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Event Information

To see pictures of past events, check out Calvert Library tween photos on Flickr.

For handouts from past events, see our Always Fun section.

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Upcoming Events | 2012-2013

   
   
Tweens Pick Their Favorite Pix

Tuesday, January 22
6:30-8:00 pm
Calvert Library
Prince Frederick

Tweens have picked their favorite PIX! Tweens voted on which movie was their favorite Pixar production and the winner is Monsters Inc.....Come to Calvert Library to watch this "PIX" on the big screen and eat popcorn!

Register online (registration opens 30 days before event)

 

 

Build a Solar Robot!

Tuesday, Feb. 26
6:30-8:00 pm
Calvert Library
Prince Frederick

Join us for an evening all about solar energy! Tweens will learn about the benefits of solar energy by working together in building and testing out the solar robots they create.

Register online (registration opens 30 days before event)

 

 

robot toy
Game Night - Minute to Win It

Tuesday, March 26
6:30-8:00 pm
Calvert Library
Prince Frederick

Can you complete the challenge in one minute?!?  Come beat your friends at a variety of fun games including Face the Cookie, A Bit Dicey & Chocolate Unicorn as seen on TV in Minute to Win It.

Register online (registration opens 30 days before event)

 

 

bear sniffing a camping tent
Cooking Workshop

Tuesday, April 23
6:30-8:00 pm
Calvert Library
Prince Frederick

Let your inner chef out with the chance to put your cooking skills to work and make your own delicious food creations, including California Rolls and Dessert Crepes!

Co-sponsored by Sakura Express and The Rod N Reel Restaurant!

Register online (registration is open)

 

girl in chef hat and apron with mixing bowl

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Always Fun

Tweird Science | Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Skewer through a balloon [pdf]

Make water glow [video]

How to make a huff and puff race [pdf]

Grow your own newspaper tree [pdf]

Make a baking soda balloon [pdf]

Magic colored milk [pdf]

Egg in the bottle trick [pdf]

Launch your own astronauts [pdf]

Make your own (clean) slime [pdf]

Smart vending machines page 1 | page 2 [pdf]

Marshmallow catapult page 1 | page 2 [pdf]

Sources

Cool Chemistry Concoctions: 50 Formulas that Fizz, Foam, Splatter & Ooze by Joe Rhatigan, Tom Labaff and Veronika Alice Gunter

How to Make Snop Snappers and other fine things by Robert Lopshire

730 Easy Science Experiments with everyday materials by E. Richard Churchill