STAR Net News - December 11, 2024
STAR Net News - December 11, 2024
December 11, 2024
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Color Our World with Citizen Science: From Space to Sea

February 4, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00 pm  Mountain Time


Join SciStarter, STAR Net, and the Collaborative Summer Reading Program for an engaging webinar that explores how libraries can bring the 2024 Summer Reading Theme, Color Our World, to life through citizen science. Discover hands-on STEM activities for all ages, from exploring the wonders of space to uncovering the mysteries of the deep sea. Learn how these activities align with the theme and provide opportunities for library users to contribute to real-world scientific research. Gain valuable resources and ideas to integrate citizen science into your library’s programming, inspiring curiosity and creativity in your community!
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Call for Abstracts

Museums and libraries worldwide play pivotal roles in enhancing the well-being and progress of their communities, serving as indispensable hubs for educational, informational, health, employment, and cultural resources. Additionally, they bear the responsibility of  preserving, managing, and providing the broadest possible access to the diverse cultural, artistic, historical, natural, and scientific collections entrusted to their care. This Special Collection aims to explore GLAM participatory science efforts in order to support and empower the global field of participatory science. By sharing innovative practices and advancing theories, this collection will contribute to the continued refinement of best practices in these vital ‘third spaces’ and beyond. Abstracts will not be accepted after Feb 28, 2025.
If the cost is prohibitive please reach out, as SSI will be submitting and we can work together so your library does not need to incur publication fees. 
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Mosquito Larvae Bootcamp

Webinar: GLOBE Mission Mosquito - Mosquito Larvae Boot Camp

March 9th 2:00pm - 3:00 pm Eastern Time 


Think you have mosquito larvae but aren't sure? Join the GLOBE Mission Mosquito 'Mosquito Larvae Boot Camp' webinar, led by Dr. Rusty Low, and learn how to identify mosquito larvae. We have a few pro tips to help you confidently spot and photograph mosquito larvae regardless of your prior knowledge. No prior experience is needed! 
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“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
Artemis Mission Photo
Artemis II, More Than Just the Moon
by Christopher Mick
The Artemis program is now moving beyond the years of testing hardware and systems, and with the successful completion of the un-crewed Artemis 1 mission in December of 2022, NASA has announced the crew of the first mission to begin returning astronauts to the Moon for a series of  ever more ambitious and complicated missions.
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NASA Receive your free magnetometor
(Webinar) Apply to Receive a FREE Magnetometer and Contribute to Space Weather Science!
by Claire Ratcliffe Adams (SSI)
Learn how your library can participate in the EZIE Mission, a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (JHU APL) and NASA. Through the EZIE-Mag initiative, you can apply to receive a FREE magnetometer to study space weather and aurora science! Check out this webinar recording and resources in this blog post. 
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Collage of activities
A PASSPORT TO THE UNIVERSE
by Martha Saladino at NASA’s Universe of Learning
Seward is a scenic town in south central Alaska. Typical activities in the area include wandering in the Kenai Fjords National Park, observing the wildlife at Resurrection Bay, and visiting the Alaska SeaLife Center. Yet, in the summer of 2022, the Seward Community Library & Museum put together a not-so-typical event, taking participants on a trip to discover the wonders of the universe beyond Earth and learn how we know about them.
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