STEAM Engines: We Dig Dirt
What do you call a chicken who crosses the road, rolls around in the dirt, then comes back?* Alas, this particular joke went over the [...]
Evaluating STEAM Experiences
Earlier this month I participated in a forum about library makerspaces and how we evaluate engagement and measure success. Since my library’s equivalent of a [...]
Public Libraries Are Ideal Venues for Teen Science Cafés
By Michelle Hall and Michael Mayhew Co-directors, Teen Science Café Network A teen science café brings high school teens together in a social setting to have [...]
Thank you, NASA
I want to begin today by apologizing for having disappeared for a while. My disappearance wasn't by choice, but sharing my story does give me [...]
Exploring Space: Smart Spacecraft, Big Data, and Modeling Reality
By Claire Ratcliffe, Education Coordinator @ NCIL/SSI STAR Net recently launched a national traveling exhibition, Exploring Space: Smart Spacecraft, Big Data, and Modeling Reality. It will [...]
Exploring Insects
This summer, Skokie Public Library committed to providing quality STEAM programs for youth in elementary grades while in the hustle that is summer reading. Youth [...]