[OPLINLIST] NASA@ My Library Kits and more

[marshams at library.ohio.gov]

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Are you looking for resources to increase and enhance STEM learning opportunities at your library? There is always something exciting happening at NASA and in the sky. *NASA@ My Library is a STEM education initiative created to increase and enhance STEM learning opportunities for library patrons throughout the nation, including geographic areas and populations currently underserved in STEM education.
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NASA@ My Library STEM programming kits have been a big hit this summer and are still available to circulate to public libraries in Ohio. The kits are available on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to libraries that serve underserved and underrepresented STEM communities.

Kit One: The Sun-Earth-Moon Connections Kit focuses on activities and experiences that better help patrons understand their place in space, and how the Sun and Moon impact our planet. Major content areas in this kit include: modeling both lunar and solar eclipses with easy to use tools, detecting ultraviolet light in a creative way, using sorting cards to explore concepts relating to size, distance, and temperature, and an experiential activity that allows for a greater understanding of the vast scale of our Solar System.

Kit Two: The Be a NASA Detective: Expanding Your Senses kit focuses on activities and experiences that help patrons be more comfortable using tools of science and making predictions based on their observations. This kit focuses on things we cannot see with our normal vision or sense with our normal senses.

More information about the contents and to request a kit for your library can be found here<https://library.ohio.gov/services-for-libraries/library-programs-development/nasa-my-library/#About>.

Explore the following websites to discover news, events in the sky and at NASA, and ideas for STEM programming at your library.

NASA Education Events Calendar<https://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/calendar/index.html#.U1_-HfldU1L> is a monthly calendar with links to events each day including tomorrow's event, Enrichment Webinar: International Observe the Moon Night: Celebrating 50 Years of Human Exploration of the Moon<https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=652>

NASA Kids' Club<https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html> - On this site, you will find games of various skill levels for children pre-K through grade 4. These games support national education standards in STEM -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

NASA Goddard Creates CGI Moon Kit as a Form of Visual Storytelling<https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/cgi-moon-kit-as-a-form-of-visual-storytelling> - A new NASA out-of-this-world animation allows humanity to experience their closest galactic neighbor as never before through an online "CGI Moon kit."

NASA Invites Students to Name Next Mars Rover<https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-students-to-name-next-mars-rover> - Red rover, red rover, send a name for Mars 2020<https://www.nasa.gov/mars2020> right over! NASA is recruiting help from students nationwide to find a name for its next Mars rover mission.

Geminid Meteor Shower 2019: When, Where & How to See It<https://www.space.com/34921-geminid-meteor-shower-guide.html> - The Geminids are considered one of the best meteor showers every year because the individual meteors are bright, and they come fast and furious. This year, because of the moonlight, around 20-30 may be visible per hour.

NASA Launches and Landings<https://www.nasa.gov/launchschedule/> - dates and descriptions of upcoming NASA launches and landings

NASA TV<http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv> airs a variety of regularly scheduled, pre-recorded educational and public relations programming 24 hours a day on its various channels.

*NASA@ My Library is offered by the National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL)<http://www.nc4il.org/> at the Space Science Institute (SSI)<http://spacescience.org/> in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office<http://www.ala.org/offices/ppo>, the Pacific Science Center, Cornerstones of Science, and the Education Development Center. Funding for NASA@ My Library comes from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate<https://science.nasa.gov/>, via its cooperative agreement No. NNX16AE30A and as part of its STEM Activation Program<https://science.nasa.gov/learners>. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed by NASA@ My Library do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Tel: 614-644-6875
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