Don’t Get Puzzled with Engineer BHM Kicks Off September 30 at Titusville Library
The Birmingham Public Library is kicking off its newly expanded youth engineering program, beginning September 30 at Titusville Branch Library. BPL's Engineer BHM STEM program will also be offered October 21 at Five Points West Regional Library and October 28 at the Central Library.
These STEM programs are sponsored by Infosys Foundation USA’s 2021 Infy Maker Award. BPL received a $10,000 Infy Maker grant on June 23, 2021. The award will allow BPL to focus on teaching electrical engineering, making and coding to students in Birmingham area school systems who are interest in science, technology, engineering and math-related fields.
BPL's Engineer BHM will cover basic skills related to engineering and 3D printing through creating 3D objects/puzzles with cardstock, said Caitlin Jackson, teen librarian at the Central Library. Participants will learn basic concepts found in geometry and design thinking, such as spatial reasoning, dimensions, turning 2D planes to 3D, and prototyping designs.
BPL's Engineer BHM program originally started as Teens Engineer BHM, which taught students in the 6th through 12th grades various STEM skills. In January 2016, BPL won a $50,000 Community Impact Grant from the UAB Benevolent Fund to provide STEM-based robotics programming at three BPL branches within walking distance of Phillips Academy, Woodlawn High and Ramsay High School.
Thanks to the Infy Maker grant, BPL is expanding the program to include younger students from the third through the fifth grades.
BPL will be hosting Engineer BHM programs at the following locations and times (future dates and participating library locations will be announce later):
* Titusville Branch Library, #2 6th Avenue SW, Thursday, Sept. 30, 3:30 p.m.
This STEM program is for K-5th graders. It will be offered on a first come, first served basis.
* Five Points West Regional Library, 4812 Avenue W, Thursday, October 21, 4:00 p.m.
This STEM program is for 3rd-5th graders . Registration is now open and will end on Wednesday, October 15 at 12 p.m. Click here to https://forms.office.com/r/LrLaaWjijh
* Central Library, 2100 Park Place, 2nd Floor, Thursday, October 28, 3:30 p.m.
This STEM program is for 6th-8th grader. Registration is required and will end on Wednesday, October 22 at 12 p.m. Register at this link: https://forms.office.com/r/nRxZx2huis
For more information about BPL’s afterschool programs, please contact Caitlin Jackson or the Central Youth Department at cenyouth@cobpl.org or 205-226-3655.
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