Thursday, February 22, 2018

PNG Spring 2018

TEENS 6th & Up Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4pm - 5pm

March

Teen Tech Week:
Teen Tech Week is when libraries make the time to showcase all of the great digital resources and services that are available to help teens succeed in school and prepare for college and 21st century careers.
Monday 3/5 Ozobots
Use coding techniques you've picked up from our Hour of Code sessions to program our cute Ozobot robots to do all kinds of things (no previous coding experience necessary)!
Tuesday 3/6 Stop Motion Animation (4-part class) 3/6-3/15
Learn how stop-motion animation works and create your own short stop-motion movie. It's easy and awesome.  Make Ray Harryhausen proud!
Thursday 3/7 Kano Computer Kits
Kano is a DIY computer kit designed to help people of all ages assemble a computer from scratch, and learn basic coding skills.
Friday 3/9 MaKEY MaKEY
Makey Makey's are cool kits that allow you to hook everyday objects up to computers as input devices!  The possibilities of what you can do are pretty much limitless.  We'll show you some cool basic ways to use a Makey Makey kit and some fun activities to try and then we'll let you try to come up with something cool and new!
LED Origami Frogs (2-part class) 3/27 - 3/28
Learn about circuits and origami when you fold a frog with light up eyes out of paper!

April

Video Game Challenge (3-part class) 4/10 - 4/17Try your hand at making a simple video game using Flowlab!

Ozobot Obstacle Course Challenge (2-part class) 4/24 - 4/26

Use coding techniques you've picked up from our Hour of Code sessions to program our cute Ozobot robots to run an obstacle course (no previous coding experience necessary)!


May

DIY Light Sabers 5/3


Make your own Light Saber, just in time for May the 4th celebration of Star Wars!

Soldering (5-part class) 5/8 - 5/22
Learn how to solder!  We'll teach you how to handle a soldering iron and soldering safety, how to assemble components on a circuit board and everything else you need to know to bring electronics to life!

Negative Space Art (2-part class) 5/29 - 5/31
Combine creativity and technology in this fun program that utilizes vinyl cutting technology and natural artistry to create cool art!


Robot Club from 4pm - 5pm
Interested in robotics?  Join our monthly robot club to learn how to use our Vex Robotics kit and form our very own Library Robotics Team!

March
Robot Club - 3/1
Robot Club - 3/22

April
Robot Club - 4/5
Robot Club - 4/19

May
Robot Club - 5/1
Robot Club - 5/24

MIDKIDS 4th & Up Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6pm - 7pm


March


TinkerCAD (4-part class) 3/6 - 3/15

Learn to create 3D models and print them out on the Makerbot Replicator!  This class will teach you the basics of 3D design and how to use Tinkercad.com to create 3D objects that can be printed on any 3D printer.

LED Origami Frogs (2-part class) - 3/27 - 3/29

Learn about circuits and origami when you fold a frog with light up eyes out of paper!

April

Ozobots Obstacle Course Challenge (2-part class) 4/10 - 4/12
Use coding techniques you've picked up from our Hour of Code sessions to program our cute Ozobot robots to run an obstacle course (no previous coding experience necessary)!

Stop Motion Animation (4-part class) 4/17 - 4/26
Learn how stop-motion animation works and create your own short stop-motion movie. It's easy and awesome.  Make Ray Harryhausen proud!

May


DIY Light Sabers 5/3
Make your own Light Saber, just in time for May the 4th celebration of Star Wars!

TinkerCAD (4-part class) 5/22 - 5/31
Learn to create 3D models and print them out on the Makerbot Replicator!  This class will teach you the basics of 3D design and how to use Tinkercad.com to create 3D objects that can be printed on any 3D printer.

Hour of Code from 6pm - 7pm

Not only is coding massively important to the fabric of our digital world, but it can also be pretty fun!  Sign up for this quick introduction to activities on Code.org and play fun games while learning the fundamentals of basic coding then try your hand on some of our programmable robots!

December
Hour of Code - 3/1

January
Hour of Code - 4/5

February
Hour of Code - 5/1

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