We have a whole new option for things you can check out from the library now! As of today, we have STEAM kits you can check out. So these are AWESOME and cover a huge variety subjects. We have an art making robot, building sets, coding set, games and more! They do cost a bit, so these are the only items you need a permission form to check out. Just have your parent(s) sign it and email it back to me or you can run a hard copy by the library. Once I have the form, you can check out any of the kits we have! They are linked below, so just log in and hold the kit you want. You can only have 1 kit at a time. Be SUPER sure you keep track of all the parts! They cost a lot and if you lose parts that are necessary to the project you will need to pay the replacement cost...so don't do that! Check out all the options below and keep a look out for new kits that will be coming out shortly!
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So...if you like science, this is totally the post for you! Stephen Hawking is crazy important because he made understanding black holes and space easy for people who aren't scientists to understand! Here's what Britannica Kids says about him:
Stephen Hawking was an English scientist. He was a cosmologist, or someone who studies the universe as a whole. He is known for his work on black holes. Hawking also wrote a number of best-selling books, including A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes (1988). Stephen William Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England. As a cosmologist, Hawking studied the basic laws that govern the universe. One of his theories was that mini black holes were formed following the big bang. These mini black holes contain one billion tons of mass but occupy less than the space of an atom. Hawking’s work inspired others to investigate the properties of black holes. Hawking became a professor at Cambridge in 1977. Two years later he was appointed Lucasian professor of mathematics, a post once held by Isaac Newton. When Hawking was 21, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—a disease that weakens muscles and causes paralysis. Despite his diagnosis, he continued to work. He earned a doctorate from the University of Cambridge in 1966. So what now? How about checking out a book on space! We have a HUGE space section It's officially 2021! Each year as the new year starts I make a ton of resolutions. And I keep a list of them so I can check them off as I accomplish them. One of my goals each year involves reading (of course!). Think about your own goals that you might set for reading. You could challenge yourself to read more non-fiction. Or just read more in general. Or try a new genre you haven't read before. OR read a how-to book to learn a new skill. There are SO many options! So to get you going on reading for 2021, here are this week's new books! A quick note about Undaunted: this is the sequel to a Truman from a couple of years ago. This is a super exciting book that is filled with action! So be sure to read Inhuman before grabbing Undaunted. Here's what Inhuman is about: Lane McEvoy gets the shock of her life when she learns that someone she loves has crossed into the Feral Zone, the forbidden wilderness east of the Mississippi River. Few have dared set foot in the Zone since the devastating biological disaster that killed millions and left the survivors . . . changed. But now Lane has little choice. She travels east, completely unprepared for what she finds in the ruins of civilization . . . and afraid to learn whether her humanity will prove her greatest strength or a fatal weakness. |
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