Photo Gallery: Kids Have Fun With Science At Mentor Public Library

Kids learned that they can find science in even with the most common items from their own homes during the Science is Everywhere program last week at .

Children were sorted into groups and rotated through five stations, each with a science-related theme, ranging from magnetism to electricity.

At one of the stations, meant to teach kids about the principles of light, participants were able to make their own kaleidoscopes to take home. Olivia Szmania, 10, explained how the experiment worked.

“You take one cup and put colored confetti in it and then you put another cup over it, fold a shiny piece of paper into a triangle and when you move the cups around you can see cool shapes,” she said.

Kids who participated in the program also learned about mass, played with magnets and even made a few different types of circuits.

The event drew a crowd of about 60 kids.

Szmania said of the program, “I love science. It was great to see all the reactions we created from the experiments. Science is really fun and it’s fun getting a little messy, too.”