STEAM Machine

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side view of the STEAM machine, a mobil classroom that provides academic and social enrichment through science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics based activities.

Bringing STEAM education to you

Requesting the STEAM Machine is FREE. We will work with organizations to meet accessibility needs. Priority is given to students from disconnected and under-resourced communities, and the machine will be deployed based on HCLS staff and resource availability.
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Howard County Library System’s mobile classroom brings science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics classes to 2nd to 12th-grade students.
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About the STEAM Machine

Welcome aboard the STEAM Machine! Howard County Library System’s mobile classroom brings science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics classes to 2nd to 12th-grade students unable to participate in STEAM classes at the HCLS branches. Priority is given to students from disconnected and under-resourced communities. The STEAM Machine is Wi-Fi enabled and equipped with laptops, science kits, supplies, and books for students to use in hands-on projects and experiments. This mobile unit was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Maryland State Library Agency. Additional funds provided by Friends & Foundation of HCLS.
Howard County Library system teacher leading a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics based activity to young teens within the STEAM Machine. side view of the STEAM machine, a mobile classroom that provides academic and social enrichment through science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics based activities. children sitting in the STEAM machine with free laptops in front of them, while a Howard County Library System teacher is instructing them on a STEM based activity. group of students in the STEAM machine smiling and posing with their hands up while two instructors are completing the same action behind them. young teens following a STEM based activity led by Howard County Library System teachers within the STEAM machine.
HCLS Land Acknowledgment
We want to respectfully honor the Susquehannock Confederation who governed, lived, farmed, and hunted on the land now called Howard County. Their nations conceded into land treaties in 1652 and 1661 after English colonizers ended their generational governance and stewardship of the land Howard County is built upon. This practice of land acknowledgement is to honor and respect the indigenous inhabitants both from the past and the present.