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How to STEM : science, technology, engineering, and math education in libraries / edited by Vera Gubnitskaia and Carol Smallwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Academic libraries--Relations with faculty and curriculum.
- Engineering--Study and teaching.
- Libraries and education.
- Libraries--Special collections--Science.
- Mathematics--Study and teaching.
- School librarian participation in curriculum planning.
- Science and technology libraries.
- Science--Study and teaching.
- Technology--Study and teaching.
- Library orientation for science students.
- Science and technology libraries--United States.
- Libraries and education--United States--Case studies.
- Academic libraries--Relations with faculty and curriculum--United States.
- Academic libraries.
- School librarian participation in curriculum planning--United States.
- Libraries.
- Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States.
- Mathematics.
- Engineering--Study and teaching--United States.
- Engineering.
- Technology--Study and teaching--United States.
- Technology.
- Science--Study and teaching--United States.
- Science.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In How to STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Libraries, the contributors have provided a cornucopia of ideas on how libraries can engage youth in the crucial subjects of science, technology, engineering and math. The twenty-five chapters cover exciting ideas for this engagement ranging for those applicable for pre-schoolers to those for college students. Written by a very diverse group of authors from public libraries and academia
- Contents:
- WonderWorks : Preschoolers Playing with STEM / by Carissa Christner
- Creating STEM Kits for Teen Programs / by Kelly Czarnecki
- Digging into Reading : A Worm's Perspective / by Barbara Fiehn and Jeanine M. Huss
- The Maker Movement, STEM and Libraries : How Libraries Large and Small Can Support Hands-On Math and Science Learning in Their Communities / by Cynthia Houston
- The STEM Kids Program and the FIRST℗ʼ LEGO℗ʼ League (FLL℗ʼ) at the Grand Forks Public Library / by Aaron Stefanich and Laura Munski
- Animation Programs at the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library / by Michael Cherry
- How Not to Blow Up the Library : Planning and Facilitating a Homeschool Science Lab in Your Building / by Fred Kirchner
- Customizing the For-Credit Information Literacy Course for STEM Majors / Rosalia Petralia and Kathy Turner
- Kid-ventions with the U.S. Patent Library / by Barbara J. Hampton
- A Math Emporium Project / by Nastasha Johnson and Tiffany B. Russell
- The School Librarian Role in the FIRST℗ʼ LEGO℗ʼ League Team Project / by Karla Steege Krueger
- STEMming From Scratch : STEM Library Services for High School Students Enrolled as University Students / by Janna Mattson and Heather Groves Hannan
- How to Get Science Going / by Keary Bramwell
- Graphic Novels Ignite Imagination in the Sciences / by Melanie E. Hughes and Gary Pinkston
- Showcasing Scientific Research Outpu : New Audiences for Science Libraries / by Alvin Hutchinson
- Embedding Librarians into the STEM Publication Process / by Anne Rauh and Linda M. Galloway
- How NOT to Reinvent the STEM Wheel : Using Crowdsourcing and Community Partners / by Jennifer Hopwood
- Girls' Night Out : STEM Programs for Girls Only / by Kathleen J. Clauson
- Celebrating Geographic Information Systems through GIS Day @ Your Library / by Carol Patterson McAuliffe
- Fun Is Learning : Making an Interactive Science Cafe Series / by Karen Lauritsen
- How to Make Library Workshops Popular with Science and Engineering Students / by Giovanna Badia
- Learning About Future Stem Careers / by Eileen G. Harrington
- Take it from the Top : Cultivating Relationships with STEM Faculty to Connect with Students / by Shawn V. Lombardo and Barbara A. Shipman
- Grant Writing to Support STEM / by Susan P. Cordell and Reenay R.H. Rogers
- STEM on a Budget! / by Sarah Wright.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41106-2
- 979-82-16-22565-2
- 0-8108-9274-X
- OCLC:
- 865508427
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