Science Saturdays for ages 5-8

The fourth Saturday of every month, the Brandon Public Library is thrilled to offer SCIENCE SATURDAYS: hands-on science programming for children ages 5 - 8. Facilitated by Brandon University's Let's Talk Science team, Science Saturdays are entirely free, entirely hands-on, and entirely fun.

 

Ages 5-8 will meet from 10:15 to 11:00 in the Library Program Room. Registration is required.

 

For more information or to register, please visit the Children's Services Desk, or phone 204-727-6648.

 

 

 

What are particles? Chemicals? Compounds? Learn this and more. Assemble molecules, and explode plastic bags!

 

 

 

 

Use marshmallows to model DNA, the building blocks of life. Learn how DNA programs us to look the way we do.

 

 

 

How do unseen forces like gravity work? Explore the mysteries of physics with super powerful magnets.

 

 

 

Planets, stars, asteroids...Follow a scavenger hunt around the library to learn about the scale of the solar system.

 

 

 

Rocks, minerals, metals...what is the Earth made of, and how did it get this way? Volcanoes, earthquakes, and fossils are only part of the story.