School and public libraries working together can create powerful content for their communities. A recent example that benefited not just the participant's community but also YOU was recently cited in the Department of Public Instruction's WI Libraries for Everyone blog in a post titled: LSTA Subaward Recipient Update: Breaking Out in the Menominee Nation.
They write: "The S. Verna Fowler Academic Library, Menominee Public Library, Keshena Primary School, and the Menominee Indian Middle School worked together to create a series of escape games for elementary and middle school age children using STEM skills with a cultural focus on maple sugar, sturgeon, and wild-rice. In escape games, teams use inquiry, problem-solving, and knowledge to solve puzzles with the purpose of answering an overarching quest in a set period of time.
Although the original intention was for all the games to be played in physical environments using BreakoutEDU, the team shifted their work, creating some of the games to be played in a digital environment, which made them more accessible during the pandemic. The work was truly a community effort, enlisting the help of librarians, teachers, and students to create an engaging way to learn."
Stop here to read the full post and access the three games: Bake Sale Blunder (middle school); Lost in the Woods (upper elementary) and Missing Maple Mystery (elementary).
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