Informal

Library

Youth

Programs Global STEMx Education

Conference

September 20, 2013

Jennifer Hopwood

Training Coordinator

Southern Maryland Regional Library Association

jhopwood@somd.lib.md.us

Amy Koester

Children’s Librarian

St. Charles City-County Library District

LittleeLit.com Blog Manager

akoester@stchilibrary.org

• 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

STEM @ the Library:

Programming with Older Students

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• Outdated Technology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 Willems

978-1423103004

Pre-School – Grade 1

• Frogs

• Life-Cycles

Frogs

By Gail Gibbons

978-0823411344

Water Castle

By Megan Frazer Blakemore

9780802728395

Grades 4-7

• Chemistry

• Elements

10 Inventors Who Changed

the World

By Clive Gifford

9780753462591

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 Librarian

showmelibrarian.blogspot.com

Little eLit

LittleeLit.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?!

?Jennifer Hopwoodjhopwood@somd.lib.md.us

Amy Koesterakoester@stchilibrary.org

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