WAIMEA — Engineers Week is Feb. 19 through 24 and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Pohakuloa Training Area and W.M. Keck Observatory will celebrate in collaboration with Thelma Parker Memorial Public Library with an Engineering Bash there from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 24.
The free, family-friendly NASA@My Library event will feature some of the island’s most talented engineers. Children can discover the amazing world of engineering through indoor and outdoor hands-on experiments, demonstrations and displays including a handmade firefighting pump. Attendees also can bring their questions to “Ask an Engineer.”
Event highlights will include Alka Seltzer rocket making and rocket launching; a mobile, a solar-powered trailer capable of powering multiple major appliances; hydrostatic bearing demonstrations; infrared camera activities; marshmallow catapult making; and balloon drop experiments.
“Engineers Week is a great time to celebrate how engineers make a difference in our community, and in our world,” said Pam Akao, Thelma Parker Memorial Public Library branch manager. “We are grateful to Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Pohakuloa Training Area and W.M. Keck Observatory for partnering with us to spotlight the innovative contributions of engineers to our lives.”
The Thelma Parker Memorial Public Library also will offer other free Engineering Week activities, including special children and family screenings of engineering-themed movies Feb. 21. Disney-Pixar’s cosmic comedy adventure “Wall-E” will play at 1:30 p.m., and the heartwarming, high-tech comedy “Short Circuit” at 5:30 p.m.
Mary Beth Laychak, outreach program manager at Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope, will present an engineering-themed Preschool Story Time at 10 a.m. Feb. 22, and will lead an engineering-related activity.
NASA@My Library is an initiative to engage public audiences nationwide in informal and lifelong learning with the excitement of NASA exploration and discovery. Thelma Parker Memorial Public Library is one of 75 public libraries chosen to participate, and the only one in the state of Hawaii.
Info: Call 887-6067