LAB Table Plastic tablecloth Safety glasses / Lab Coats Safety Rules Instruction sheets Paper / pencils Experiment Materials Wet Wipes Towels / Gloves
Forces & Motion Design and Test a Parachute Balloon Noise Maker Pencil Strength Blow Get Revved Up Hot Wheels Angry Birds Live Balloon Hovercraft Paper Airplanes Testing Strength Protect Your Peeps Gravity Art
Hot Wheels
Angry Birds Live http://yaprogramactivities.wordpress.com/
Building
Protect Your Peeps
Light & Mirrors Flashlight Fun Prisms / Colored Lenses Light Classification Sky & Sunset Jar Shadow play Mirror Mirror
Measurements Does it fit? Which is heavier? Are you a square? Bungee Scale Measuring with objects
Our Senses Sight Sound Smell Touch Taste Spinning Colors Cup Telephone Memory Game I Spy Optical Illusions Nose to Nose Sound Cup Telephone The Cone Shaker Match Hex Nut Balloon Sound Waves Squawking Cup Sound Effects Smell Cotton Balls Smells Around Us Fruity Jars Scratch & Sniff Art Touch Braille What’s in the Box/Bag? Touch Maze Sensitive Skin Slime/Oobleck Test Reaction Taste Candy Check Edible Fear Factor Ice Cream Inventors Cupcake Wars
Edible Fear Factor
Ice Cream Inventors
Cupcake Wars
Crazy Concoctions Fizzy Sidewalk Paints Alka Seltzer Lava Lamps Invisible Inks Henna Tattoos Crayon Shaving Art Baking Soda/Vinegar Slime / Bouncy Balls www.stevespanglerscience.com/slime-kit-green-pva-solution.html
Henna Amy Wilde Phone: (920) 737-2995 Email: hennatat@yahoo.com Website: www.castleart.com
Puking Pumpkins
Our Bodies Dominate Side Genetics Heartbeat Busy Body Challenges Fantastic Finger Feats Brain Science Bet You Can’t http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/betyoucant.pdf Minute 2 Win It
Minute 2 Win It http://www.nbc.com/minute-to-win-it/how-to/
Classifying Magnifying Sorting Venn Diagrams Living/Nonliving Colors / Shapes / Textures Magnifying Close Up Pictures Microscope Tiny pictures Diseases
Toilet Paper, Velcro, Banana
Bubbles Big Bubbles Little Bubbles Bubble Painting Bubble Tray Bubble Bottle
Natural Science Science of Dirt Gardening Animal Adaptation Camouflage Life Cycles Rocks & Gems Skeletons Science Discovery Table
Science of Dirt
STATIC Magnets Magnet Maze What is magnetic? Paperclips Balloon & Paper Pick Up Salt & Pepper Tinsel Orb
MISC. Chromatography Tie-Die What Floats? Flinkers What Dissolves? Gummy Bear Science Egg Drop Ice Cube Melt Mythbusters? Robots How many drops?
Terry Ehle Youth Services Coordinator Lester Public Library Two Rivers, WI www.lesterlibrary.org (920)793-7118 tehle@lesterlibrary.org Read. Discover. Connect. Enrich.