Kids Club: Titanic!

This was a very fun event planned by a colleague.  I was relieved when two families showed up (the library had been very slow all afternoon--probably due to the nice spring weather).

Read Aloud Book

Pig on the Titanic

by Gary Crew; illustrated by Bruce Whatley

Stations

Leak-proof Bag

Did you know you can fill a heavy-duty Ziploc bag with water and then poke pencils all the way through without water coming out?  Give it a try--just make sure your pencils are very sharp and that you poke the pencil straight through (not at an angle).

Here's some proof:

Build a Boat

The kids were asked to make a boat using a variety of miscellaneous supplies.  If only glue dried faster...

Cargo

After building a boat the kids got to float them...and then add "cargo" (unit cubes) to see how much weight their boats could hold.

2 liter bottle with three holes down the sides experiment (find instructions here)