STEAM Events

Handmade seed bombs made with dirt, clay, and wildflower seeds sit in an egg carton.
March 19, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Get ready to get your hands dirty by mixing dirt, clay, and wildflower seeds into "bombs," or balls, that can be used to re-green urban...


Flying drone with a background of blurred people watching
March 19, 2025 4:00 PM
Join us for an afternoon of learning how to fly a drone. The audience will gain knowledge of the function and maneuverability of drones....


diy cardboard train
March 19, 2025 4:00 PM
Join us to create a cardboard train sculpture. Participants will work both individually and collaboratively using cardboard as a versatile...


One half has a picture of a space shuttle preparing for take off; the second half of the picture has a lunar eclipse.
March 19, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Have you ever thought about traveling through space to land on the moon and see the stars?  Maybe you've even wondered just how big...


Monarch butterflies overwintering in a pine tree.
Available During Library Hours (While Supplies Last)
Did you know that migratory monarch butterfly populations are threatened by habitat destruction and climate change? You can help support...


Lego bricks held in a hand
Every Thursday at 3 p.m.
Come enjoy a weekly drop-in playtime at the library for creative play with LEGO-style bricks and traditional building blocks. Suggested...


A small dinosaur figurine growls in front of a homemade tiny terrarium.
March 20, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Create your own mini greenhouse in a jar with a live plant cutting, moss, soil, and decorations.


child looking through magnifying glass
Thursdays at 4 p.m.
Children will participate in STEM lessons and activities revealing L.A.'s unique science secrets, from tar pits to Kelp forests and beyond!


lego bricks in child's hands
March 20, 2025 4:00 PM
Build amazing structures and let your imagination soar as you become an engineer and architect with brick building.


close up of hands planting a seedling
March 22, 2025 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Learn the simple techniques of organic gardening, drought-tolerant landscaping, and integrated pest management to cultivate your garden.


kid with a monster drawing
March 22, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Design the toy of your dreams! Join Angela Alcerro, Professor of Toy Design at Otis College of Art and Design, for this step-by-step...


hands squeezing slime
March 22, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Join us for some slimy fun! Learn all about slime as you make your own! Recommended for ages 5-11.


A young person reaches into a 3D printer for the Print.
March 22, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Learn more about 3D modeling and 3D printing with a fun, simple 3D print project and other activities. Projects that are completed by the...


Three butterflies and a flower.
March 23, 2025 1:30 PM
An interactive program featuring elements of juggling, music, and performance that highlights the greatest issue of our time.Follow the...


Marine life on an ocean floor, including sea stars and sea urchins
March 24, 2025 3:30 PM
Celebrate Everything Earth! Children learn about biodiversity and experience marine life up-close and personal with live tidepool animals,...


3D printers with filament on book cart
March 24, 2025 3:30 PM
Our Monthly MakerSpace meets next in the community room! Learn 3-D printing, sewing, button making, zine making, custom sticker design and...


hands grabbing soil
March 24, 2025 4:00 PM
Join GrowingGreat garden educators for hands-on activities that explore what soil is, why plants need it, and how it can help keep our...


flat lay of seastars, anemones, and other tidepool animals in a clear plastic container
March 25, 2025 3:30 PM
Children experience marine life up-close and personal with our live tidepool animals, specimens and colorful puppets. Sea stars and...


3 children up close wearing face masks and looking through magnifying glasses at worms held in the palm of two hands
March 25, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Join GrowingGreat for a hands-on exploration of some of our favorite garden helpers—worms! Learn about the important work worms do in our...


child hands holding small legos over larger legos.
March 25, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Bring your engineering ideas to life with soft blocks, Legos, and more.


a pair of hands holds multi colored LEGO bricks
March 25, 2025 4:00 PM
Join us for some LEGO fun! We provide the Legos, you provide the creativity. Kids can choose to attempt the Build Challenge, or they can...


Arms and Hands Holding up the word "Volunteer"
March 25, 2025 4:15 PM to 5:00 PM
Ages 11-18 can join us online to help make Sylmar Library a better place for other teens! At our Teen Council meetings, you can let us know...


Colorful yarn pom-poms.
March 26, 2025 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
It's Pom-Pom Playtime! Learn how to make your own pom-pom sphere of yarn. It's science, it's art, and it's fun!


A child's hands full of lego bricks in a variety of colors.
Fourth Wednesdays at 4 p.m.
Come build with us at the Library. Each month, we will have a suggested building theme. Your LEGO® bricks creation may be chosen to be...


Hand holding dirt with worms in it
March 26, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Join GrowingGreat garden educators for a hands-on exploration of some of our favorite garden helpers - worms!This program was made possible...


kids-looking-at-atomic-models
March 26, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Learn some basic physics and chemistry with two fun experiments! We'll create invisible ink for secret messages, and use popsicle sticks to...


Lego bricks held in a hand
Every Thursday at 3 p.m.
Come enjoy a weekly drop-in playtime at the library for creative play with LEGO-style bricks and traditional building blocks. Suggested...


Cupped hands holding Legos
March 27, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Come build with us at the Library. Your LEGO® bricks creation may be chosen to be displayed at the library. Recommended for ages four and...


Assorted Lego bricks being held by two hands.
March 27, 2025 4:00 PM
Love to build? Come join our building blocks club at the library!¿Te encanta construir? ¡Ven y forma parte de nuestro club de constructores...


A table with paint supplies and a child's hand painting paper.
March 27, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Enjoy an afternoon of crafts, invisible ink art edition! 


two hands hold colorful plastic toy bricks
Fourth Thursday of the Month at 4:15 p.m.
An hour of free play to create and experiment! Be challenged with bricks and other building toys, wooden train tracks and brain-teaser...


A girl works complex math problems on a chalkboard.
March 27, 2025 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Are you looking to share your opinions about the library? Do you like games, challenges, and prizes? Would you like to hang out with some...


Cardboard art pieces on a black background with the No Prior Art logo
March 29, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Cardboard is an accessible, sustainable, and recyclable material that offers endless possibilities for creativity at home. Learn advanced...


Two terra cotta pots have different species of succulent plants growing in them.
March 29, 2025 4:00 PM
Ages 11 and up are invited to join us to learn the science of terrariums, and then make one to take home. Succulent plants, miniatures,...


Image of seed bombs in an egg carton
March 30, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Join us for this Neighborhood Science Workshop to make clay and compost seed bombs filled with California native wildflower seeds. In this...


hand-holding-legos
First and Third Tuesday of the Month at 3 p.m.
Build whatever you can imagine with building bricks!


Clip art of children standing and holding science props
April 2, 2025 4:00 PM
Have fun in this free, hands on STEM program! Perfect for ages 4-10.


Kids playing with a volcano
April 2, 2025 4:00 PM
Join us for fun Science Club for kids!


grass flowers and trees
April 2, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Few things are as fun as getting your hands dirty, especially when the results are clay and compost seed bombs filled with California...


seedlings in containers
April 2, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Celebrate Everything Earth Month by learning how seeds become plants. Then we'll paint a pot for our seeds.


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