Kickoff Event for Super Science @ Your Library

On Saturday, December 5th, several library branches held a kickoff event for the youth services Super Science @ Your Library program. The event was held at Lawrenceville, Beechview and Hazelwood. Children and their parents were able to participate in hands-on inquiry based science activities. Participants learned about simple machines, worm composting, DNA and watersheds. Organizations from the community attended, including the Carnegie Science Center, Phipps Conservatory, PA Resources Council, and Dr. Cynthia Morton from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

BLAST member, Bonny Yeager helps demonstrate gears and simple machines.	School age children experiment with water at CLP-Lawrenceville.
An educator from Phipps Conservatory provides an up-close look at the life of a worm.	Children learn about surface tension at CLP-Hazelwood.
Dr. Cynthia Morton, of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, gave children the opportunity to make their own strands of DNA.