The Girls Who Code club programs can support your library's STEM goals!

Girls Who Code Clubs offer FREE coding curriculum for 3rd-5th and 6th-12th grade girls. The programs introduce girls to computer science concepts while encouraging them to hone skills (like bravery and resilience) that they will use to pursue their careers. Plus, the curriculum is flexible. Even if you already have STEM programming, their plug-and-play model allows you to supplement your current initiatives with their activities and resources.
Among many other benefits, Girls Who Code provides each Club with: 

• A Clubs Fund grant of $300 for Clubs to use on supplies, snacks, field trips, and anything else that will help get your girls excited about the program.
• Ongoing, individualized support from a Club Success Specialist. Club Success Specialists are available via email, phone, or video conference through the year.

Through their supportive approach to learning, Girls Who Code has reached over 185,000 girls. Because of this, their alumni are choosing to major in computer science and related fields at a rate 15X higher than the national average!
If this sounds like something you'd be interested in for your library, Megan Cindric (Regional Partnership Coordinator - WI, MN) would love to take some time to chat with you. You can schedule a time to talk using this link. She can also be reached at:

Email: megan.cindric@girlswhocode.com
Appointments: https://calendly.com/megan-cindric/
Visit girlswhocode.com
Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram

David Stokes is a Wildlife Educator in Hales Corners, Wisconsin who has been doing presentations in the Milwaukee Area since 1985. He is an award winning Naturalist/Educator/Entertainer in Wisconsin. David does programming throughout the Midwest and offers library programs for families and children. 

​A Universe of Animals…Bio-Diversity
David uses songs, live animals and things to touch.
He also includes puppets, artifacts, riddles, sign-language and humor.

David is a Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education Teacher of the Year and an “Aldo Leopold” award winner. The Northshore United Educators (WEAC) honored David for educational excellence.

Find out more about his knowledge of Nature, the programs he offers to schools and other institutions, his press kit, and his schedule.

The time when wild animals are having babies is upon us, and with that the DNR’s Keep Wildlife Wild team is hard at work.

​The Keep Wildlife Wild team is tasked with providing information about wildlife species natural behaviors, tips on how to determine if a baby wild animal is truly orphaned, and what to do if someone finds a wild animal who is sick or injured. It provides handouts and a lesson plan, which includes an interactive activity and a list of Keep Wildlife Wild-themed books!

These resources and many more can be found at our Keep Wildlife Wild web page, under the Educational Materials tab.

"We offer a program called "Incredible Bats" featuring live Fruit Bats.  This is a multi-media presentation in which we display live Egyptian Fruit Bats and African Straw-colored Fruit Bats. It is a program well suited for children and adults. 

Our one-hour multi-media program starts with an interactive power point presentation dispelling the common myths and giving an overview of bats worldwide. Embedded in it is our echolocation video from our YouTube channel. The latter part of the talk focuses on local bats and the challenges facing them. After the talk portion two different species of fruit bats are displayed for Q&A.

At least one of our striped skunks is brought along for petting and photo ops. You can see our four skunks on our IncredibleSkunks Facebook page. We can also bring out a tarantula, axolotl or gecko. 
 
We are licensed by the USDA as Class C exhibitors and carry exhibitor's insurance.  We are located in the south suburbs of Chicago and have been giving presentations for over 20 years.
​
Visit our web site or go to our Incredible Bats Facebook page.
 
Your friends at Incredible Bats"

Looking for a fun, musical and magical way to celebrate our universe in 2019? Uncle Mike's music will have your patrons of all ages singing, clapping, and dancing along to such classics as the "Chicken Dance" and "The Happy Wanderer," and learning exciting new songs like "The Flying Machine Polka," all of which tie into 2019's Universe of Stories theme.

Your Playbooks for Building a Successful Career and Launching a Thriving Small Business

The At Your Best book series that was just released by Skyhorse Publishing. The series provides A-to-Z, step-by-step game plans for building great careers and successful small businesses in the Skilled Trades as a Carpenter, Electrician, Plumber, HVAC/R Tech, Welder, Mason or Painter. Carpenter is also translated to Spanish.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the author, Juan Carosso, at (206) 641-1695.

Traveling Lantern has been educating and entertaining children nationwide since 1985. Its mission is to bring great stories to children, to draw them into an active theater experience, to excite their minds and to tickle their imaginations.

For the 2019 SRP Space and Showtime themes:

My Mother The Astronaut
To the moon and beyond!

Aquarius' mom is an astronaut and today is "Take your child to work day". Aquarius can't wait to go to NASA and find out what it's like to be in space! 

They visit Mission Control where she meets scientists and engineers who show her what they do and she learns all about space travel. Her imagination blasts off and she dreams of incredible journeys through the cosmos!