Check out a STEAM Climate Solution Kit: 10 Kits Now Available 

We’re excited to share that you can check out 10 pilot STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) kits to explore local climate solutions in our communities. These kits were created by a volunteer team including Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust and Curtis Memorial Library with materials support from a grant from the LENE Network at GMRI.

Many different types of STEAM kits exist. Each of these kits is designed around a climate solution and brings STEAM learning to life through locally-relevant hands-on, engaging activities. Together, the 10 kits cover a range of topics, with different activity formats and learning goals—while keeping the focus on understanding climate change and exploring real-world solutions.

The kits are ready to use and can now be checked out for programming and learning activities. They include: Biodiversity Explorer, Changing Seas, Food, Grow, Home, No Waste, Phenology, Repair, Watersheds and Wetlands. See them on display in the first floor’s New Books Room, or reserve them online.

These kits are in a beta year, and we’re collecting feedback. After patrons, scientist partners and more have had time to try the kits, we’ll use what we learn to refine and improve them. Your input will help shape what comes next.

If you’d like to collaborate—whether that means suggesting further resources,  noting a kit idea you’d love to see, or developing more kits —please reach out. Future kits could be created for specific communities, interests, local priorities, or different age groups. We’re especially eager to hear from patrons, educators, and anyone who wants to help make climate STEAM learning more useful, local, and impactful. Get in touch!