What is Citizen Science?
As we face global challenges, we may want to find local ways to make a difference in protecting endangered species, safeguarding water sources, preventing disease, or accelerating medical […]

Note: This blog is Part 2 of a previous post, Make Every Tree Count: Getting Started in Sustainability Programming

Host a Community Tree Walk.
Because the destination must be easily accessible for li […]

Trees provide one of the most versatile themes for library programs. Whether your audience is families, adults, children or classrooms/youth groups, “Trees” can provide a foundation for affordable and useful pro […]

by Quyen Hart, Space Telescope Science Institute

Join NASA’s Universe of Learning for an exciting opportunity to use real astronomical data and tools to create your own beautiful images of the iconic starburst […]

Computer Science Education Week is an annual program started in 2009 to raise awareness about the growing prevalence of computing in all careers and to underscore the importance of computer science education for […]

by Andrea Jones, NASA’s Solar System Exploration Division

10 years ago, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and its sister mission Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) entered lunar orb […]

By Michelle Hall and Michael Mayhew Co-directors, Teen Science Café Network

A teen science café brings high school teens together in a social setting to have a lively conversation with a scientist on some in […]

By Claire Ratcliffe, Education Coordinator @ NCIL/SSI

STAR Net recently launched a national traveling exhibition, Exploring Space: Smart Spacecraft, Big Data, and Modeling Reality. It will be hosted at four […]

By Emma Marcucci, Space Telescope Science Institute

Continue the exploration ignited by this summer’s reading theme “A Universe of Stories” with new resources and opportunities from NASA’s Universe of Lea […]

By Theresa Schwerin, Institute for Global Environment Strategies (IGES)

The GO Oklahoma! citizen science challenge (June 15-Oct. 31, 2019) is part of the GLOBE Mission Mosquito campaign, co-led by the […]

Willa Kopp-DeVol, a Junior at Animas High School in Durango, Colorado, recently served a 3 week internship at the Space Science Institute (SSI) in which she worked with both the research and education […]

By Colleen Manning, Director or Research, Goodman Research Group

Dear STAR Net Librarian,

I’m writing to let you know about an opportunity to participate in an evaluation of NASA’s AstroP […]

Willa Kopp-DeVol, a Junior at Animas High School in Durango, Colorado, recently served a 3 week internship at the Space Science Institute (SSI) in which she worked with both the research and education […]

The Space Science Institute (SSI) is home to the STAR Library Network (STAR Net) and its NASA@ My Library program. The STAR Net team in partnership with the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) are working […]

Libraries Reduce the Opportunity Gap
By Linda Kekelis

What do libraries have to do with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)? These days, plenty. You can find preschoolers and their caregivers […]