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Tag: STEM

June 1, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Saying Goodbye to the “Not Like Other Girls” Girl, a guest post by Alexene Farol Follmuth

In fiction, the NLOGG is an aspiration. In reality, she’s the mentality that unnecessarily pits girls against each other.

May 6, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Fun Fiction can Sell STEM, a guest post by Susan McCormick

Young people are interested in science. Children’s authors and books with engrossing STEM stories can encourage this interest.

November 30, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: Resources You Should Know

YA Librarian Karen Jensen shares 5 resources to help us all serve middle grade and young adult readers in our libraries in 2021

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I Went to a STEAMFest and This is What I Learned

August 16, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Monday night our local school district – where I live, not where I work – hosted a district wide STEAMFest and I took my family, but I also went to scope things out – as one does. Overall, this was a well crafted event that I would love to host (on a slightly smaller scale) […]

Getting Ready for May the Fourth: Some Star Wars STEAM Ideas

March 22, 2017 by Robin Willis

Our weekly STEM program for 3 to 18 year old patrons took a turn for the galactic yesterday as we focused on Star Wars. None of the ideas I’m about to link to are my own, but I will tell you how well they worked for us and give you some tips for success. Our […]

Circulating Maker Kits, part two – Putting the Kits Together (with a book list)

July 1, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

As step three in our efforts to fully embrace the Maker movement, and in conjunction with our Maker Collection of circulating titles, we are putting together Circulating Maker Kits (CMKs) that will check out to the public and provide our community with some simple but fun hands on introductions to Making. The Public Library of […]

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Take 5: The Robot Test Kitchen’s Reading List

December 4, 2014 by Heather Booth

The five of us in the Robot Test Kitchen all came to this project from different comfort levels with technology. Some of us couldn’t get enough of it, some of us were skilled at it, some of us were dragging our heels, and some of us were curious but trepidatious. Some of us were a […]

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