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Engineers Week - SDCC

With Library Labs

2025

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Engineer week with Library Labs

Ballyroan Library

Date & TimeEvent Details

Monday 3rd March,

6:30 - 8:00pm

Make a Town (adult event)

An introduction to the thinking behind Civil Engineering. What environmental, infrastructural, cultural or even political considerations go into planning out a town layout?

We begin by brainstorming with the group around these topics and then break into groups to make our town on large landscape sheets.

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Castletymon Library

Date & TimeEvent Details

Thursday 6th March,

2:30 - 4:00pm

Engino with Sean: Build a Car

Build a car to learn about motion and force

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Tallaght Library

Date & TimeEvent Details

Tuesday 4th March,

6:30 - 8:00pm

Make a Town

An introduction to the thinking behind civil engineering. What environmental, infrastructural, cultural or even political considerations go into planning out a town layout?

We begin by brainstorming with the group around these topics and then break into groups to make our town on large landscape sheets.

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Engineers' Week Family Fun Day

In Tallaght Library
Saturday, 8th March
TimeEvent Details

11:00am

Lego Engineers' with the Glow Group

Join the Glow group and solve some engineering challenges using Lego

Suitable for ages 6-8

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12:00pm

Explore Engineering Show with Junior Einsteins

Join the Junior Einsteins as they explore chemical engineering & electrical engineering

Experiments for the show include;

  • Slime science (non Newtonian fluids & cross linking polymerisation)
  • Engineer an exothermic reaction with elephant toothpaste
  • Plasma ball: light a lightsabre
  • Sparks of lightning on our university grade Van Der Graaf generator
  • Giant smoke cannons (air vortices)
  • Hand boilers
  • Engineer a nucleation reaction with cola & mentos!

All welcome!

12:00pm

Lego Engineers' with the Glow Group

Join the Glow group and solve some engineering challenges using Lego

Suitable for ages 9-12

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2:00pm

Rockets, Planes & Forces Nutty Scientist.

Explore the science of flight as items fly, explode and spin

Suitable for ages 4-6

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3:00pm

Rockets, Planes & Forces Nutty Scientist

Explore the science of flight as items fly, explode and spin

Suitable for ages 7-10

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Lots of fun events at your library!