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Micron encourages science, technology, engineering and math at library event

By ruSS TArBy

Writer

Contributing

More than 180 library patrons attended the interactive Micron/STEM event on Wednesday, March 15 at Liverpool Public Library.

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“The companies and organizations that are changing the way we live are STEM-related,” educators Rihab Sawah and Anthony Clark wrote in “The Everything STEM Handbook.”

“In the very near future it will be difficult, if not impossible, for an individual to get through life without some knowledge of science, technology and mathematics,” they wrote.

Last week at the library, as folks wandered from station to station throughout the Tulip Street building, they met with staff and students working on various science projects. In the Studio room, teens played with Nintendo Labo Toys and operated shoe-sized remote-controlled vehicles. In the Teen area, librarian Deanna McGregor oversaw the engineering design project including invention kits called Makey Makeys and 3D printing. In the Children’s Room, students made buttons and played Osmos, a video puzzle game.

Later in the Carman Community Room, two representatives of Micron Technology, Inc., presented a brief description of the manufacturing pro cess for microchips. Micron is the world’s leading computer chip company which plans to build a mega chip campus at