This Week at the Library: March 27th to March 31st

Tuesday, March 27th: TAB from 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Thursday, March 29th: Secret Spy Messages from 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Friday, March 30th: Teen Book Club from 3:00pm to 4:00pm

More 2013 Nutmeg Nominee Reviews

Here are a few more teen reviews of the 2013 Teen Nutmeg Nominees, don't miss the first segment:

Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande
Mena is a girl who everybody hates and she struggles to find new friends, but things just seem to be getting worse. She has a crush on a guy named Casey. Read the book to find out what happens next. -A.K.

After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
Jeff is a cancer survivor who is struggling to get back to a normal life. Do you think he will? -A.K.

And, from the 2013 Intermediate Nutmeg Nominees:

The Wonder of Charlie Anne by Kimberly Fusco
Charlie Anne is a girl whose mother died and her father and older brother have to go to work on roads to earn money for her family. Charlie Anne's family is breaking apart. Read the book to find out what happens. -A.K.

This Week at the Library: March 20th to March 24th

The Hunger Games movie comes out this Friday!  Are you as excited as we are??  If so, you should check out our Mini Archery event on Wednesday!

Tuesday, March 20th: T.A.B. from 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Wednesday, March 21st: Mini Archery from 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Make your own miniature bows and arrows and compete against each other for accuracy.  Can you match Katniss' legendary skill?

Thursday, March 22nd: Gaming Club from 2:45pm to 5:00pm

This Week at the Library: March 13th to March 17th

Did you remember to set your clocks ahead an hour?  No one likes having to "spring ahead," but at least you're a little bit closer to our Live-Action Angry Birds event!

Tuesday, March 13th:  T.A.B. from 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Wednesday, March 14th:  J.A.B. from 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Thursday, March 15th:  Anime Club from 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Friday, March 16th:  Live-Action Angry Birds from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Join us as we build our own structures and take them down, Angry Birds-style.  See how many evil pigs you can defeat!

IMPORTANT

A quick note: this Saturday's "Career Video Gamers" event has been cancelled.  It will be rescheduled as soon as possible.  Thank you for your patience.


--B&D Teen Zone

This Week at the Library: March 6th to March 10th

 

Well, this week is Teen Tech Week!  Think about all the ways you can use technology to express your creativity and personality.  It's never too early to think about the future, and there are countless great careers that center on technology.  From architects to software engineers to video game designers, there are lots of very successful people in the world who started off with nothing but a dream.  And besides, dreaming is free, so why not do it?

Tuesday, March 6th: Teen Advisory Board from 3pm to 4pm

Thursday, March 8th: Gaming Club from 2:45pm to 5pm

Friday, March 9th: Chess Club from 3pm to 4:30pm

Saturday, March 10th: Career Video Gamers from 12:30 to 2:30

Join us for this special Saturday program!  Two professional video gamers will be in the library to discuss their trade, their love of the games, and answer any questions you may have.

Rot & Ruin and the Benny Imura Books

Do you love the Benny Imura Books, are you waiting for the third installment, Flesh and Bone to be published? These won't hold you over till then, but at least they will give you something to do while you wait.

Two Short Novellas that take place before Rot & Ruin and before Dust & Decay:

First Night Memories

In the Land of the Dead

Thanks Jonathan Maberry & Simon & Schuster!

Density Tubes

Yesterday, teenagers at the Booth & Dimock Memorial Library gathered to study physics...

Alright, they made density tubes.

The picture at left, demonstrates what a proper density tube should look like. Some of ours were not quite so successful.


However, this one came out pretty good.





The idea came from here. And like any Booth & Dimock event or good science experiment, we altered it slightly.

The density tubes required the following items--our modifications are in parenthesis:

Lamp Oil (left out)
Rubbing Alcohol (died red)
Vegetable Oil (some added green food coloring to the vegetable oil. However, the different densities between oil and food coloring left this combination with a lava-lamp like look)
Water (some used purple water)
Dish Soap (Green and Blue were available) 
Karo Syrup
Honey

Adding the ingredients in bottom to top order will make the cleanest tubes, but some of the items will settle correctly due to their density--no matter what order we added liquids, the honey always settled to the bottom, eventually. Some of the other liquids, difficult to see due to the addition of similar colored food coloring, mixed together in the center of the tube.

 Also, if too much time elapsed after the addition of the dish soap and water/rubbing alcohol were added, and before any of the other ingredients (besides honey) and some shaking occurred, bubbles ruined the nice clean look as well.

For more easy and exciting experiments, check out one of these books (available at the Booth & Dimock Memorial Library):

                                                                   YNF 507.8 CON           

And for great experiments, not easily attempted at home (or even at the Library) try the Mythbusters DVDs.