Weekly Challenge: Week of July 30, 2012

Teen Summer Reading

Weekly Challenge

~Week of July 30th, 2012~

List 6 odd numbers that add up exactly to 100.

Weekly Challenge: Week of July 23, 2012

Teen Summer Reading

Weekly Challenge

~Week of July 23rd, 2012~

PERFORMANCEJ

Stop by the Reference Desk and show off your magic skills! Perform a magic trick for this week’s weekly challenge. (If you attended the Mike Rose card trick program on 07/23, show reference one of the tricks that you learned!)

Weekly Challenge: Week of July 16, 2012

Teen Summer Reading

Weekly Challenge

~Week of July 16th, 2012~

Getting to Know Your Teen Collection

Use one of FRE’s catalog computers

(or direct your own Internet-connected device to: http://www.cumberlandcountylibraries.org/catalog) to find answers to the following questions.

1.   Do a SUBJECT search for : “graphic novels.”

a.   Record the number of results here: ______________________________

2.   Narrow your results by selecting “Fredricksen” as your “Location.”

a.   Record your new number of results here:

______________________________

3.   Now narrow your results even further by limiting your results to “Teen Fiction.”

4.   How many Fiction graphic novels are located in the TEEN Graphic Novel section @ FRE?

______________________________

Weekly Challenge: Week of July 9, 2012

Teen Summer Reading

Weekly Challenge

~Week of July 9th, 2012~

What is one of the possible responses that would correctly fill in the blank in the following sentence?

  

“This sentence has _____________ letters.”

Weekly Challenge: Week of July 2, 2012

Weekly Challenge

~Week of July 2nd~

July is National Blueberry month, so let’s think BLUE…

·        Melissa de la Cruz Series 

(also the name of a Police Drama TV Show)

·        Kid’s TV Show

·        “Evolved” DVDs

·        Pop Icon’s Baby

·        Gnome-like Blue Characters

·        James Cameron Movie Set In 2154

Name 2 Crayola colors in the BLUE family.

• _______________________________
• _______________________________

Weekly Challenge: Week of June 25, 2012

Weekly Challenge

~Week of June 25th~

Complete the medium difficulty-level

Sudoku puzzle below.

Weekly Challenge: Week of June 18, 2012

Weekly Challenge

~Week of June 18th~

We might not have an app, yet, but we are online! Answer the following questions for tickets towards this week’s challenge.

BLOG

http://fred-teens.blogspot.com/

Go to the blog (this one) and find the title of one of the ADVENTURE books that I reviewed:

FACEBOOK

@Teen-Scene-at-Fredricksen-Library

Go to our FB page and write down the name of the first person who is listed on our “LIKES” page.

WEBSITE

http://cumberlandcountylibraries.org/index.aspx?NID=681

Go to our Teen Page via the Library website and write down one thing that can be found on our page. 

Weekly Challenge: Week of June 11, 2012

Weekly Challenge

~Week of June 11th~

Who sponsors the

Fredricksen Teen Summer Reading Program?

You tell us! Bring in 3 brochures, menus, newspaper ads or printouts from any of our prize sponsors.

Show the ads to a member of the Reference staff.

Weekly Challenge: Week of June 4, 2012

Weekly Challenge

~Week of June 4th~

A man has committed a terrible crime for which he will be punished. He is placed in an arena and forced to open one of three doors. Behind the first door is a raging fire, behind the second door is a firing squad, and behind the third door is a room full of lions that haven’t eaten in three years. If he wants to live, which room should he choose?

Weekly Challenge #8

The LAST weekly challenge of the 2011 Summer!!! Opportunity for double tickets too!

Weekly Challenge #8 (week of July 25th)
PERFORMANCE!!

This week you have (2) options:

1. 
   
   Stop by the Reference Desk and show off your magic skills! Perform a magic trick for this week’s weekly challenge.


2. 
   
   Stop by the Reference Desk and show off your great sense of humor! Tell a joke to a member of the Reference staff for this week’s weekly challenge.

Weekly Challenge #7 (week of July 18th)

Weekly Challenge #7 (week of July 18th)
Word Problem

Tom, Macy, Jack, and Sally hold these jobs in their city: veterinarian, mail carrier, police officer, and zoo keeper. Tom and Sally work with animals. Macy and Jack wear uniforms. Jack refuses to touch a gun. Sally does not like dogs. The veterinarian is 5 years older than the mail carrier. Macy, 24 years old, is 3 years younger than the zoo keeper. The 20-year-old delivers letters.
Can you match each person with an age and a job?

Tom is a _____________________ and he is ________ old.

Macy is a _____________________ and she is ________ old.

Jack is a _____________________ and he is ________ old.

Sally is a _____________________ and she is ________ old.

Weekly Challenge #6

One day early;)

Weekly Challenge #6 (week of July 11th)
Brain Teaser II

1. How many of each species did Moses take onto the ark with him?
   


2. If 3 cats catch 3 rats in 3 minutes, how many minutes will it take 100 cats to catch 100 rats?
   


3. I am very heavy, but backwards I'm not.

Weekly Challenge #5

Weekly Challenge #5 (week of July 4th)
RIDDLES

Can you figure out the answer to these riddles?

1. A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He stays two days and then leaves on Saturday. How can this be?

2. The more I dry, the wetter I get. What am I?

3. I always run, but never walk. I have a bed, but I don't sleep. I have a mouth, but I don't eat. What am I?

Weekly Challenge #4

After speaking to a few of you, I've decided to try and keep the Teen Summer Reading Program Weekly Challenges posted on both Facebook and this blog. Below is the Weekly Challenge for this week (paper copies available @ FRE).

Weekly Challenge #4 (week of June 27th)
TITLE SCRAMBLE

Unscramble the words below to form the titles of movies that were books before they made it to the big screen.
(HINT: All of these titles can be found in FRE’s Teen section).

TSI IDNK FO A NYFUN YSRTO

PDFLIPE

CTSOT MGRIPLI

ATSYLEB

RAYRH TOTPER NDA HET EAYHLDT WLOHLSO

I ONKW TAHW YOU IDD STLA SURMEM

STDESHROIO FO EHT LIGETRVAN NSAPT

CSIEEPL

OMMSRIE FO A GETENAE AMINECSA

HAKNTIER

HTE OYB NI HTE ESPTIDR AAAJMSP