OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – It doesn’t sound like a typical library at Pinewood Elementary School.
“When they come to the library it isn’t ‘Shh. Be quiet.’ It’s now, ‘Reach out discover, have fun, play with things,” said media teacher Susan Young.
Young won this year’s CIA Mission Possible Makerspace Nation competition for Omaha. The prize was $30,000 to upgrade her classroom with the latest STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) learning tools. For the last few months, she’s been using the prize money to thoughtfully order educational tools.
While the students might now know it, they’re learning important skills. It’s workforce development disguised as fun.
“Whenever we can get to a student in elementary school and get them excited about doing things like this, we’re able to let them see what their future could be like in a STEAM field,” said…
