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2026 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
April 1, 2026
- NISE Net Partner Webinar: Finding and Collaborating with NASA Experts
- Artemis II Rocket Launch Journey to the Moon
- SciStarter Acts of Science: What’s the Weather like on Mars?
- Upcoming Events: Acts of Science: Dark Sky Edition
- Featured Blog: Citizen Science Month 2026: Make Your Acts Count
- Resource Spotlight: Science Across America
2025 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
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July 8, 2025
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- Last Call to Join FLIGHT PATH!
- Book Drop in Your Library
- Get Involved: Exoasteroids Projects
- Flight Path Resources Blog Post by Anne Holland SSI
- Space Place | Color Your World Resources by Amy Briones SSI
- Cartography Fun: Make a Map and Create a World by Luna Dara Kelondra, Guest Blogger
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June 11, 2025
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- GLOBE Observer Connect June 2025: NUBE, A Cloud Card Game
- Book Drop in Your Library
- Serving Neurodiverse Library Patrons
- Join FLIGHT PATH, STAR Net and HHMI Tangled Bank Studios’ Latest Collaboration to Help Libraries Learn About Local Birds and Protect Them as They Migrate
- Flight Path Resources Blog Post by Anne Holland SSI
- Space Place | Color Your World Resources by Amy Briones SSI
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May 14, 2025
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- Apply to Participate in a new STAR Net and HHMI Tangled Bank Studios Collaboration: Flight Path!
- Explore the Wonders of Space with ViewSpace’s NEW Interactive Image Tours!
- Color Our Universe: Hands-On Astronomy for Summer Reading Programs – May 21, 2025
- Flight Path Resources Blog Post by Anne Holland SSI
- Space Place | Color Your World Resources by Amy Briones SSI
- The Quest for the NASA Moon Trees by Luna Dara Kelondra
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April 10, 2025
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- STAR Net Webinar: Celebrate Earth Day with Citizen Science: Explore, Learn, and Contribute!
- Celebrating 75 Years of the National Science Foundation
- Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II Design Challenge
- Word Water Day 2025 by SSI
- (Resource List) Summer Fun for All Ages with GLOBE Citizen Science! by Claire Ratcliffe Adams
- Recent Space Reads for Kids by Emily MROCZEK
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March 12, 2025
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- Pairing STEAM with Stories: Accelerate Access to Stories and STEM Learning
- Update from Girls Who Code
- Participatory Science Opportunity: EZIE-Magnetometer
- (Resource List) Summer Fun for All Ages with GLOBE Citizen Science! by Claire Ratcliffe Adams
- Professional Development, Conferences and Resources by Christopher Mick
- STEAM Engines at Skokie Library: Laws of Motion by Caitlin Savage
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February 12, 2025
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- Asteroid 2024 YR
- GLOBE Observer Connect: Eclipse Results
- Student Suborbital Flight Opportunity – Cubes in Space
- NASA’s Astrophoto Challenge: Winter 2025
- Upcoming Opportunities Winter 2025
- LEGO Challenge: SEL and STEAM at Skokie Library by Caitlin Savage
- (Resource List) Color Our World with Citizen Science: From Space to Sea by Claire Ratcliffe Adams (SSI)
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January 15, 2025
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- NASA@ My Library: Heliophysics Workshop Series Featuring Maya Levisohn (Space Weather)
- Free STAR Net Webinar: Summer Fun for All Ages with GLOBE Citizen Science!
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Activities to Explore Winter Ecology
- Funding Environmental Action at Your Local Library
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Upcoming Opportunities Winter 2025
- Artemis II, More Than Just the Moon by Christopher Mick
- (Webinar) Apply to Receive a FREE Magnetometer and Contribute to Space Weather Science!
2024 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
December 11, 2024
- Color Our World with Citizen Science: From Space to Sea
- Call for Abstracts
- Webinar: GLOBE Mission Mosquito – Mosquito Larvae Boot Camp
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Artemis II, More Than Just the Moon
- (Webinar) Apply to Receive a FREE Magnetometer and Contribute to Space Weather Science!
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A PASSPORT TO THE UNIVERSE
November 13, 2024
- The Building Resilient Communities Project: Webinar Series
- NASA@ My Library: Heliophysics Workshop Series Featuring Dr. Nat Mathews, NASA@ My Library: Heliophysics Workshop Series Featuring Dr. Cristian Ferradas and NASA@ My Library: Heliophysics Workshop Series Featuring Vincent, the “Aurora Guy”
- Online Workshop: Co-creation & You – Inspiring Partner Stories from Participants of the Co-Created Public Engagement with Science Project
- (Webinar) Apply to Receive a FREE Magnetometer and Contribute to Space Weather Science!
