Use the poster and bookmarks from National Engineers Week to help create an Engineering Corner for your patrons. In addition to displaying and distributing materials, you could offer a variety of simple children's activities for young library visitors to try, either on-site or at home.

• Create an engineering art display. Through photography and paints, children can illustrate technology's affects on how and where they live, learn and play, from their toys to their computers to their school supplies.

• Have a book list for young readers to share some of their favorite books dealing with technology and science with others. Collect a sample of engineering-related mysteries for your adult patrons, or display a list of available titles in your collection.

• Conduct a poster or essay contest. Have students write about technology and engineering or have students work in teams to write and perform plays. Draw themes from science fiction or re-enactments of actual events, such as the invention of the lightbulb. The young actors and actresses could portray the engineers and scientists making the technology and exploration possible.

• Use local or national newspapers and news magazines to help students find current examples of how technology is affecting their lives and our world and create a display.

• Challenge children to explore the future. The National Engineers Week Committee asked engineers what life will be like in the future. They said artificial body parts will become off-the-shelf items, workers will commute to offices on man-made planets, and buildings will be 300 stories or higher in the 22nd century. What are the predictions of the children? Have them create a book with their predictions and illustrate and display the results.

• Contact a local engineering college or business and ask for help in creating a photo display of engineering on campus or at work, blueprints and computer drawings, etc.