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Informal Library Youth
Programs Global STEMx Education
ConferenceSeptember 20, 2013
Jennifer HopwoodTraining Coordinator
Southern Maryland Regional Library Association
Amy Koester Children’s Librarian
St. Charles City-County Library District
LittleeLit.com Blog Manager
• Building Community Partnerships• STEM @ the Library • Summer of STEM • Readers Advisory• Helpful Resources
AGENDA
Change is constant
even when we don’t
perceive it!
• National Initiatives • Partners in Education• Funding Opportunities• Collection Promotion• Paradigm Shifting• More Parent Involvement!
Why STEM at the Library?
Schools & Libraries Together!
• Extended Reach• Project Collaboration• Shared Resources• Kids Win!
Building Partnerships
• Determine Your Need• Timing• Give Back What You Take• Evaluate
STEM @ the Library
• Informal STEM opportunities• Formal programming• Outreach potential
Informal STEM Activities
• Observation Stations• Take-home Activities• “Make it, Take it” • Take-Home Kits & Bundles
STEM @ the Library:Programming with Younger
Students
21
3 4
STEM @ the Library:Programming with Older
Students
5 6
7 8
2014: The Summer of STEM
• Nation-wide Summer Reading Programs• Children: Fizz, Boom, Read!• Teens: Spark a Reaction!
Collection Development:Time to Weed!
• Publication Date > 5 years• New Discoveries• Outdated Technology• Condition • Relevancy!
What a Great Pair!
Pair Non-Fiction Titles with Fiction
• Connects to Common Core State Standards for Literacy
• Enforces Concepts through Real-World Understanding
• Connects Relevancy to Own Lives• Increases Comprehension • Access point for readers of both types of literature.
City Dog, Country Frog By Mo Willems978-1423103004
Pre-School – Grade 1• Frogs• Life-Cycles
FrogsBy Gail Gibbons
978-0823411344
Water CastleBy Megan Frazer Blakemore9780802728395
Grades 4-7• Chemistry• Elements
10 Inventors Who Changed the World
By Clive Gifford9780753462591
Readers Advisory Resource: The Nonfiction Detectives
www.nonfictiondetectives.com
Helpful Resources
• Blogs• Education Websites– pbs.org/teachers/stem– nasa.gov/education– discoveryeducation.com
• Social Media – LinkedIn Group “STEM in Libraries”
The Show Me Librarianshowmelibrarian.blogspot.com
Little eLitLittleeLit.com
Twitter• STEMfinity @STEMfinity• Stem-Works @Stem_Works• NASA Education @NASAedu• SmithsonianEducation @SmithsonianEdu• Abigail Harrison, Aspiring Astronaut
@AstronautAbby # STEM #STEAM
• Leland Melvin @Astro_Flow• Will.i.am @iamwill
#iamSTEAM
Pinterest http://pinterest.com/jhopwood80/stem
Just because
it’s on the internet doesn’t
mean it’s true?!
Thanks for
joining us!