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A PASSPORT TO THE UNIVERSE
- Webinar: Experience Solar Maximum with the Astronomical League’s Observing Challenge
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October 9, 2024
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- Launch of EPA’s Climate Resilience & Adaptation Funding Toolbox (CRAFT)
- Sustaining Ecosystems for Climate Learning and Action
- Exploring Local Waters: A Place-Based Approach to Water Education and Conservation and Apply to Receive a FREE Magnetometer and Contribute to Space Weather Science!
- Webinar: Experience Solar Maximum with the Astronomical League’s Observing Challenge
- A PASSPORT TO THE UNIVERSE
- The Sparkly Magic of Crystals!
September 11, 2024
- Thinking Outside the (STEAM) Box: Takeaways on Tween Engagement
- FREE STAR Net Webinar Exploring Local Waters: A Place-Based Approach to Water Education and Conservation
- Cover Art Contest: Scientific Ballooning Handbook – 50th Anniversary Edition
- New Resource! Bring the Exploratorium to Your Space with DIY Exhibits
- The Sparkly Magic of Crystals!
- Exploring Auroras: the Science, the Art, and Participatory Science
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Fostering Belonging in Neurodiverse Teams
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- Notice of Funding Opportunity for NASA FY 2024 Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) and STEM Innovator Awards
- Inspire Coders of Tomorrow with Free Clubs Today
- Lead the Way: Libraries At The Heart Of Community Engagement Conference
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Exploring Auroras: the Science, the Art, and Participatory Science
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Fostering Belonging in Neurodiverse Teams
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STEAM Equity Conference Recordings Available Now!
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- Exploring Auroras: the Science, the Art, and Participatory Science
- NASA Space Place Art Challenge
- Registration is Open for International Observe the Moon Night!
- Make Your Own Image of Cassiopeia A!
- STEAM Equity Conference Recordings Available Now! by Stephanie Vierow-Fields (SSI)
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How to Retain Customer Interest in STEAM Programs by NASA@ My Library Mentor Valerie Marshall
- The Sun and You by Jeff Nee, Jet Propulsion Lab
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- STEAM Equity Conference Recordings Available Now!
- New Mini-Grant Opportunity for Libraries
- FY2024 TEAM II NOFO Announcement
- Lead the Way: Libraries At The Heart Of Community Engagement Conference
- Make Your Own Image of Cassiopeia A! by Stephanie Vierow-Fields (SSI)
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The Sun and You by Jeff Nee, Jet Propulsion Lab
- A Day with the Stars by Lindsay Rowe, STEM Coordinator, Boys & Girls Clubs of Carson
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- Earth’s Wonders: Life After the Eclipse
- FREE STAR Net Webinar Reviving Nature’s Narrative: Leveraging Libraries for Rewilding Initiatives
- What to do with the glasses your patrons left behind? (Or you found in a closet?)
- Please complete post eclipse survey!
- Summertime STEM with NASA
- When Zeus Turned Day Into Night
- Building a Science-Focused Reading Challenge? Check Out These Great Resources!
- How to Turn a STEM Experiment into a Library Public Program
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- 2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA
- Check out this Digital Booklet for the Total Solar Eclipse and Safety Information!
- Free STAR Net Webinar: Community Driven Science Adventure(s) at Your Library this Summer!
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Solar Eclipse Resources – Link Bank
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Graphics, Flyers, and Illustrations for the SEAL Project
- Portal to the Past: Make Your Own Eclipse History Exhibit
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Eclipse 2024
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February 22, 2024
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- Announcement regarding Glasses
- Viewing Eclipses Through a Cultural Lens
- Activity of the Month: Guide to Building Solar Eclipse Viewers
- Information Booklet Has Solutions for What to Do When the Glasses Run Out
- Explaining Eclipses for Little Kids by Emily Mrockek
- Portal to the Past: Make Your Own Eclipse History Exhibit by guest blogger David Baron,
- Meet the authors of eclipse books at our SEAL Virtual Training!
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- Two FREE Upcoming STAR Net Webinars: Bilingual and Spanish Language Eclipse Resources and Viewing Eclipses Through a Cultural Lens
- Living Room Conversations: Water and Life
- Fly your name to the Moon!
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Key NASA Resources for Informal Educators
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Tips & Tricks for Take & Makes to Compliment Virtual Programming
- Learn all about Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries at our virtual trainings!
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- Role Model Strategies: Encouraging Youth to Consider STEM Careers
- Solar Eclipse Webinar
- Citizen Science and the Solar Eclipse: Harness the Power of Your Community!
