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Our Story After ten years of passionate work with math and science educators as part of a comprehensive National Science Foundation Math Science Partnership program, we started to work with children’s librarians in 2013, helping them to integrate STEM activities into their summer reading program. The children’s librarians asked us for STEM activities to go with their storybooks that are fun and engaging for kids, easy to use, require minimal preparation time, and are aligned to research and standards. The idea for Storytime STEM-Packs was born. With the support of an NSF Innovation Corps for Learning grant (2015) we conducted...

Gabriela Rose, Principal Investigator Gabriela leads the grant work and development of  Storytime STEM-packs. With the initial I-Corps funding she  interviewed over 130 people to learn what customers need to successfully integrate literature with STEM activities for young children. With an extensive background in science education and national experience in NGSS, Gabriela makes sure that Storytime STEM-packs engage children in phenomenon and problem driven three-dimensional learning. Gabriela loves downhill skiing, and teaching her grandchildren. If Gabriela would have to eat one meal for the rest of her life, she could absolutely live on hot chocolate and Apfelstrudel.   Sam Shaneyfelt,...