# Up and Atom: LED Holiday Cards – South Tacoma Branch

> Event for families in the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue area (WA). Times are Pacific Time.

- When: Fri, Dec 18 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
- Where: Tacoma Public Library – South Tacoma Branch, 3411 South 56th Street, Tacoma, WA 98409
- Ages: Grades K-5, Grades 6-8
- Price: Check official pricing
- Organizer: Tacoma Public Library
- Official page: https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/6ad3ccea901b02002cc32e54
- Last checked: Sat, Oct 24

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## About

On a Friday afternoon in December, the South Tacoma Branch hosts the LED Holiday Cards edition of Tacoma Public Library's Up and Atom STEAM Days. Students in Grades K-8 wire paper circuits from copper tape, a coin cell battery and an LED, then build the circuit into a holiday card of their own design so part of it glows. Along the way they learn how current travels through a circuit. The 90-minute after-school session has no registration shown.

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