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

Terry EhleYouth Services CoordinatorLester Public LibraryTwo Rivers, WI

www.lesterlibrary.org

(920)793-7118

tehle@lesterlibrary.org

Read. Discover.Connect. Enrich.

ME Full time40 (ahem) hours/week – 8 @ Help Desk

MY STAFF

Part time25 hours/week – 20 @ Help Desk

BUDGETOfficial Yearly Programming: $2337Additional Summer: ~$3000

2013 ~ 275 Programs

$19 / Program

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 scienti

st!

Programming

Philosophy?

OK Let’s Try It

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?!

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?

THELAB

• 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

Sound• Cup Telephone• The Cone• Shaker Match• Hex Nut

Balloon• Sound Waves• Squawking Cup• Sound EffectsTouch• Braille • What’s in the

Box/Bag?• Touch Maze• Sensitive Skin• Slime/Oobleck• Test Reaction

Sight• Spinning

Colors• Memory Game• I Spy • Optical

Illusions• Nose to NoseSmell• Cotton Balls• Smells Around

Us• Fruity Jars• Scratch & Sniff

ArtTaste• Candy Check• Edible Fear Fac

tor• Ice Cream Inve

ntors• Cupcake Wars

Edible Fear

Factor

Ice Cream Inventors

Cupcake Wars

Crazy Concoction

s• 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 WildePhone: (920) 737-2995Email: hennatat@yahoo.comWebsite: 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

• Close Up Pictures• Microscope• Tiny pictures• Diseases

Toilet Paper, Velcro, Banana

Bubbles

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

Natural Scienc

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

Science of Dirt

Magnets• Magnet Maze

• What is magnetic?• Paperclips

STATIC• 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 EhleYouth Services CoordinatorLester Public LibraryTwo Rivers, WI

www.lesterlibrary.org

(920)793-7118

tehle@lesterlibrary.org

Read. Discover.Connect. Enrich.