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Full STEAM Ahead: The Great Garbage Challenge-Ages: 6-10 yrs

South Elgin Branch
2024-04-16 14:00:00 2024-04-16 14:45:00 America/Chicago Full STEAM Ahead: The Great Garbage Challenge-Ages: 6-10 yrs The concept is simple: turn a piece of garbage into something that can be used again in a different way. For some creating bring in a piece of garbage they turn into something. South Elgin Branch -

Tuesday, April 16
2:00pm - 2:45pm

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The concept is simple: turn a piece of garbage into something that can be used again in a different way. For some creating bring in a piece of garbage they turn into something.

WARNING: REGISTRATION IS NOT OPEN UNTIL: FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH 2024 - 09:00AM

Have your child bring in a piece of clean garbage or an item that they think could be turned into something else.  

-If you are unable to attend the event, please cancel your registration so a student on the waitlist can join the event.  We will be taking attendance at the programs and staff members reserve the right to move a registrant to the waitlist if they are found to be consistently absent from registered programs.  
 
-For a list of possible book titles that we will use in Storytime, please visit here. 

AGE GROUP: | Elementary School |

EVENT TYPE: | Activity |

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