Teens

Winter Reading Challenge: Teens
From January 1 to February 28 | Ages 13-17.
You are invited to embrace the cozy season by reading and participating in fun activities throughout the winter months! Participants are encouraged to read a variety of books, explore different genres, and complete special reading-related challenges. As you read and log you will earn virtual raffle tickets, which can be used for a chance to win exciting prizes!​

Seedlings with Neighborhood Forest
From January 1 to March 15 | All Ages
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The Mars Area Public Library is partnering with Neighborhood Forest to provide tree seedlings for teens in time for Earth Week in April. Sign up until March 15 to give a tree seedling a new home! You will be contacted when the trees are ready to be picked up.
Teens and Tweens

STEM Tuesday (Beginner and Advanced)
Beginner: March 4 and April 15 at 5:30pm | Ages 5-8
Advanced: March 18 and April 29 at 5:30pm | Ages 9-13
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In honor of the Mars New Year this June, we're going to Mars with our new STEM Tuesday activities this spring! Join us for two separate missions that will explore Mars and outer space using STEM/STEAM concepts (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math).​
March: Space Suit Design/Advanced Space Suit Design
April: Rocket Launch to Mars/Space Flight Factory- Rocket to Mars.

Detective Science
Wednesday, March 5 from 5-6:30pm | Ages 10+
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Put your investigative skills to the test. Today, we learn how to classify our fingerprints, write secret messages using ciphers, create invisible ink, and test our deductive reasoning with some logic puzzles and "one-minute" mystery challenges.
Teens and Adults
Teen Advisory Board

Teen Advistory Board (TAB)
Every first and third Thursday of the month: February 20, March 6 and 20, April 17 at either 4:30 or 5:30pm | Teens
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The mission of the Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is to represent teen interests in the library, encourage leadership (with positions such as President, Secretary, etc.) and creativity, foster community engagement, and make a positive impact. TAB members will coordinate with Librarians to improve the library and implement programs that serve local teens. TAB meets monthly for one hour.​
TAB members will earn volunteer hours.