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October 12, 2016

Partner with Museums and Other Organizations for Your Eclipse Event!
We are thrilled that you have registered your library with us! Did you see our interactive map featuring your library name and website? Well, we have been asked to include more information! Museum and astronomy professionals would like to work with you and your library to create a successful event for your community. We highly encourage this kind of cooperative work, and as we strive to provide you quality vetted resources we may find that some processes need to evolve to meet your needs. Therefore, please know that we will be reaching out to you directly to verify the information you provided us when you registered. Keep an eye out for this email, it will confirm that you are willing to participate in our map feature and allow potential partners to contact your library!

Eclipse Resource Center
As part of the NASA@ My Library program, STAR_Net has developed an online resource center to assist your library in creating promotiuon and program materials for your eclipse event that include images, videos, animations, posters, artwork and a variety of outside resources such as FAQs and science activities related to Sun-Earth connections. Soon, we will also be providing a media template package and a private online forum in which you can have discussions with other librarians about eclipse programming and events. The Eclipse Resource Center is Located at:


This page is for your use only because you have registered to host an eclipse event at your library. Please do not forward the link to anyone else but do encourage your library colleagues to register so that they can access this valuable information. You will need to bookmark this page or keep this newsletter because you will not be able to access this site from the STAR_Net website.

For questions or suggestions regarding our online resource center, please email Jackie at jhooker@SpaceScience.org. 
STAR_Net Webinar Series
Eclipse Webinar Presented by Dennis Schatz & Andrew Fraknoi
Date: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
Time: 11:00 am MDT
Get an early start in preparing for the 2017 solar eclipse, how to explain it, how to observe it safely, and what role libraries can play in organizing and informing their communities.
Join us for a 45 minute webinar where you’ll get great information about the eclipse, and be able to ask questions about the role your library can play. Hosts: Dennis Schatz (NSTA, Pacific Science Center), and Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College; co-author of a new book on eclipse education). 
To register, please click HERE. Password is “star”.

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Hands-on STEM:
Sun Cookies
There's more to the Sun than meets the eye - so use your taste buds!  Make a Sun Cookie by decorating a frosted sugar cookie to model the (tasty) parts of the Sun.
 
Sugar sprinkles: gas rising up from the Sun's core make Texas-sized features on the Sun called solar granules.

Chocolate pieces: cooler areas of the Sun appear as darker sunspots. Sunspots come in pairs, so add the chocolate pieces two at a time!

Licorice strands: hot gas erupts from the Sun in looping arcs called solar prominences.
 
Whatever you do, don't add the corona - it will melt your Sun Cookie! Mysteriously, the corona is much hotter than the surface of the Sun. It is only visible when the Sun's light is blocked out - such as during a total solar eclipse.
Solar Vision Game

Check out NCIL's Solar Vision game and test your knowledge of the Sun. Like it on Facebook to cast your vote.
Eclipse FAQ
This month's featured FAQs are from NASA! Find more answers HERE.
What causes an eclipse to occur?
Eclipses occur due to the special coincidence of the Moon and the Sun being the same angular size. The Sun is 400 times wider than the moon, but it is also 400 times farther away, so they coincidentally appear to be the same size in our sky. This is what allows us the phenomenal beauty of the total solar eclipse. 
Why do eclipse tracks move eastward even though Earth rotates from west to east?
Because the Moon’s shadow across Earth is faster than Earth rotates. The Moon moves to the east in its orbit at 3,400 km/hour. Earth rotates to the east at 1,670 km/hr at the equator, so the lunar shadow moves to the east at 1,730 km/hr near the equator. You cannot keep up with the shadow of the eclipse unless you traveled at Mach 1.5. 
Networking and Training Opportunites
Please note that NCIL staff will be providing eclipse tips at both CAL & ARSL

  • 2016 CAL (Colorado Association of Libraries) Annual Conference is October 20-22, 2016 in Loveland, CO
    Check out our session info HERE!  STAR_Net will also be exhibiting.

  • 2016 ARSL (Association of Rural & Small Libraries) Conference is October 27-29, 2016 in Fargo, ND
    Check out out sessions info HERE! and stop by our vendor table

  • Engage Every Child in the 2017 Solar Eclipse: Working Together with Diverse and Underserved Communities Across America
    128th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific December 8-9, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri.  
    Present your eclipse-related plans! The Astronomical Society of the Pacific invites abstract submissions related to the eclipse and/or engaging underserved youth in three categories:
    • Poster Presentations
    • 10-Minute Oral Presentations and Activity Demonstrations
    • 60-Minute Hands-on Workshops/Sessions
    Abstract submissions will be considered through October 21.
    2016 Registration Information, Early Bird registration deadline: October 21
Register to join the STAR_Net community HERE. Registering means you can participate in forums, comment on blogs, and help build wiki resource pages. You can also network with fellow professionals. New subscibers will receive our monthly newsletter - where we share all of our exciting developments!
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