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Eclipse News - January 2017
Eclipse News - January 2017
January 23, 2017

Have You Visited our Resource Center Lately?

We recently updated our Eclipe Resource Center with a new layout and added several new resources to better serve your library and promote your eclipse event.

Below are some of the updates we have made to our resource center:
- Partnership information for your library (Event Planning)
- Event safety information for your eclipse event (Event Planning)
- Ideas for Eclipse Outreach Events (Event Planning)
- Additional books and articles (Educational Resources)


As part of the NASA@ My Library program, STAR_Net has developed an online resource center to assist your library in creating promotion 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.

Questions or suggestions? Email us at 2017eclipse@SpaceScience.org. 
STEP 2 Registration Opens February 3rd! 
Watch your email (and our Facebook Page) on February 3, 2017 for an important announcment that will include a link to the Step 2 form, and information about an upcoming Step 2 Q&A session with project team members. 
STAR_Net Webinar Series
Solar Eclipse Webinar
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 1pm MT
Presented by Dennis Schatz & Andrew Fraknoi
Join us for exciting updates to our last eclipse webinar in October. This webinar will repeat some of the information provided previously, plus offer eclipse programing and partner suggestions. In addition, you will learn more about the enhanced opportunities to participate made available by our new Moore Foundation funding.
This webinar does not require registration, and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please sign in at least a half an hour early. If the room is full, the full recording will be posted on our website the following day.
Click here to join the event on January 25th!

Miss Past Webinars? Get Them Here!
Blog Post: Solar Eclipse 2017 - Programming More Important Leading Up to the Eclipse Than Day Of
A STAR_Net Blog Guest Post by Dennis Schatz and Andrew Fraknoi

A number of libraries have written to inquire about how to be part of the Moore Foundation grant to get eclipse viewing glasses and information even though they are closed on Mondays, which means they won’t be open when the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse occurs.  The answer to whether they can still be involved is a definite YES. 

Programming in the weeks and months leading up to the eclipse is, in many ways, more important than what we do on the day of the eclipse.

Click here to read the full article.
Hands-on STEM: Paint The Sun

Left Image Credit (activity): Center for Science Education @ Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley
Right Image Credit (sunspot): Vacuum Tower Telescope, NSO, NOAO

Invite elementary-aged children to paint pictures of the Sun using tempera paints on black construction paper, using a "patting" motion to create a granular effect that is similar to the appearance of the Sun's surface. Make Moon disks from sheets of black and white paper (or save time by preparing them ahead of time), and send the children home with the Moon disks and brads to complete their art projects. When the Moon disk is attached to the Sun painting with a brad, the Moon can be moved to cover the Sun -- just like during a solar eclipse!

Access step-by-step instructions for this art project, as well as extensions to foster reading and writing, through the Making a Solar Eclipse Book lesson plan. Write your own review of the activity and post tips for others through the STAR_Net STEM Activity Clearinghouse. 
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