STEAM Engines: A House for a Louse
We were at the tail end of what seemed to be an endless, capricious winter. One of those predictably unpredictable Illinois seasons where one day [...]
3D Printing Boot Camp
Skokie Public Library has previously offered multiple day programs over school breaks to engage learners in a deeper dive of a specific content. Boot camp [...]
New GLOBE Observer Toolkit for Informal Educators
GLOBE Observer, an app-based citizen science project, recently released a toolkit for informal educators at libraries, museums, parks and outdoor education centers, after school programs, [...]
Free Books and Supplies Available for Your Library!
by Stephanie Vierow-Fields STAR Net’s Summer of Space campaign promotes space science and astronomy and provides valuable resources that public libraries can use to build a summer [...]
Community Video Gaming
Video games continue to be a source of community based learning and entertainment for youth and teens at Skokie Public Library. We have embraced this [...]
STEAM Engines: Emmett Chappelle and big, messy Bioluminescence
Skokie Public Library's February STEAM Engines club, featuring STEAM learning and hands-on activity for kindergarten through second graders, focused on super cool retired scientist [...]