FREE STAR Net Webinar

Water Stories: Photo Tips, Compelling Visuals, and Storytelling Techniques

Date/Time: 10/17/2023 from 2-3 pm Mountain Time

On October 17, 2023 at 2:00 pm Mountain Time, STAR Net and the We are Water project team invite you to a storytelling webinar all about water! Come learn photo tips, witness compelling visuals, and explore storytelling techniques. The instructor is Lianna Nixon, an educator, professional filmmaker and published photographer. She is interested in stories that explore the relationships of the natural world, wildlife, technology and identity development as agents of change.

Sustainable Libraries: Webinar Series by WebJunction

WebJunction and the Sustainable Libraries Initiative are collaborating to offer this series to support libraries as they address the greatest threat to global health and the grandest challenge of our time: climate change.

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Check out this Digital Booklet for all your Eclipse Needs!

Still preparing for the upcoming eclipse? In addition to eclipse glasses, we’ve created a nice 36-page information booklet with information all about the upcoming two eclipses and a range of ways to view them safely (such as using a colander to show many shadow images of the eclipse on the sidewalk). The booklet includes 2-page sheets about each eclipse, in English and in Spanish, that you can duplicate and provide to patrons with the glasses.

Click Below to find the online version of the booklet. While it is aimed at librarians, much of it can be read by the public, so feel free to distribute this URL to your patrons as well.

SEAL Solar Eclipses Booklet

SEAL Eclipses Solares Folleto

“The STAR Library Network (STAR Net) is a hands-on learning network for libraries and their communities across the country. STAR Net focuses on helping library professionals build their STEM skills by providing “science-technology activities and resources” (STAR) and training to use those resources.

STAR Net is built upon a strong network of collaborators and partners, led by the Space Science Institute’s (SSI) National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL).

Funding is provided by the National Science Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, NASA Office of STEM Engagement, and the NASA Science Mission Directorate.

STAR Net Blogs

Portal to the Past: Make Your Own Eclipse History Exhibit

by Dillon Connelly (SSI)

A solar eclipse is not just an alignment of heavenly bodies; it’s an alignment of people. Watching the moon blot out the sun reminds us of our shared humanity on this small planet. The sense of awe connects us, one with another. It can also connect the present with the past.

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Explaining Eclipses for Little Kids

by Emily MROCZEK, STAR Net Libraries Guest Blogger

There are so many activities for the eclipse out there, but a lot of them can be targeted to the older age crowd. See some activities recommended from a STAR Net Libraries Guest Blogger for best ones for the younger, story time age crowd 0-5 years olds.

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Creasing Paper, Making Magic: Exploring Hyperbolic Paraboloids

by Luna Dara Kelondra, STAR Net Libraries Guest Blogger

This shape is called a hyperbolic paraboloid. This origami concept was used by NASA in creating the sunshade for the James Webb Telescope. Explore these shapes and more in this blog post.

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