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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Children at the Engineering Extravaganza program had to create mazes out of blocks and see if they could make the marble go through.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Children made creations out of cardboard, glue and other objects at the Engineering Extravaganza program on July 20 at the Austintown library.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.One of the children tried to build a building out of cards that wouldn't fall down during the Engineering Extravaganza program.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.One of the children used cardboard to make a creation during the Engineering Extravaganza at the Austintown library on July 20.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Children engaged in an Engineering Extravaganza at the different libraries in the Public Library of Mahoning County and Youngstown system.
Anyone who is in kindergarten through second grade had the chance to test out their building and design skills at different stations set up around the library. There were Dominoes, Q-BA-Mazes, Zoobs and other items that were put out that helped the children be creative with science.
The children would create different structures that could survive challenges. Some of the stations included building a structure out of playing cards, building a boat out of foil that floats and see how many marbles it can hold without sinking and more.
The engineering extravaganza was designed to teach children about using science in a fun and entertaining way. The children had to be creative and try out different things when they were designing their structures to see what holds up the best.
The other upcoming Engineering Extravaganza programs will be in Struthers, Poland, Boardman and Brownlee. The times and dates can be found on www.libraryvisit.org.