Apply now to receive a LEGO® Mindstorms Kit, $2000 funding, and support to deliver workshops to young people in 2017. State Library and FIRST® Australia have partnered to provide a second round of this popular Grant which is now open to Queensland public libraries and Indigenous Knowledge Centres to deliver robotics workshops for young people … Read more
Our Creative-in-Residence Matt leaves at the end of April and before he goes he has kick-started our Activities page by sharing a few of the programs he’s devised and delivered in libraries and other community settings around the world. Want to make comics, transform into a scrub turkey, run a make-believe book fair, or … Read more
Last week’s professional development session in Moreton Bay included a swift session of on-the-spot innovation when Michelle and Matt turned a pack of STEM playing cards into a sci-fi game. Queensland STEM Education Network have produced a pack of playing cards to promote STEM careers – each card includes a description of a job in … Read more
Have you entered your Heroes and Villains inspired spaces and displays in the annual Summer Reading Club Library Display competition? Last year, 51 libraries entered the Summer Reading Club Library Display competition, providing a peek into what the SRC looks like in libraries across the country. Last year 11 Queensland libraries entered the competition and our very … Read more
February 14 isn’t only Valentine’s Day, it’s Library Lovers’ Day! Join libraries across Australia in promoting the love of reading and libraries. The initiative, coordinated by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), aims to raise the profile of the services offered by Australian public libraries. Activity ideas The ALIA website has some great promotion ideas … Read more
Scratch is a great platform to learn to code because it is a drag and drop environment. You get to explore and discover computer programming concepts without having to deal with syntax and typing. This is how you build a game called Forest of Danger. This is what the game looks like. The aim of … Read more