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Volunteers and Choosing Them Intentionally
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Look Up! Mission to Space Board Game
- Learn all about Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries at our virtual trainings!
2023 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
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- Solar Viewing Glasses Registration Currently Closed
- Earthrise: Monthly e-Newsletter With Earth and Climate Science Resources
- ‘First Woman’ Graphic Novel
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We are Water Webinar: Water Stories: Photo Tips, Compelling Visuals, and Storytelling Techniques Link Bank by Dillon Connelly (SSI)
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Skylab’s 50th Anniversary! What Did We Learn? by Luna Dara Kelondra, STAR Net Libraries Guest Blogger
- Learn all about Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries at our virtual trainings! by Dillon Connelly (SSI)
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- We are Water Team Receives Governor’s Award
- Reminder Please Complete Your Required Annular Eclipse Survey!
- TOTALITY! Reading with Kinesthetic Astronomy Demonstration
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Learn all about Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries at our virtual trainings!
- Clearinghouse Activities with Homeschoolers
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Keep the fun going with passive programs
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- FREE STAR Net Webinar Water Stories: Photo Tips, Compelling Visuals, and Storytelling Techniques
- Sustainable Libraries: Webinar Series by WebJunction
- Check out this Digital Booklet for all your Eclipse Needs!
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Portal to the Past: Make Your Own Eclipse History Exhibit
- Explaining Eclipses for Little Kids
- Creasing Paper, Making Magic: Exploring Hyperbolic Paraboloids
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Eclipse 2023
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September 15, 2023
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- SEAL Virtual Training: Preparing for Eclipse Day
- Activity of the Month: Citizen Science: Eclipse Soundscapes
- Information Booklet Has Solutions for What to Do When the Glasses Run Out
- Explaining Eclipses for Little Kids
- Portal to the Past: Make Your Own Eclipse History Exhibit
- Meet the authors of eclipse books at our SEAL Virtual Training!
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- Public Library and School Partnerships Survey in case you missed it
- Branch Out with Artemis Moon Trees! Apply for an Artemis Moon Tree Seedling
- READsquared Reading Program
- Check out the below offering from StoryWalk
- Program in a Post: Tiny Coders by Emily MROCZEK, STAR Net Libraries Guest Blogger
- Cartography Fun: Make a Map and Create a World by Luna Dara Kelondra, STAR Net Libraries Guest Blogger
- Bringing Space To Your Space by Christopher Mick, STAR Net Libraries Guest Blogger
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- 2017 Eclipse Memories and Experiences Survey
- Meet the authors of eclipse books at our SEAL Virtual Training!
- #ObserveTheMoon with NASA
- The Quest for the NASA Moon Trees by Luna Dara Kelondra, STAR Net Libraries Guest Blogger
- Recent Space Reads for Kids by Emily MROCZEK, STAR Net Libraries Guest Blogger
- Artemis II, More Than Just the Moon by Christopher Mick, STAR Net Libraries Guest Blogger
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July 20, 2023
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- International Observe the Moon Night
- Free Webinar: SEAL Collection Unboxing
- Learn all about Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries at our Virtual Trainings!
- STEAM Engines at Skokie Library: Laws of Motion by Caitlin Savage, Skokie Library
- STEAM Strategies Videos by Christine Shupla, the Lunar and Planetary Institute
- Gathering Feedback from Patrons by Atlas Logan, NaML Mentor
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Eclipse 2023
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July 7, 2023
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- Bilingual Spanish/English Solar Science Kits
- Activity of the Month: Eclipse Chalk Art
- Science Through the Shadows
- Eclipse Experts for Your Programs!
- Getting started with SEAL? Find eclipse and Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries resources here!
- Learn about incorporating citizen science into your eclipse programming with STAR Net’s SEAL Virtual Trainings
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June 28, 2023
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- Bilingual Spanish/English Solar Science Kits
- Fiske Planetarium New Short Film Series: Science Through Shadows
- Call for Proposals Notice of Funding Opportunity for NASA Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II)
- LEGO Challenge: SEL and STEAM at Skokie Library by Caitlin Savage
- Summer Programming with We are Water by Claire Ratcliffe Adams (SSI)
- Mars Rovers and Egg Drops – STEAM Engines at Skokie Library by Caitlin Savage
May 10, 2023
- GLOBE Eclipse Library Kits
- Make Your Own Image of the Phantom Galaxy (M74) with NASA’s Astrophoto Challenge!
