The Medway Library will be closed on Monday, 4/19 in observance of Patriot's Day. We'll resume services on Tuesday, 4/20 at 10 AM, with curbside pickup beginning at 12 PM.
Interested in Weather Balloons?
Is your child interested in electronics and coding and wants to try sending something into space? Medway Balloon Society is a local Discord group dedicated to building and launching weather balloons to the edge of space to take instrumentation readings, record video footage, and conduct experiments. Building payloads and launching them is an exciting hobby for those who enjoy tinkering with electronics, coding, HAM radio or engineering.
This is not a class, just a collaborative Discord group for families who may like to get involved with making and launching weather balloons. It is intended for students and their families, especially those with existing experience programming for electronics like Arduino or Raspberry Pi or experience with amateur radio (HAM). Adult mentors from the Medway Arduino Club are part of the channel as well. No schedules, no fees, just a place to share progress, motivate, and help each other.
If you are interested in joining as a family email dbusa@minlib.net. Once approval is given, a Discord invitation will be emailed to you to join the group.
The goal is to launch a balloon in April!
STEAM Thursday April 29th at 4pm
Comets...
We will learn about comets and their different components. We will also craft a comet out of tin foil, ribbons.
Come in and discover what's here...
Check out the newly created Medway Library Makerspace Facebook Page!
click on the above button to access page
Marble Runs (don't be fooled by the website's name, girls will enjoy this too!)
https://frugalfun4boys.com/paper-plate-marble-track/
Try it with recyclables like paper towel rolls, cereal boxes or anything else you can think of.
shadow puppets
https://etc.usf.edu/clipart/galleries/266-hand-shadow-puppetry
Let us know how many you were able to do...
Origami Creations
All you need is some paper, markers, colored pencils or crayons.
For added pizzazz, decorate your paper before or after folding
Project links
https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/origami2/exploring01.html
Quick links to some fun creations:
Origami Balloon
https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/origami2/exploring01_04.html
Box
https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/origami2/exploring01_05.html
Jumping Frog
https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/origami2/exploring01_06.html
Paperdolls