The participating “student engineers” will be challenged to identify the best materials for the problem at hand and to find creative solutions that will allow them to optimize their rocket’s flight, whether using a powered air launcher or their own launching power. It’s not only an opportunity for kids to learn critical skills for the future, but also to learn about our nation’s storied history with space exploration and travel. “That’s why we’re thrilled to partner with the Norwalk Public Library on this important initiative. “To win the competition for tomorrow’s jobs, our kids need to have a strong science education background,” said Bill Finch, Executive Director at the Discovery Museum. “This new collaboration serves both of our institutions by bringing new resources into the library at a modest cost and by introducing a broader audience in southwestern Connecticut to the Museum.”
“Our new partnership with the Discovery Museum represents an unprecedented expansion of the library’s hands-on science programming offered to Norwalk students by bringing the expert staff and extraordinary space-related exhibits of the Discovery Museum within easy reach of Norwalk families,” said Alex Knopp, President of the Library Board. The program will move to the South Norwalk Branch Library for the last two weeks in August. The rocket launching program will run for 10 weeks through August 25. Students and other library visitors will have the opportunity to engage with Discovery Museum staff in the Engineering Design Process of asking questions, brainstorming solutions, building prototypes, testing, evaluating, and redesigning their own paper rockets. On Sunday, June 16 at 1pm in the main library’s first floor Studio One “maker space,” library and museum staff will open the partnership’s hands-on rocket launching program. The partnership kicks off with an Engineering for Space event at the Norwalk Public Library on Belden Avenue on Saturday, June 15 at 3pm when Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling will introduce students in grades 2 and up to a live demonstration of the amazing innovations and life support that a space suit provides showcasing the fascinating engineering challenges and solutions for exploring the frontier of outer space. The Norwalk Public Library and the Discovery Museum of Bridgeport today announced a new collaboration to enhance science awareness at the Library during the summer for children in grades 2 and above based on interactive science activities utilizing themes arising from the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo moon landing.
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