Show Me Librarian Marble Run Mania

Cut to this spring when a staff member gave unprogramming a shot.

Show me librarian marble run mania. Today marge loch wouters and i are presenting on the topic of unprogramming as part of the two day wild wisconsin winter web conference. There are different types of bricks available to build tracks with. Midwest marble club marble show. I talked about lots of programs and activities in the workshop and this blog post shall serve as the landing page for finding links to everything i talked about.

Likely october 24 2020. The intrepid kiera parrott of the darien library used her experience running the kidlibcamp unconference to get attendees talking about topics like outreach services to youth with special needs and maker spaces. American legion post 234 402 w. Practice is definitely in order before any group competition.

All in all this program went pretty well. I also think they learned a few valuable science related lessons along the way. I ve written about the take home activity sheets i made for preschool science programs at my former. Marble run about the game.

Prep time was 20 minutes of program room setup. Main street northboro ma. Likely october 10 2020. 40th northeast marble meet nutmeg marble collectors show.

I was in montana this morning to give a workshop titled steam the makerspace through the montana state library. The kids seemed to have fun and were glad to take their mazes home to show off. Centerstone plaza hotel rochester mn 507 288 2677. In conjunction with that webinar i want to prompt you dear reader to think about unprogramming and to point you toward some resources to help you make it work for you at your library.

Contact jeff loven 320 420 0150. Marble run is a collaborative attempt to build the longest marble run on earth. Check out the school library journal steam pinterest page where i pin all sorts of steam programs for all ages from across the blogosphere. Jack s uncle andrew helped him put together techno gears quest marble mania in just 2 hours as opposed to the 3 to 4 hours the package warned us it would take.

A not for profit creative and educational resource facility and a few consumables electrical and duct tape pipe cleaners the program was literally ready to roll out the marbles. With increasing length more and more special bricks. She created a write up for a marble run mania program which required collecting a bunch of recyclable materials some electrical tape and marbles. Some of the kids were a little confused about the marble run activity at first.

The bulk of the afternoon at slj s think tank was spent in conversation about the topics most of interest to the youth librarians in attendance. The marble run mania idea was born. Every user built track that is added to the marble run increases the total length of the over all track.