Boone County Public Library will exhibitPlay2Gocreated by Kentucky Science Center, at the Scheben Branch, 8899 US 42 in Union from Saturday, December 9 to Sunday, March 4.
Designed specifically for ages 8 and under, this interactive exhibit makes science accessible to learners of all ages. Science in Play2GO makes science personal, fun, participatory, and relevant — empowering kids and adults to learn together through the power of PLAY. Built around the concept of open-ended play and loose parts — materials that can be re-imagined in countless ways — the exhibit supports STEM (science, engineering, technology, and math) skills by sparking curiosity and creativity in a way that requires critical thinking and problem solving.
Some of the stations/elements you will find in the exhibit include:
Build Your World: Large blocks that include bricks and cylinders, accented with chutes, channels and parts that suggest motion or connectivity. These blocks inspire and engage children to design their own inventions, environments and activities. Easy to stack, line up and move around, you and your child can design and invent an endless variety of shape-inspired structures.
Shapes & Stuff Store: A shopping experience that includes family and group activities and interpretive materials. Shopping for shapes encourages inventiveness and flexibility as children explore shape attributes such as color, texture, and geometric and numerical skill-building. Even the littlest shopper finds Shapes & Stuff a learning experience. From fine motor skills that come with grasping and placing to working with space, shape and size, the colors, textures and shapes help them strengthen visual discrimination and communication skills such as seeing, naming colors, shapes and textures, and matching and comparing. Shapes & Stuff is the epitome of loose parts play. Since loose parts lets children take an object that has a loosely defined purpose and use it to be anything, shapes brings out imagination, creativity and inventiveness.
Build-Your-Own Rollercoaster: Roller coaster sections and parts that can be manipulated in countless designs and configurations. You and your child will discover the forces that push, pull and make things move as you build your own roller coaster. See what happens when you change the starting height, shape of the loops, or length of the track.
Light Bright: a favorite for children and grownups alike, lighted colored pegs let everyone create imaginative designs. From complex patterns to outlining words and phrases, Light Bright invites planning and predicting skills while designing and developing patterns and shapes.
Bring your family and have fun playing and learning together at the Library.
Science in Play2Go is presented by Kentucky Science Center, PNC, and Genentech.
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