The Calhoun County Library held STEM and STEM, Jr. programs last Thursday following the Summer Reading Program to teach children statistics in an easy way.
From 11:45 AM to 12:30 PM, we were counting candy at the Calhoun County Library! . Keeping busy schedules in mind, we scheduled these programs back-to-back so that children could attend the Summer Reading Program and then go directly to STEM and STEM, Jr. without having to come back later. Children ages 5 – 12 got to work hands on with candy as they learned everything about basic statistics. By dividing up the candy by color, the children were able to find out percentages based on how many pieces of a certain color they had. STEM documented their findings through bar graphs and pie charts while STEM, Jr. placed colored circles on the white board to make a conjoined bar graph.
We were fortunate enough to have Dr. Lesa Rice-Jackson and Janice Baskin as our instructors. They will be teaching the STEM and STEM, Jr. program again on Thursday, July 21, at 11:45 AM which will be right after the 10:30 AM program with the Critter Keeper. We hope you will join us to learn about local plants, leaves, and stems.
This project is made possible by an awarded grant from Save the Children to support early childhood literacy.
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