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Terry Ehle Youth Services Coordinator Lester Public Library Two Rivers, WI

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. Full time 40 (ahem) hours/week – 8 @ Help Desk. MY STAFF. Part time 25 hours/week – 20 @ Help Desk.

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Terry Ehle Youth Services Coordinator Lester Public Library Two Rivers, WI

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  1. Terry Ehle Youth Services Coordinator Lester Public Library Two Rivers, WI www.lesterlibrary.org (920)793-7118 tehle@lesterlibrary.org Read. Discover. Connect. Enrich.

  2. ME Full time 40 (ahem) hours/week – 8 @ Help Desk MY STAFF Part time 25 hours/week – 20 @ Help Desk 2013 ~ 275 Programs $19 / Program BUDGET Official Yearly Programming: $2337 Additional Summer: ~$3000

  3. Two Rivers • Population ~ 11,700 • Service Population ~ 17,200 • 6 Full time staff • 12 Part time staff • Manitowoc Calumet Library System • Manitowoc Public Library

  4. My #1 volunteer is my husband.

  5. I am not a scientist!

  6. Programming Philosophy? OK Let’s Try It

  7. WHY DO WE PROGRAM? • 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?!

  8. 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?

  9. HOW DO WE PROGRAM?

  10. What does a scientist look like?

  11. THELAB • Table • Plastic tablecloth • Safety glasses / Lab Coats • Safety Rules • Instruction sheets • Paper / pencils • Experiment Materials • Wet Wipes • Towels / Gloves

  12. 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

  13. Hot Wheels

  14. Angry Birds Live http://yaprogramactivities.wordpress.com/

  15. Building

  16. Protect Your Peeps

  17. Light & Mirrors • Flashlight Fun • Prisms / Colored Lenses • Light Classification • Sky & Sunset Jar • Shadow play • Mirror Mirror

  18. Measurements • Does it fit? • Which is heavier? • Are you a square? • Bungee Scale • Measuring with objects

  19. Our Senses • Sight • Spinning Colors • 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

  20. Edible Fear Factor

  21. Ice Cream Inventors

  22. Cupcake Wars

  23. 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

  24. Henna Amy Wilde Phone: (920) 737-2995 Email: hennatat@yahoo.com Website: www.castleart.com

  25. Puking Pumpkins

  26. 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

  27. Minute 2 Win It http://www.nbc.com/minute-to-win-it/how-to/

  28. Classifying • Sorting • Venn Diagrams • Living/Nonliving • Colors / Shapes / Textures Magnifying • Close Up Pictures • Microscope • Tiny pictures • Diseases

  29. Toilet Paper, Velcro, Banana

  30. Bubbles • Big Bubbles • Little Bubbles • Bubble Painting • Bubble Tray • Bubble Bottle

  31. Natural Science • Science of Dirt • Gardening • Animal Adaptation • Camouflage • Life Cycles • Rocks & Gems • Skeletons • Science Discovery Table

  32. Science of Dirt

  33. Magnets • Magnet Maze • What is magnetic? • Paperclips STATIC • Balloon & Paper Pick Up • Salt & Pepper • Tinsel Orb

  34. MISC. • Chromatography • Tie-Die • What Floats? Flinkers • What Dissolves? • Gummy Bear Science • Egg Drop • Ice Cube Melt • Mythbusters? • Robots • How many drops?

  35. Terry Ehle Youth Services Coordinator Lester Public Library Two Rivers, WI www.lesterlibrary.org (920)793-7118 tehle@lesterlibrary.org Read. Discover. Connect. Enrich.

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