February 06, 2022

Grants and Evaluations Reports

2023-2024

The PAsmart grant Storytime STEM-packs™: STEM + Computer Science PreK-2 provided Storytime STEM-packs and Storytime STEM + Computer Science Adventures to Pennsylvania educators for a second time. View the final PAsmart Storytime STEM+C evaluation report.

2021-2022

The Iowa's Governor's STEM Scale-Up Program provided 730 Storytime STEM-pack packages to Iowa educators. Storytime STEM-pack provided associated virtual professional development in July and August of 2021. View a report of educator feedback here.

2019-2020

The PAsmart grant Storytime STEM-packs™: Entry Point for Early Computer Science and STEM Learning in PreK-2 Classrooms and Public Libraries provided Storytime STEM-packs and Storytime STEM + Computer Science Adventures to Pennsylvania educators. View the full press release and view the final PAsmart Storytime STEM+C evaluation report.

2018

PPG Foundation Grant to provide Storytime STEM-packs to public libraries, Head Start and school districts. See evaluation report here .

2017

PPG Foundation Grant to provide Storytime STEM-packs to public libraries, Head Start, and Reading is FUNdamental. See evaluation report here.

2016

Eden Hall Foundation Grant to Westmoreland Library Network ™ to provide Storytime STEM-packs and professional development to five underserved public libraries for the 2016 Summer Reading program. See the evaluation report here.

2015

The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County was the founding funder for a two-year pilot to infuse STEM into the Summer Reading Club at Murrysville Community Library.

Peer-Reviewed article here .

Poster from Public Libraries & STEM conference in Denver, Co. here

Evaluation report here.