Carnival Engineering: Pinball

9:00am - 10:30am
East Columbia Branch
Closed
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: Walter Dean Myers Homework Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
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Event Details:

Learn the mechanics and engineer a pinball game for the HiTech Carnival and build functional a table-top pinball machine. The HiTech Carnival happens at the East Columbia Branch on Saturday, August 6th.

Intro to Robotics

9:00am - 10:30am
East Columbia Branch
Closed
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: ECO Studio A (Classroom)
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
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Event Details:

Begin to program in a fun and creative way!  Intro to Robotics shows how to program in an artistic and fun way- great for students just learning about programming and interested in making robots move. 

Smooth Science

9:00am - 10:30am
East Columbia Branch
Closed
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: ECO Studio B (Lab)
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
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Event Details:

Science has never been cooler or smoother. Explore the digestive tract and the science behind actual smoothies. Permission slip will be emailed to registrants and required for participation.

Taught by a HiTech Instructor.

Community Athletic Program - HCPD

10:00am - 2:00pm
East Columbia Branch
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: East Columbia Branch
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts, Fun & Games!
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The Community Athletic Program, or CAP, consists of a traveling trailer filled with sports gear, games and video game equipment and staffed by school resource officers.

Carnival Science

11:00am - 12:30pm
East Columbia Branch
Closed
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: ECO Studio B (Lab)
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
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Event Details:

Create a stellar Science game or experience for the HiTech Carnival! No experience necessary. The HiTech Carnival happens at the East Columbia Branch on Saturday, August 6th.

Create a Skeeball for the Carnival

11:00am - 12:30pm
East Columbia Branch
Closed
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: ECO Studio A (Classroom)
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
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Engineer a life size Skee Ball Game for the carnival! Build this classic carnival game from scratch and compete against others. Highest score wins! Taught by a HiTech instructor.

Tuesday Teen Flix

11:00am - 2:00pm
East Columbia Branch
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: Marvin Thomas Room
Age Group: Teens
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Join us for popular teen movies on Tuesdays throughout the summer. Featured film: Spider-man: No Way Home

Drop ins welcome.

Free Summer Meals Program

12:30pm - 2:00pm
East Columbia Branch
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: East Columbia Other Location
Age Group: Children, Teens
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The Howard County Public School System is pleased to announce its participation in the 2022 Summer Food Service Program. Summer meals will be provided to all children ages 18 years and under without charge.

Java

1:00pm - 2:30pm
East Columbia Branch
Closed
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: ECO Studio A (Classroom)
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
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Event Details:

Discover the basics of Java, a class-based, object-oriented language used to design applications. Learn data and expressions, using classes and objects, conditionals, and loops. Create programming projects each day based on the topics covered.

Wonders of Chemistry

1:00pm - 2:30pm
East Columbia Branch
Closed
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: ECO Studio B (Lab)
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
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Event Details:

Explore chemistry in a fun environment! Conduct experiments that range from the physical and chemical properties of matter, to Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry, and even Acid-Base Chemistry.

Taught By a HiTech instructor.

How To Build A Computer (ages 6 and up) TK

2:00pm - 3:00pm
East Columbia Branch
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: Lucille Clifton Rooms A/B
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
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Ages 6 and up. 

Learn about the history of computers and their essential parts.

Ticket required.

The Meetup

2:00pm - 5:00pm
East Columbia Branch
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: Walter Dean Myers Homework Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts, Fun & Games!,
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A  hang out for teens to connect, play games and create.

 

Outdoor Science

3:00pm - 4:30pm
East Columbia Branch
Closed
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: ECO Studio B (Lab)
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
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Event Details:

Science rules both inside and outdoors! Join us for some awesome, messy, and WEIRD fun in the sun.

Sports Science

3:00pm - 4:30pm
East Columbia Branch
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: ECO Studio A (Classroom)
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
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Event Details:

Deflategate and the ideal gas law? Bend it like Beckham? What is a knuckle ball? Learn about the physics behind your favorite sports withhands-on experiments.

Register once for all four sessions, Mon-Thurs.