Caitlin Savage

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, STEAM Engines from home: the busiest physicists 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Towards the end of summer, I fell victim to one of those AMAZING PAINTING YOU WILL BE MESMERIZED type videos floating around on social media. I admit that, like a cartoon squirrel presented with a decoy nut, I am […]

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, STEAM Engines: Nephology 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, STEAM Engines from home: Catapults! 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Moving our STEAM Engines programming to an online, recorded format has been a treat and a learning experience as we struggle to find relatable, interesting content for kids each month. In person, it is important […]

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, Steam From Home: Side Scooper 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Around May of 2020, it became pretty clear that library programming was going to look different for the foreseeable future. Having successfully produced the Saponify! video, it seemed like, while not a perfect […]

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, STEAM From Home: Soap Magic 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Like everyone else, the question of connection looms large during this pandemic. Connection with patrons, connecting ideas – how to provide these meaningful experiences remotely? Especially STEAM for a young […]

Caitlin Savage commented on the post, Happy Superhero Day! 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Whoa, thanks!!! I can’t wait to share some of those comix resources with my son!

Caitlin Savage commented on the post, STEAM Engines: You Won’t See Me 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Thanks, Luna! We really had a good time. And now I think about all the different ways nature camouflages every time I’m outdoors.

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, STEAM Engines: Awwwww, Spiders 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Sometimes the best laid plans fail, and that can feel rough, but like my daughter says “mistakes help you learn!” and she is absolutely right. This was absolutely the case with my STEAM Engines (Skokie Public Lib […]

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, STEAM Engines: You Won’t See Me 1 year ago

A conversation about superpowers during a STEAM Engines (Skokie Library’s K-2 science club) program on the science of flight culminated in a split vote. Me: flight – I mean COME ON – vs. the kids: invisibility, […]

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, STEAM Engines: falling for you 1 year, 1 month ago

As it often does in the Midwest, the fall began in all its resplendence – sun shining through the foliage, colors changing majestically, a cozy crispness in the air. And then it snowed. A lot. And it stuck, […]

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, STEAM Engines: We Dig Dirt 1 year, 4 months ago

What do you call a chicken who crosses the road, rolls around in the dirt, then comes back?*

Alas, this particular joke went over the heads of every participant in this month’s STEAM Engines at Skokie L […]

Caitlin Savage commented on the post, STEAM Engines: A House for a Louse 1 year, 6 months ago

Thank you! This program was a blast.

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, STEAM Engines: Black Holes 1 year, 6 months ago

One of my favorite things about kid science programming at the library is the journey of discovery. I was as excited as the next curious citizen when the photo of the black hole was released in April. I was eager […]

Caitlin Savage commented on the post, STEAM Engines: Emmett Chappelle and big, messy Bioluminescence 1 year, 8 months ago

It was really fun! Let me know if I can help in any way. Happy to share!

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, STEAM Engines: A House for a Louse 1 year, 8 months ago

We were at the tail end of what seemed to be an endless, capricious winter. One of those predictably unpredictable Illinois seasons where one day you wake up and the sun is shining, and the breeze is sweet, and […]

Caitlin Savage wrote a new post, STEAM Engines: Emmett Chappelle and big, messy Bioluminescence 1 year, 10 months ago

Skokie Public Library’s February STEAM Engines club, featuring STEAM learning and hands-on activity for kindergarten through second graders, focused on super cool retired scientist Emmett Chappelle. […]