National Office Lending Library Kit

Students have the opportunity explore different ways that animals insulate themselves to stay warm in winter by testing different insulating materials in ice cold water (e.g., fur, cotton balls, foil, thermal sock, etc.).

Students read a book about nests and then build their own bird's nest.

Students learn about dinosaurs with paper bag puppets and a fossil extraction activity using cookies.

Learn about the skeletal system and how it applies to movement and our bones.

Participants will be introduced to coding and will give instructions to program a car.

Students will learn about the different states of matter and their properties and explore characteristics of liquids with a focus on density.

Students will learn about the current topic of self-driving cars and use it as a platform to learn about the big ideas behind computational thinking.

This workshop explores water quality and the importance of healthy water systems.

Students will explore and build examples of simple machines that are found on a playground.

Students will learn about light and how reflection and refraction work.

Learn about the requirements for life, adaptations, habitats, and conservation.