My Library's STEAM Programs
Preschool Science Series:
- Strength and Materials with the Three Little Pigs
- Weather with Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
- Color with White Rabbit's Color Book
- Body Science with Parts
School-Age Science Series:- Food Science
- Slime Science
- Sink or Float: Titanic Edition
- Airplane Science
- Volcano Science
- Speed Racer Science
- Bridge Science
- Parachute Science
STEAM Programs:
- Lego Club (a monthly program at our library)
- Aliens Invade!
- Gingerbread House Workshop
- Angry Birds
- Shoe Box Cities
- Marble Run Mania
STEAM Story Time Crafts:
Other Libraries Doing STEAM
- "Little Leapers" at Harford County (MD) Public Library - preschool
- "Gizmos, Gadgets, and Goo (G3): The Mad Scientists Club" at Cheshire (CT) Public Library - school age
- "Library Makers" in Madison, WI - all ages
- Abby the Librarian's STEAM programs at New Albany-Floyd County (IN) Public Library - school age
Preschool STEAM Resources
- Pre-K Science from PreKinders
- Fun Science from National Geographic Kids
- Your state's early learning standards (Missouri's are linked here)
- The Science Explorer from Exploratorium
School-Age STEAM Resources
- ZoomSci from PBS Kids
- Questacon Science Squad Activities
- Science Experiments for Kids from Science Kids
- Science Bob
- Science Buddies
- Steve Spangler Science
- Home Demos for Kids and Teachers from Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Wonderopolis
- Explore from Exploratorium
- STAR_Net
- How to Smile: All the Best Science & Math Activities
- Activities and Online Resources from National Robotics Week
Finding STEAM Books
- Full STEAM Ahead on The Reading Zone
- Pebble Plus series from Capstone
- A True Book series from Scholastic
- Discover More series from Scholastic
- My Science Library series from Rourke
- LabLit.com
Why STEAM
- "What is STEAM?" from STEM to STEAM
- "STEM to STEAM: Art in K-12 is Key to Building a Strong Economy" from Edutopia
- "From STEM to STEAM: Science and Art Go Hand-in-Hand" from Scientific American
- "STEAM: Experts Make Case for Adding Arts to STEM" from Education Week
- "Monet in Science Class?" from Scholastic Instructor
- "To Attract More Girls to STEM, Bring More Storytelling to Science" from Scientific American
Updated 5/10/2013
You da best, Amy. I'm going to starting a monthly Preschool Science and Math program and these are excellent resources. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you find them useful, Kelsey! As always, ping me if you want to talk ideas.
DeleteHi Amy! I've been dying to do more preschool science stuff and our patrons have been wanting more activities for their preschoolers than just storytime. How long do your preschool sessions last? Do you only read the one book and leave the rest to science?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Hi, Kendra! I'm glad you're interested in making preschool science available to your customers. Any help I can provide, just ask!
DeleteMy preschool science programs typically last about 45 minutes, although some families finish our experiments/activities quicker than others. I usually share one story as a read-aloud for our focus text. After the read-aloud and while we're still in our story time area, we talk about the science. Sometimes that involves retelling the story in our own words with a focus on the science, sometimes it means exploring our concept through felt pieces, etc. The result is that we have about 20 minutes of "story time" with the read-aloud and our discussion, then 25 minutes for unrushed experiment exploration.