Informal Library Youth Programs

Informal Library Youth

Programs Global STEMx Education

ConferenceSeptember 20, 2013

Jennifer HopwoodTraining 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

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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 5 years• New Discoveries• Outdated Technology• Condition • Relevancy!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?!

?Jennifer Hopwoodjhopwood@somd.lib.md.us

Amy Koesterakoester@stchilibrary.org

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