Summer Reading: Kopernik Observatory – “Volcanoes”

Join us for select morning events based on this year’s statewide Summer Reading theme, “Adventure Begins at Your Library.” Summer Reading promotes literacy and reading activity over the summer months, and runs from June 18th to July 23rd. Events include presenters, activities, and pop-ups, and more. Open to school age children. Please register in the library.

This week’s program will be held in the library with Kopernik Observatory & Science Center. It will feature a 30-minute presentation about volcanoes, both active and extinct. It will explain why they occur and where they can be found. This introduction will also incorporate video of volcanic activity, including an eruption on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io, recorded by NASA’s New Horizons probe. Patrons will be able to examine different volcanic rocks. After the program, attendees will have the opportunity to create their preferred type of volcano using Play-Doh and then simulate an eruption using a reaction of baking soda and vinegar.