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Stomp Rockets with Imani Scruggs

2024-06-13 15:00:00 2024-06-13 16:30:00 America/New_York Stomp Rockets with Imani Scruggs Teens and tweens can imagine an adventure into space while engineering and testing out stomp rockets from instructor Imani Scruggs with Ohio 4-H. Odom Boulevard Branch Library - Reading Garden

Thursday, June 13
3:00pm - 4:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-06-13 15:00:00 2024-06-13 16:30:00 America/New_York Stomp Rockets with Imani Scruggs Teens and tweens can imagine an adventure into space while engineering and testing out stomp rockets from instructor Imani Scruggs with Ohio 4-H. Odom Boulevard Branch Library - Reading Garden

Teens and tweens can imagine an adventure into space while engineering and testing out stomp rockets from instructor Imani Scruggs with Ohio 4-H.

Register online, in person, or by phone at 330.434.8726. 

Imani Scruggs teaches STEAM programs with the 4-H organization through Ohio State University Extension. He is partnering with Odom Boulevard Branch Library on this workshop for youth where teens and tweens get to craft a stomp rocket with provided materials and test how high their rockets can go. This will be an outdoor program, weather permitting, to allow for plenty of room for their rockets to soar. 

AGE GROUP: | Tween | Teen |

EVENT TYPE: | STEM & STEAM |

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Odom Boulevard Branch Library

odom@akronlibrary.org
Phone: 330.434.8726
Branch manager
Theresa Boware

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Local artist Woodrow Nash created two murals for the Odom Boulevard Branch Library, celebrating the lives and ideas of African-American leaders and pioneers—Martin Luther King, Jr., Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Sojourner Truth, Helen Arnold, Ed Davis, Shirla McClain, Martin Chapman, Horace Stewart, and Vernon Odom. Odom Boulevard Branch Library's extensive collection of African-American fiction, non-fiction, gospel music, and more also celebrates the contribution of African-American writers and artists. Additionally, the shelves of the branch contain a large collection of religious and spiritual titles, and the best of contemporary fiction and non-fiction genres.

Odom Boulevard Branch Library is a destination place for the community. Computers and computer classes, WiFi printing, scanning, copying, and faxing are services important to all, including emerging entrepreneurs and returning students. Programming affords customers of all ages an opportunity to learn through exploration in community with others. Odom Boulevard Branch Library is a one-stop spot for the educational and entertainment interests of all of its neighbors. Look for Odom staff out and about in the community—at schools, at community centers, at community organization meetings—visit us at the branch today.

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