For our final meeting, we traveled back in time to Ancient Greece where we met Medusa, learned about Greek Gods and Goddesses and celebrated reading with some fun giveaways for our program participants.
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Trek Thru Ancient Greece
on Tuesday, August 3, 2010Check out all of the fun we had with robots!
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Robot Reading
on Wednesday, July 14, 2010Interested in space, science and cool robot technology? Check out these books:
Robots
The authors of the acclaimed and bestselling Fantastic Feats and Failures and Science Detectives present a detailed look at robots yesterday, today and in the future.
Nova’s Ark by David Kirk
Nova, a robot boy from the planet Roton, accidentally rockets himself into space during a class field trip and eventually stumbles across the energy source his planet needs for survival.
Ricky Ricotta’s Giant Robot vs. The Mutant Mosquitos from Mercury by Dav Pilkey
A mouse named Ricky Ricotta and his giant flying robot attempt to save the world from an invasion of massive mutant mosquitoes from Mercury.
Star Wars: Ready, Set, Podrace! by Simon Beecroft
Nine-year-old Anakin flies the podracer he built all by himself.
Digging Dinosaurs!
on Friday, July 9, 2010
On Thursday, July 8, Scott Williams of the Burpee Museum presented to a crowd of 45 (age ranging from infant to 99!). Scott talked about the Jurassic and Crustaceous periods; what the earth looked like as one continent and as it began to separate; how he is able to find, transport and protect dinosaur bones; and more. Further, Scott shared some of the excitement of digging dinosaurs, telling stories about specific discoveries. He even shared the story of a Hollywood connection! (While on a dig in Utah, a Hollywood film was being shot nearby. Some of the actors and actresses visited the dig site and were so excited about what they saw there that Scott was invited to visit the movie set to talk more about dinosaurs with the movie's cast and crew.) Scott also allowed for plenty of Q&A time. Of course, everyone was curious to inspect the Apatsaurus skull (shown in the photo) and other cool artifacts lent to the library by the Burpee Musuem.
Fun With Dinosaurs!
on Wednesday, July 7, 2010This week we learned all about dinosaurs, read stories about dinosaur digs, sang tongue-twisting songs and created dinosaur fossils.
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Scott Williams, 1992 Stillman Valley High School graduate and Burpee Museum Director of Exhibits & Science, will discuss his lifelong interest of geology and paleontology, as well as his experience on the field crew that discovered Burpee’s famous Tyrannosaurus Rex, Jane. Scott supervised the preparation of Jane’s skeleton. During his visual and oral presentation, Scott will also discuss the 2005 expedition he planned and led in which a sub-adult Triceratops was discovered and the 2008 paleontological dig which resulted in the discovery of a large dinosaur bone bed. A cast of an Apatosaurus skull will be on view during the week of the event.
Appropriate for all ages. Drop-ins welcome!
Since we're traveling to the Age of the Dinosaurs this week, we thought we'd give some suggestions for further reading. Here are some favorites:
Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld draws from the very latest findings to describe how scientists are continually making new discoveries and drawing new conclusions about what life was like for dinosaurs and their young. The result is an exciting and accessible book, packed with beautiful, informative illustrations and photographs, that brings us closer than ever before to the truth about dinosaur families.
Big and small, fierce and friendly, dinosaurs of all kinds roam through this monster story collection. A hungry pterosaur in a supermarket parking lot, a pet brontosaurus that rescues its family from a flood, and a terrifying tyrannosaurus that almost eats a small boy for lunch are just some of the dinosaurs to meet.
I Can Read About Dinosaurs by John Howard
Beginning readers can learn fascinating facts & information about dinosaurs.
Danny and his friend the dinosaur go to summer camp together.
Describes what a young dinosaur should do in order to quickly get over being sick.
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