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SUMMARY:STEM at the Library:  Egg Drop Engineering Challenge
LOCATION:Chevy Chase Library\nChevy Chase Library
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DESCRIPTION:Calling all future NASA engineers! Can you complete the challe
 nge: to protect your raw egg cargo from a 10-foot drop!! For 6-10 year old
 s. Space is limited. Register here! \n.\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/14
 837546
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Calling all future NASA engineers! Join <s
 trong>Michelle Bertke of Science Connections</strong> to test out your des
 ign and construction skills. Learn how NASA engineers landed the most rece
 nt rover\, Perseverance\, on Mars in February 2021. Apply some of the same
  techniques they used to plan\, build\, and test out your very own creatio
 n. Can you complete the challenge: to protect your raw egg cargo from a 10
 -foot drop!!</p>\n<p>Science Connections specializes in exploring STEM (sc
 ience\, technology\, engineering\, math) topics with hands-on activities t
 hat bring science alive. Each program and activity has been designed with 
 Next Generation Science Standards in mind to ensure that it is not only fu
 n but also educational. <strong>We will provide all of the materials for t
 his program.</strong></p>\n<p>This program is part of the 11th annual&nbsp
 \;<strong>Maryland STEM Festival</strong>\, which runs from October 17 to 
 November 16\, 2025.</p>\n<p><strong>For 6-10 year olds</strong></p>\n<p><s
 trong>Space is limited. Register here!</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Generously
  sponsored by the Friends of the Chevy Chase Library</strong></p>\n<p>Loca
 tion:&nbsp\;Chevy Chase Library <strong>Meeting Room</strong>&nbsp\;(lower
  level)</p>\n<p>Questions about this program? Contact the branch at <stron
 g>240-773-9590</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>If you are looking for something 
 to do until&nbsp\;this program\,&nbsp\;take a look at these resources for 
 kids using your library card:</p>\n<p>Don't have a card right now? No worr
 ies!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https://montgomerycount
 ymd.gov/library/services/card.html">Get a Library Card</a>.</strong><stron
 g></strong><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong><a href="https://mcpl.aspendi
 scovery.org/WebBuilder/WebResource?id=116">National Geographic Kids</a></s
 trong>&nbsp\;- Explore amazing adventures in science\, nature\, culture\, 
 archaeology\, and space. Best for children ages 6&ndash\;14</p>\n<p><stron
 g><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/WebResource?id=66">G
 ale in Context: Elementary</a></strong>&nbsp\;- Children's magazines and r
 eference books</p>\n<p><strong><a href="https://mcpl.link/TumbleBooks">Tum
 bleBooks</a></strong> - books that read themselves&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>
 <a href="https://mcpl.link/kanopy-kids">Kanopy Kids</a></strong>- videos a
 nd animated books</p>\n<p><strong><a href="https://mcpl.link/BookFlix">Boo
 kFlix</a> </strong>- animated stories</p>\n<p>Library Program Attendance (
 both virtual and in the branch) is limited to participants within the sugg
 ested age range of the program. Children attending an MCPL program under t
 he age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults attending a program in
 tended for children must have an accompanying child.</p>\n<p><strong>Accom
 modation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing 
 should request&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/acces
 sibility/interpreter.html"><strong>English-language captioning or sign-lan
 guage interpretation</strong></a> at least five days before the library-sp
 onsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and 
 Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation
  requests.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>mh 1.1 01/03/2023</p>\nhttps://mcpl.lib
 net.info/event/14837546
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