April STEM Events at Tualatin Public Library!

Tualatin Public Library will be hosting a bunch of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)-themed events through the month of April. Check out these cool ways you can participate. 

A spheroid made of pentagonal and hexagonal panels

Saturday, April 6
MAGNAGON Project

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. in the Makerspace

Join the Dynosaurs LEGO Team, the designers of April's Makerspace Monthly Project, as they show you how to use 3D printers and magnets to make a toy. Includes instructions on how to use Tinkercad to design your own 3D files!

A child holding a measuring device and a smartphone with the iSeaTree app

Monday, April 8 through Monday, April 15
Citizen Science - Tracking Our Trees

Help resource managers study and record the benefits of urban trees by collecting and tracking the carbon and water benefits of trees in our community. Come by the library to pick up a science kit with instructions on using the iSeaTree app to make observations about your favorite trees and to register them into a nation-wide database.

Ask for a kit at the Information Desk. Sponsored by the Friends of Tualatin Library. 

Family STEAM Night logo

Wednesday, April 17
Family STEAM Night: Code Your Own Mask

6:30 - 8:00 p.m. in the Community Room

Use engineering and coding concepts to design and create your own light up mask! Learn how basic repeating codes are found in design and even dance.

Dinner will be provided at 6:30 p.m. STEAM program starts at 7:00PM.

For K-8 students and their families. Registration is required (register here). Only include the number of students per family in your registration.

A Little STEAM logo

Sunday, April 28
A Little STEAM

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Community Room

Calling all littles! Come and explore STEAM concepts through interactive stations. Learn while you play! For kids ages 2-6.