Egg Drop Challenge!

I think this may have been my favorite teen program of the summer and according to a lot of the kids, it was their favorite too.  The teens were provided with materials and had to create a container that would protect an egg from being dropped at 3 ft, 6 ft, and 8 ft.  Many of the teens were successful, but we also had a lot of broken eggs.  It was so hot on some of the days that the teens thought the eggs might be able to actually cook on the ground!

Building structures at Ironton

Did it break?

Dropping from 9 feet

Can they protect the egg?

Getting creative at Annapolis

Success in Steelville

Egg Drop in Bourbon

Balloons were popular in Bourbon

A lot of success in Cuba with the Egg Drop

Animal Architecture! (Wait, what's that?)

At our Ironton and Fredericktown locations, we had visitors from the Missouri Department of Conservation and the Forestry Service talk about animals and animal habitats.  At all of the branches, we read a book on habitats, played a game, and made our own birdhouses!

Learning about different types of bird houses

Learning about the food web

Making a food web in Fredericktown

Structure Building!

The teen event this week was Structure Building!  They were tasked with three objectives: to make the strongest structure, the tallest structure, and the most creative structure.  The tricky part was that they were only given 20 spaghetti noodles, 10 marshmallows, 1 yard of string, and 2 ft of tape to make their structures.  We have some awesome teens and they walked away with some cool prizes. In Ironton, we even had some staff members and a parent join in on the fun!  You won't want to miss the next teen event: Build a Better Meal Challenge!

Steelville Competition

Bourbon Competition

Cuba Competition

She won a Pool Pass to the Cuba Pool!

Fredericktown Competition

John Jones, Tech Services, trying to build the tallest structure

Ironton Competition

We even let a parent join in!

Connie Reed, Administrative Assistant, trying to make the strongest structure