Coding

My new Focus on STEM column: Coding is in the October Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter.

Booktalk: Catch up on computer science with this list featuring female coders, interactive guides, and other coding activities.

Snippet: The first computer-to-computer message was sent on October 29, 1969, and the system crashed before the entire message was entered. (Sound familiar?) Only the letters “L” and “O” were delivered to the other three computers. Fifty years later, even pre-readers are learning to write computer code. As December’s annual Hour of Code approaches, look to these recent books about coding to inspire and prepare.

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

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Space Adventurer: Bonnie Dunbar, Astronaut

Space Adventurer: Bonnie Dunbar, Astronaut
by Andi Diehn (Author) and Katie Mazeika (Illustrator)

Booktalk: When Bonnie Dunbar spotted Sputnik traveling across the sky from where she stood on her family’s farm, she knew that’s what she wanted to do when she got older, but it wasn’t easy. From planting crops and driving the tractor on her family’s homestead to devouring all the books she possibly could to applying to NASA three times, Bonnie refused to give up! All her hard work and passion for science led her to a job that launched her into the stars as an astronaut.

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Nonfiction Monday

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