Kids STEAM: Elephant Toothpaste

Kids STEAM: Elephant Toothpaste

Ever wonder what elephants brush their teeth with?! If an elephant did use toothpaste, this is probably what it’d look like!  Come to the library and learn about chemical reactions by watching this heat-producing mixture bubble. If you have safety glasses,...
Earth Day Park Clean-Up

Earth Day Park Clean-Up

In collaboration with Collegedale Parks and Recreation, we welcome Earth Day! This clean up will focus on educating, encouraging and enabling the community to come together and eradicate litter around our parks. We will supply gloves, trash bags, and a recycled gift...
Origami Workshop: Earth Day!

Origami Workshop: Earth Day!

Join us for this Spring Earth Day-themed origami workshop with Mrs. Shirley – where we will learn the art of folding “out of this world” origami designs! We will make a really cool origami star as well as other worldly designs. 
Solar Eclipse Viewing Party

Solar Eclipse Viewing Party

We will celebrate our partial view of the solar eclipse here in Eastern Tennessee at the library. Participants will receive a pair of solar eclipse viewing glasses (funded by a NASA STEM grant) with an informational handout on safe viewing practices. The community is...
Kids STEAM: Pinecone Birdfeeders

Kids STEAM: Pinecone Birdfeeders

Look up at the sky! Is it a drone? Is it a plane? No! It’s our backyard birds. Join us at the library to make pinecone birdfeeders for our feathery friends. Once we are finished we will hang them up outside the library. If weather permits we will take a hike out...