The library at Baileyton Elementary School was recently awarded a grant in the amount of $1,000 from the Toshiba America Foundation to support early STEM education at the school during the pandemic.
Melissa Laws, media specialist at the library, said that the funding will be used to add 10 picture books related to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) topics to the library and purchase materials for STEM activities related to each book.
Activities will include creating 3D sculptures with toothpicks and fruit snacks or making an original sculpture with a sheet of construction paper, and enough materials are being ordered for each student to work with his or her own.
“The way this will work is that each month we’ll read a story during one class period, and then the next time they’ll come in and we’ll have the materials laid out…
