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Egg Drop Engineering

Presented by Science Connections

2024-11-02 14:00:00 2024-11-02 15:00:00 America/New_York Egg Drop Engineering Calling all future NASA engineers! Can you protect your cargo from a 10 foot drop? Limited to 25 participants. Free tickets required, available in-person 30 minutes before the event. Twinbrook Library -

Saturday, November 02
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-11-02 14:00:00 2024-11-02 15:00:00 America/New_York Egg Drop Engineering Calling all future NASA engineers! Can you protect your cargo from a 10 foot drop? Limited to 25 participants. Free tickets required, available in-person 30 minutes before the event. Twinbrook Library -

Calling all future NASA engineers! Can you protect your cargo from a 10 foot drop? Limited to 25 participants. Free tickets required, available in-person 30 minutes before the event.

Calling all future NASA engineers!  Join Science Connections to test out your design and construction skills.  Learn how NASA engineers land their rovers on Mars or on the Moon. Apply some of the same techniques they used to plan, build, and test out your very own creation.  You must use the materials provided to complete the challenge: protect your raw egg cargo from a 10 foot drop! This program is part of the Maryland STEM Festival.

Recommended age: 6 to 10. Limited to 25 participants. Free tickets required, available in-person 30 minutes before the event.  

Library Program Attendance (both virtual and in the branch) is limited to participants within the suggested age range of the program. Children attending an MCPL program under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults attending a program intended for children must have an accompanying child.

Looking for something to do until this program? Take a look at these resources for kids using your library card. Don't have a card right now? No worries!  Find out how to Get a Library Card.

TumbleBooks - books that read themselves 

Kanopy Kids - videos and animated books

BookFlix - animated stories

Explora Educators, Explora Primary School - education resources

Questions about this program? Contact the branch: 240-777-0240

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

mh 1.1 01/03/2023

AGE GROUP: | Elementary School Age |

EVENT TYPE: | STEM |

TAGS: | STEM | MD Stem Festival |

Twinbrook Library

Phone: 240-777-0240

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