- Free Astronomy Resources for Blind and Low Vision (B/LV) Visitors
- Getting started with SEAL? Find eclipse and Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries resources here! by Dillon Connelly (SSI)
- Learn about incorporating citizen science into your eclipse programming with STAR Net’s SEAL Virtual Trainings by Dillon Connelly (SSI)
- Look Up! Sorting Games – How Big? How Far? How Hot?
April 12, 2023
- FREE STAR Net Webinar: Summer Programming with ‘We are Water’
- Blue Whales Project Request for Proposals from Public Libraries!
- Host an In-flight Education Downlink
- STEAM Engines: Sound Waves by Caitlin Savage with Skokie Public Library
- A PASSPORT TO THE UNIVERSE by Martha Saladino at NASA’s Universe of Learning
- Getting started with SEAL? Find eclipse and Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries resources here! by Dillon Connelly (SSI)
March 8, 2023
- Calling all Rhode Island Public Library Staff!
- Read Across America
- All Together Now – Citizen Science in Your Summer Reading Program
- A PASSPORT TO THE UNIVERSE by Martha Saladino at NASA’s Universe of Learning
- Getting started with SEAL? Find eclipse and Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries resources here! by Dillon Connelly (SSI)
- Learn about incorporating citizen science into your eclipse programming with STAR Net’s SEAL Virtual Trainings by Dillon Connelly (SSI)
February 8, 2023
- We are Water: Celebrating Water this Earth Day
- Learn about incorporating citizen science into your eclipse programming with STAR Net’s SEAL Virtual Trainings
- Did you know you can access free computer science programming and resources from our partner Girls Who Code?
- NASA Inspires Futures for Tomorrow’s Youth (NIFTY) Application Announcement! by Claire Ratcliffe Adams (SSI)
- The Sparkly Magic of Crystals! by Caitlin Savage with Skokie Public Library
- Graphics, Flyers, and Illustrations for the SEAL Project by Amy Briones (SSI)
Eclipse 2023
January 19, 2023
- Join the Community!
- Activity of the Month: Build a Sizzling Solar Oven
- Resources Connecting Eclipses and Other Fields (Particularly the Humanities)
- Learn all about Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries at our virtual trainings!
- Getting started with SEAL? Find eclipse and Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries resources here!
January 11, 2023
- NASA Inspires Futures for Tomorrow’s Youth (NIFTY) Project Announcement
- Due to overwhelming demand, the application deadline has been extended to January 13th, 2023! New Exhibit Opportunity for Libraries! Discover Exoplanets: The Search for Alien Worlds Application Now open!
- Free webinar: Planning for Citizen Science Month
- STEAM Engines: Tornadoes and Vortexes, Oh My! by Caitlin Savage with Skokie Public Library
- Make Your Own Image of the Pillars of Creation with NASA’s by Stephanie Vierow-Fields (SSI)
- Learn all about Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries at our virtual trainings! by Dillon Connelly (SSI)
2022 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
December 14, 2022
- Discover Exoplanets Announcement
- Fly with Artemis I using NASA’s Eyes
- Christmas Bird Count
- Make Your Own Image of the Pillars of Creation with NASA’s Astrophoto Challenge.
by Stephanie Vierow-Fields (SSI) - Learn all about Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries at our virtual trainings!
by Dillon Connelly (SSI) - (Resource List) Citizen Science in the Library: Turn Your Curiosity into Impact
by Claire Ratcliffe Adams (SSI)
November 9, 2022
- Learn all about Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries at our virtual trainings!
- NASA Notice of Funding Opportunity
- NASA@ My Library partner NISE Net presents Eclipse Webinar
- World Water Day: Webinar Link Bank by Claire Ratcliffe Adams (SSI)
- Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries Invites you to Register for Eclipse Glasses! by Stephanie Vierow-Fields (SSI)
- Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries (SEAL) FAQ Webinar Link Bank by Claire Ratcliffe Adams (SSI)
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October 12, 2022
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- Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries Invites you to Register for Eclipse Glasses!
- NASA GLOBE Trees Challenge 2022
- Reminder: STEM Tales Applications are Open!
- We are Water Story Sharing Contest – Enter to Win! by Claire Ratcliffe Adams (SSI)
- Water Storytelling for Earth Science Week by Claire Ratcliffe Adams
- What’s Next for Webb? Unraveling the Birth of Stars and Planetary Systems Webinar Link Bank by Dillon Connelly
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September 15, 2022
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- Two free STAR Net Webinars all about Water!
