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Boy building robot

Science Time! Let's Invent!

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Early Childhood Program Room at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEM
Age Group:
Youth, Elementary School
Event Details:

Grades 3-5 Registration required Create your own inventions using a variety of supplies and recyclables!

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Early Childhood Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Elementary School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM
Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-5

Registration required

Create your own inventions using a variety of supplies and recyclables!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. 

Photo Permission

In the course of daily operations, the library may take photographs within public areas of the library. Written permission is not needed for Library staff to take photographs of groups or crowds including children in the library building or during library sponsored events.

Hack Star

Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 10:00am - 6:00pm
Meeting Room A at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Middle School, High School
Event Details:

Register here Join us for a hackathon to work on coding and launch a weather balloon! We’re partnering with Hack Club to present our first hackathon. We will have several com...

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Type: STEM
Required
Event Details:

Register here

Join us for a hackathon to work on coding and launch a weather balloon! We’re partnering with Hack Club to present our first hackathon.

Child wearing hard hat

DuPage Children's Museum K-5: Science of Structures

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room A at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Youth, Families, Elementary School
Event Details:

Grades K-5  DuPage Children's Museum is coming to the library!  Engage in different engineering challenges to construct buildings, forts, and arches as they explore...

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Youth, Families, Elementary School
Program Type: STEM
Required
Event Details:

Grades K-5 

DuPage Children's Museum is coming to the library! 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. 

Photo Permission

In the course of daily operations, the library may take photographs within public areas of the library. Written permission is not needed for Library staff to take photographs of groups or crowds including children in the library building or during library sponsored events.

Paper airplane

Flight School: Paper Airplanes

Monday, June 24, 2024 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Early Childhood Program Room at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEM
Age Group:
Youth, Families, Elementary School
Event Details:

Children and families Put your folding skills to the test and build some paper airplanes with us. We'll have a variety of challenges for you to try out with your plane. To ce...

Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Early Childhood Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Families, Elementary School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM
Event Details:

Children and families

Put your folding skills to the test and build some paper airplanes with us. We'll have a variety of challenges for you to try out with your plane.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. 

Photo Permission

In the course of daily operations, the library may take photographs within public areas of the library. Written permission is not needed for Library staff to take photographs of groups or crowds including children in the library building or during library sponsored events.

Paper airplane

Flight School: Paper Airplanes

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 9:00am - 12:00pm
Early Childhood Program Room at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEM
Age Group:
Youth, Families, Elementary School
Event Details:

Children and families Put your folding skills to the test and build some paper airplanes with us. We'll have a variety of challenges for you to try out with your plane. To ce...

Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Early Childhood Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Families, Elementary School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM
Event Details:

Children and families

Put your folding skills to the test and build some paper airplanes with us. We'll have a variety of challenges for you to try out with your plane.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. 

Photo Permission

In the course of daily operations, the library may take photographs within public areas of the library. Written permission is not needed for Library staff to take photographs of groups or crowds including children in the library building or during library sponsored events.

Pink, yellow, and purple 3D printed butterflies in 3D printed grass

3D Print Club

Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Computer Classroom 2A at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
Clubs, In-Person, STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Middle School, High School
Event Details:

Learn to use Tinkercad, a 3D design program, and create 3D printed art. 

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Computer Classroom 2A
Age Group: Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Type: Clubs, In-Person, STEM
Required
Event Details:

Learn to use Tinkercad, a 3D design program, and create 3D printed art. 

Teen listening to music while on computer

Coding & Music Making

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room C at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
In-Person, STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Middle School, High School
Event Details:

Use Tunepad to compose your own musical masterpiece. 

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Type: In-Person, STEM
Required
Event Details:

Use Tunepad to compose your own musical masterpiece. 

Boy playing with magnet toy

DuPage Children's Museum K-5: Marvelous Magnets

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room A at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Youth, Families, Elementary School
Event Details:

Grades K-5 DuPage Children's Museum is coming to the library!  Explore the properties of magnets through building, investigating, and observing magnets and magnetic forc...

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Youth, Families, Elementary School
Program Type: STEM
Required
Event Details:

Grades K-5

DuPage Children's Museum is coming to the library! 

Explore the properties of magnets through building, investigating, and observing magnets and magnetic forces.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. 

Photo Permission

In the course of daily operations, the library may take photographs within public areas of the library. Written permission is not needed for Library staff to take photographs of groups or crowds including children in the library building or during library sponsored events.

Teen listening to music while on computer

Coding & Music Making

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room C at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
In-Person, STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Middle School, High School
Event Details:

Use Tunepad to compose your own musical masterpiece. 

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Type: In-Person, STEM
Required
Event Details:

Use Tunepad to compose your own musical masterpiece. 

Teen listening to music while on computer

Coding & Music Making

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room C at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
In-Person, STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Middle School, High School
Event Details:

Use Tunepad to compose your own musical masterpiece. 

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Type: In-Person, STEM
Required
Event Details:

Use Tunepad to compose your own musical masterpiece. 

Pink, yellow, and purple 3D printed butterflies in 3D printed grass

3D Print Club

Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Computer Classroom 2A at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
Clubs, In-Person, STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Middle School, High School
Event Details:

Learn to use Tinkercad, a 3D design program, and create 3D printed art. 

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Computer Classroom 2A
Age Group: Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Type: Clubs, In-Person, STEM
Required
Event Details:

Learn to use Tinkercad, a 3D design program, and create 3D printed art. 

Pink, yellow, and purple 3D printed butterflies in 3D printed grass

3D Print Club

Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Computer Classroom 2A at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
Clubs, In-Person, STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Middle School, High School
Event Details:

Learn to use Tinkercad, a 3D design program, and create 3D printed art. 

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Computer Classroom 2A
Age Group: Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Type: Clubs, In-Person, STEM
Required
Event Details:

Learn to use Tinkercad, a 3D design program, and create 3D printed art. 

Build Studio

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Early Childhood Program Room at Wheaton Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Youth, Preschool, Elementary School
Event Details:

Geared for Pre-K through 5th grade Try your hand at some building and engineering challenges! This is a drop-in event. Feel free to stop by between 4pm and 5:30pm to particip...

Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Early Childhood Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Preschool, Elementary School
Program Type: STEM
Event Details:

Geared for Pre-K through 5th grade

Try your hand at some building and engineering challenges!

This is a drop-in event. Feel free to stop by between 4pm and 5:30pm to participate. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. 

Photo Permission

In the course of daily operations, the library may take photographs within public areas of the library. Written permission is not needed for Library staff to take photographs of groups or crowds including children in the library building or during library sponsored events.