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Date:February10,2017
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FullSTEAMAhead:AnAll-AgesActivityNight
It'sthehottestthinggoingatlibrariesthese
days:building,coding,making,andhangingout
withrobots.
Officially,STEAMstandsforScience,Technology,Engineering,ArtsandMath.
Inlibrarylanguage,STEAMstandsforcrazy-creativefunforallages.
EveryoneisinvitedtoFullSTEAMAheadActivityNightatthe
TumwaterTimberlandLibrary,Friday,Feb.24from6-8p.m.
Herearesomeofthebuildingandtechnologykitsthatwillbeinuse:
DotandDashRobots,Ozobots
MakeyMakey,SimpleMachines
LEGO®Table,StrawsandConnectors
RobotTurtlesGame,MoonSand
SquishyCircuits,Cardboardcircuits
LocalengineersfromHDRInc.,willbehelpingprovideengineeringactivitiesat
thisevent.(Childrenunderage9mayneedadulthelpforsomeofthe
activities.)
Registeronlineoratthelibrary'sinformationdesk,beginningFeb.10.
TheFriendsoftheTumwaterTimberlandLibrarywillsponsorthisafter-hours
event.Nootherserviceswillbeavailableatthistime.
Thereisnoendtowhatinventive
Writingcodefor"Ozobots"
mindscancreatewith"MakeyMakey"
"MakeyMakey"Piano
"DotandDash"Robots
WhyisSTEAMsoimportant,especiallyforkidsinschool?Hereis
anexcerptfromTheHuffingtonPost:
"TheUSDepartmentofEducationreportsthatthenumberofSTEM/STEAM
jobsintheUnitedStateswillgrowby14%from2010to2020,...muchfaster
thanthenationalaverageof5-8%acrossalljobsectors."
AllTimberlandProgramsarefreeandopentothepublic.TheTumwater
TimberlandLibraryislocatedat7023NewMarketStreet.Formore
information,contactthelibraryat(360)943-7790orvisitwww.TRL.org.
TimberlandRegionalLibraryprovidesfortheinformation,readingandlifelong
learningneedsoftheGraysHarbor,Lewis,Mason,PacificandThurstoncounty
publicat27communitypubliclibrariesandsixlibraryservicepartnerlocations.
Thelibrarysystemisfundedmainlybylocalpropertytaxes.Anyoneneeding
specialaccommodationstoparticipateinalibrary’sprogramsmaycontactthe
libraryoneweekinadvance.
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