The Friends of Grand Coulee Area Library [FriendsGCAL] thank the Paul Lauzier Foundation where the legacy of Paul Lauzier lives on through their charitable foundation.
The Friends of Grand Coulee Area Library received funding from the Paul Lauzier Foundation to enhance the Grand Coulee Library’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics [STEM] Programs.
The grant allowed the FriendsGCAL to purchase much needed equipment and supplies for the program:
• AV Equipment [large TV / laptop ]
• Audio System
• Digital Microscope
• Microscope Slides
• Supply kits [periscopes, hydraulic elevator]
In addition, the grant provides for honorariums for much needed presenters to guide children in STEM activities.
Dennis Carlson and Frank Ayers, community members, started the STEM activities in February for the after school program.
With the guidance of Frank Ayers, kids built periscopes to learn how they work, and what works best for the length of the tube and for position of the mirrors so that you can see over that wall!
In another STEM program at the library, Dennis Carlson introduced solar car kits, teaching kids how to build them and how they work with sun’s energy.
Electricity and electrical circuits were a hit on yet another day with Dennis. Imagine, potatoes and lemons as batteries!
As you know, the library is closed due to the situation with the coronavirus. Some online services are still available 24/7. Closure has prevented the library from implementing the STEM activities, but the FriendsGCAL are still working to fine-tune the activities and supplies we will be able to fund once the library opens again.
Thanks again to the Paul Lauzier Foundation for their support for this work for kids, allowing the FriendsGCAL to help our library inspire the children in our community.
If you missed sessions, here are some links for at-home:
And please follow along with North Central Regional Library’s science lady-- Heather --for at-home STEM activities.
Photography:
Nancy Carlson, at the STEM program at Grand Coulee Library
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