Chandra Jones

Sugar on sugar on sugar. Plus an exploration into ways that different cultures honor their dead.

These guys discovered that THEY could be conductors, and spent a good hour slapping one another's hands while trying to play Mario Bros.

The goal is to build a structure that will keep a ping-oong ball in motion for the longest amount of time. Materials are limited to paper, tape, and scissors.

Teens draw an image on a squared grid, then transfer it to a stretched grid. The resulting image looks wonky on paper, but perfect when reflected in a mirrored cylider.

Teens build elements of a roller coaster for a marble and then apply physics to make their coaster work.

A challenging project to build a thread-bound book from scratch. Some materials supplied by Denver Bookbinding Company.

The Melon Ninja -- throw playing cards at a watermelon. Get three to stick in under a minute.

Using irons, hair dryers and glue guns to create mixed-media art on canvases.

Teens created paracord bracelets while we discussed dystopian and post-apocalyptic books.

After discussing basic words and principles of simple machines, teens build their own catapults and compete for distance and height.

Groups of teens build a shelter using only a roll of tape and newspaper. The shelter must allow one person under it without any support beyond itself.

Teens take photos of things in the library and then turn them into 3D images.