Rockets Away!
Learn about Newton's 3rd Law of Motion (for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction) while making your own foam rocket that can fly up to 50 feet! Build your own foam rocket at home. Registrants will be [...]
Drawing Club: Virtual Collaborative Art
Drawing Club is the 2nd Tuesday of every month and I hope you will join us! All teens are welcome to participate. You can share what you know about drawing or learn something new from your fellow artists. Recently we tested out a [...]
Make a DIY Zig Zag Snake
Need practice folding paper? This craft activity is just for you! Create this cute Zig Zag Snake and watch it come to life before your eyes. While creating the craft, head over to Kanopy and watch a short animated video on a curious [...]
Celebrating 5 Years of Nature & Birding Walks!
We could say that time flies just as fast as the birds we love to watch or as fast as when we go outdoors for an uplifting walk together! As the old adage goes, “Time flies when you’re having fun!” Indeed, truer words [...]
CCPL DIY: Beautiful Butterflies!
For a creature so small and delicate-looking, butterflies are amazing. Monarch butterflies will travel over 3,000 miles each year for the winter. Purple Emperor butterflies will feast on animal corpses and dung. To celebrate such incredible creatures, here’s a fun and easy DIY [...]
Tricks for Pet Pics!
Are you having trouble taking good pictures of your pet? I am here to help you by giving you tricks to take the best pictures of your animal companions! The photo essay of this blog post features my niece, Jackie! She is a [...]
How to Make Onigiri (Rice Balls)
In an episode of Pokemon, Brock holds up a plate of rice balls and loudly states, “These donuts are great! Jelly-filled are my favorite! Nothing beats a jelly-filled donut!” Sorry Brock, but they’re called Onigiri (oh-knee-gear-ree). It is a popular Japanese snack to [...]
Finding Adventures in Reading for Any Age
Most parents of children and teens that love reading usually don’t have a problem with bringing their child to the library to look for books and browse the shelves for the whole family. But, what do you do while the library is offering [...]
The Perseid Meteor Shower
Every August, Earth passess through the debris from the Swift-Tuttle Comet and this makes conditions right for an especially spectacular meteor shower known as the Perseid Meteor Shower. The Persied’s typically start in late July and fall throughout the month of August, [...]
Gardening with Ms. Kate – Ep. 7: Pups
Hello! My name is Ms. Kate, and this is Gardening with Ms. Kate! In this episode, we will be talking about “pups.” No, not pups like dogs; even though that would be a great read, this is all about pups that come from [...]