- Updates from Girls Who Code
- ISS Benefits for Humanity
- Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries Invites you to Register for Eclipse Glasses!
by Stephanie Vierow-Fields (SSI) - What’s Next for Webb? Unraveling the Birth of Stars and Planetary Systems Webinar Link Bank
by Dillon Connelly - Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries (SEAL) FAQ Webinar Link Bank by Claire Ratcliffe Adams
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August 10, 2022
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- What’s Next for Webb? Unraveling the Birth of Stars and Planetary Systems Webinar
- NASA’s Artemis Project: To the Moon, Mars, and Beyond Reading Challenge
- Introducing NIFTY!
- Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries (SEAL) FAQ Webinar Link Bank by Claire Ratcliffe Adams
- Fostering Belonging in Neurodiverse Teams by Jessica Santascoy (SSI)
- American Library Association Annual Conference – STAR Net Activities by Jessica Santascoy (SSI)
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July 13, 2022
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- STAR Net’s SEAL (Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries) Initiative!
- Fostering Belonging in Neurodiverse Teams
- American Library Association Annual Conference – STAR Net Activities
- STEAM Strategy Videos by Christine Shupla, The Lunar and Planetary Institute
- Gathering Feedback from Patrons by NASA@ My Library Mentor Atlas Logan
- How to Retain Customer Interest in STEAM Programs by NASA@ My Library Mentor Valerie Marshall
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June 8, 2022
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- Join us at 2022 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition!
- STEAM Activities for Summer Reading? Check out the Our Blue Planet: EARTH STEAM Activity Toolkit!
- STEAM Strategies: Guide on the Side
- (Resource List) James Webb Space Telescope First Image – Toolkit Unboxing Webinar by Claire Ratcliffe Adams
- (Resource List) Celebrate Water During Earth Science Week by Claire Ratcliffe Adams
- Reaching Underserved Patrons – English-Language Learners by Barbara Shatara, Programs & Partnerships Librarian Fletcher Free Library Burlington, VT
May 11, 2022
- Celebrate Water During Earth Science Week – FREE webinar
- Introducing STEM Tales!
- STEAM Strategies: Addressing Space Science Confusion
- Findings from the Colorado Health Program Survey by Paul B Dusenbery
- (Resource List) Our Blue Planet: EARTH – Toolkit Unboxing Webinar by Claire Ratcliffe Adams
- Our Blue Planet: EARTH Featured Activity – GLOBE Observer: Clouds and Cloudscape by Jessica Santascoy
April 13, 2022
- Look Up! Step Back in Time with the James Webb Space Telescope Beanstack Challenge
- We are Water Exhibition Hosting Announcement
- 5 Tips for STEAM Success, Desiree Schumann, St Louis County Public Library in Missouri
- Our Blue Planet: EARTH Featured Activity – Investigating the Insides by Christine Shupla
- (Resource List) Our Blue Planet: EARTH by Claire Ratcliffe Adams
- Collision of Olympic Physics and Cosmic Events Happen at the South Fayette Township Library AstrOlympic Program by Judy Dobie, Youth Services STEAM Coordinator, South Fayette Twp Library
March 9, 2022
- Celebrate World Water Day on March 22nd at Your Library!
- Artemis I Launch Update and the NEW Launch & Splashdown Event Planning Guide
- STEAM Strategies: Strategies for Inclusion
- Collision of Olympic Physics and Cosmic Events Happen at the South Fayette Township Library AstrOlympic Program by Judy Dobie, Youth Services STEAM Coordinator, South Fayette Twp Library
- (Resource List) Citizen Science in the Library: Turn Your Curiosity into Impact by Claire Ratcliffe Adams
- Come join the great discussions going on in our ALA Connect Affinity Groups! by Dillon Connelly
February 9, 2022
- Join us! Our Blue Planet: Earth Webinar
- Come join the great discussions going on in our ALA Connect Affinity Groups!
- Celebrating Earth’s Oceans, Protecting Our Future
- Celebrate World Water Day on March 22nd at Your Library! by Claire Ratcliffe Adams
- What To Do When Things Go Wrong in your STEAM Programs by Susan Rolfsmeier, Assistant Director at Chadron Public Library
- Bring Home the Science by Susan Borders, Darby Free Public Library, PA
January 14, 2022
- Start the new year with the NASA GLOBE 2022 Cloud Challenge
- We’re Craving Tamales…and Telescopes!
- How to Turn a STEM Experiment into a Library Public Program
- Bring Home the Science by Susan Borders, Darby Free Public Library, PA
- Tips & Tricks for Take & Makes to Compliment Virtual Programming by Atlas Logan, Gwinnett Public Library
- Volunteers and Choosing Them Intentionally by Kevin Tolley, Solano County Library
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