Level Up Your S.T.E.A.M. Programs

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Gwinnett County Public Library ~ GaCOMO Conference 2016

Who We Are

● Metro Atlanta area● 15 Branches plus Gwinnett Technical

College● Check Outs: 5 million +● Customer Visits: 2 million +● Electronic Visits: 4 million +● Program Attendance: 170,000 +● Total Active Cards: 340,000 +

Presenters:

Radha Ashok, Assistant Branch Manager

Arlene Melton, Public Services Librarian

Margaret Penn, Branch Services Director

Objective

● Support the educational needs of students

● Bring awareness to the concept and learning of STEAM

● Create a learning environment in the library

● Reconnect and share the library resources

Reinvent, Reimagine and Rediscover

● GCPL provided individual STEM programs for children

● Reimagined - program for all ages

● Rediscovered - STEM Academy and STEM camp


● Centerville branch provided the STEAM fair to all the area elementary school

● 90 minute STEAM showcase

The day of the

event...

Map and Passport


S.T.E.A. M

S.T.E.M. Academy: LEGO cityscape

● Designed for 7-10 year olds

● 3-day program from 3-5 pm

● Teamwork and individual projects

● 11 participants


GOALS:

● Learn about what makes a city

● Learn about the different jobs involved

● Planning and design

● Build a city

● Have fun!


Planning and design:

● What are the different jobs needed to build a city?

● Do you have the necessary infrastructure?

● What buildings do you need to sustain your city?


Completion

● The city is named

● Necessary buildings are built

● Participants got a certificate of

participation

S.T.E.M. Academy: C.S.I. Hamilton Mill

● Designed for 7-10 year olds

● 2-day program from 2-5 pm

● Teamwork and individual projects

● 10 Participants


Goal:

Participants will learn concepts associated with

forensic science and investigation to solve a

crime in the library.


Steps:

● Study crime scene

● collect evidence

● Interview suspects and witness

● Analyze results


Conclusion:

● The crime is solved and the criminal is

found

Reinvent, Reimagine and Rediscover - STEAM SPRING CAMP

● STEAM Reimagined for Middle and High school students - Ages 11-18

● Two session per day 9-12 and 1-4


● Career connection to each day’s topic

● Hand-on experience

● Group projects

● Side activities


● 3D printing


● 3D printing

Side activity - Makey Makey


● Weaving


● Weaving

Side activity - Perler beads


● Coding

● Hr of coding with Scratch

● W3Schools - HTML


● Coding

Side activity - Button Making


● Lego Mindstorm


● Lego Mindstorm


● Robotic Cubelets


● Robotic Cubelets

Side activity - lego WeDo

Reinvent, Reimagine and Rediscover● SCIENCE


15 participants for each session

Reinvent, Reimagine and RediscoverResources

● Boone County Public Library http://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/programs/summerreading/Documents/2014_conference_materials/40%20STEAM%20Programs%20in%2040%20Minutes/2014%2040%20STEAM%20Programs%20in%2040%20Minutes%20KDLA%20SCR.pdf

● Libraries and STEM National Conference http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/stemlibraryconference/events/

● Association for Library Service to Children http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2015/06/taking-the-leap-from-stem-to-steam/

● Young Adult Library Services Association http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/STEM_Resources

● ALA STEM Programming Tool Kit http://www.ala.org/yalsa/sites/ala.org.yalsa/files/content/STEMtoolkit_Final_2013.docx.

● The Show Me Librarian http://showmelibrarian.blogspot.com/

● Kids Activity Blog http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/

● Brain Pop http://educators.brainpop.com/lesson-plan/sink-or-float-background-information-for-teachers-and-parents/

● Teach Mamma http://teachmama.com/rainbow-loom-5-reasons-kids-need-parents-love/


Resources

● Designing your LEGO city layout http://lionsgatemodels.com/art-lego-layout-design.htm

● Planning a New Town http://nationalgeographic.org/archive/xpeditions/lessons/12/g68/newtown.html

● PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/forensics.html

● Cyberbee http://www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crimescene.html


QuestionsContact information:

Radha Ashok [email protected]

Arlene Melton [email protected]

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Level Up Your S.T.E.A.M. Programs