Science & Technology

Upcoming events

Girls Who Code. Register here (QR code pictured). Iowa City Public Library.

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 4:00pm

Digital Media Lab

Girls Who Code Club is for girls and non-binary youth in grades 3-5 who are interested in learning how to code. No previous experience necessary! The goal of this club is to create a safe and supportive environment of peers and role models where...

Tweens Kids Science & Technology
Google maps tips and tricks

Thursday, May 16, 2024 - 10:30am

Digital Media Lab

Are you planning your summer travels? Let's look at Google Maps together! This essential resource is handy as both a website and app for travel and armchair exploration. We'll start with the basics of selecting locations, navigating...

Adults Classes & Workshops Science & Technology

Thursday, May 16, 2024 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Don't just learn science - DO science with the Iowa City Science Booster Club! This monthly hands-on program for tweens gives you a chance to use cool scientific equipment to discover and explore the world around you. Learn about a different...

Tweens Science & Technology
making diy foam stamps using cricut

Sunday, May 19, 2024 - 12:30pm

Digital Media Lab

In this workshop, we will create designs (or feel free to bring one that you’ve already made), cut the designs out of foam using a Cricut, and construct our stamps with glue and a sturdy backing. Your foam stamps can be used with inkpads to create...

Adults Teens Arts & Crafting Classes & Workshops Science & Technology

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Ever wonder how the brain works, why we feel emotions, or where memories are stored? Join West High students Flora and Tina for hands-on lessons about psychology, the scientific study of the mind. Build a model of the brain, learn about how it...

Tweens Science & Technology

Saturday, June 15, 2024 - 8:30pm

Other

Join ICPL staff and members of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers for a special ICPL Astronomy Night event at the Eastern Iowa Observatory & Learning Center at the Palisades-Dows Preserve.  Members of the CAA will give tours of the facility beginning...

Adults Teens Science & Technology

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Ever wonder how the brain works, why we feel emotions, or where memories are stored? Join West High students Flora and Tina for hands-on lessons about psychology, the scientific study of the mind. Build a model of the brain, learn about how it...

Tweens Science & Technology

Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 4:00pm

Meeting Room A

Don't just learn science - DO science with the UI Science Booster Club! This event is for 3rd-6th graders.

Tweens Science & Technology

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Ever wonder how the brain works, why we feel emotions, or where memories are stored? Join West High students Flora and Tina for hands-on lessons about psychology, the scientific study of the mind. Build a model of the brain, learn about how it...

Tweens Science & Technology

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Ever wonder how the brain works, why we feel emotions, or where memories are stored? Join West High students Flora and Tina for hands-on lessons about psychology, the scientific study of the mind. Build a model of the brain, learn about how it...

Tweens Science & Technology