LibraryAware Week Six: STEAM/Maker

STEAM/Maker

Download a reading log to begin your journey with the Summer Reading Program. Find out more at https://www.mclib.org/kids/summer-reading-program-2020

Click here to record your hours and enter the raffle. You may record hours only in groups of 10. After every 10 hours of reading, you’ll receive another entry for the raffle, so make sure you select which prize you would like to try to win. You may also record your hours by emailing SRP@mclib.org or calling Youth Services at 219-873-3045. Hours may be recorded from June 15 until July 25.

"Imagine Your Story" through weekly take-home crafts & online activities, book suggestions, virtual tours, and free exploration. Everyone who reads at least 10 hours receives their choice of a book and an entry into a raffle for fantastic prizes. Every additional 10 hours of reading earns another raffle entry.

Activity

Suggested Books

Science Maker Book
by Rob Beattie

Outlines forty-two science experiments, with illustrations of the equipment needed, step-by-step instructions, and an explanation of the results, including such projects as a vinegar volcano, vanishing rainbow, wingless plane, and CD hovercraft.

Make It Yourself: Paper Pop-Up Art
by Pam Chenevert

Provides tips and instructions for making such pop-up paper crafts as a birthday card, a city silhouette, vacation art, and a surprise pop-up box.

Star Wars Maker Lab: 20 Craft and Science Projects
by Liz Lee Heinecke

An activity guide containing 20 Star Wars-themed projects introduces real-world scientific principles and how they can be used to make Jabba's gooey slime, a hovering landspeeder, a glowing Gungan Globe of Peace and more.

Science Experiments with Light
by Alex Kuskowski

Offers instructions for carrying out simple experiments at home that demonstrate scientific principles of light.

Science Experiments with Sight & Sound
by Alex Kuskowski

Offers instructions for carrying out simple experiments at home that demonstrate scientific principles of sight and sound.

Emmy in the Key of Code
by Aimee Lucido

School newcomer Emmy discovers her sense of belonging when she begins a coding class and makes friends with a girl who shares her love of music, before an unexpected discovery threatens her self-esteem.

Science Reference Center
An extensive collection of science-oriented content for student researchers. Includes magazines, journals, encyclopedias, reference books, biographies, videos, images, lesson plans, and more. Log in with your library card number. Don’t have a library card? Sign up now to get an eCard.