[Michlib-l] Exciting telescope news...

[Lancaster, Cathy (MDE)]

NASA @ My Library will soon offer 2 telescope kits + activities for circulation to your library!  (4 week checkout, circulation coming soon)
Please consider attending one of the following workshops to learn how to use one.
Tired of STEM?! Well, these workshops will re-energize you!
NASA @ My Library STEM Workshops - https://libraryofmichigan.z2systems.com/np/clients/libraryofmichigan/eventList.jsp

Laurie Bone, Senior Curator of Programs at Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium, will be providing a hands-on workshop for public library staff. These STEM workshops will cover the following content:
• Overview of relevant astronomy terms and concepts
• Strategies for effective deliver of STEM based activities for kids of all ages (children, teen, adults, families)
• Ideas for Astronomy activities that librarians can use while developing their program plan
• Materials to support at least one of the activities will be provided for each library. (1 per library in attendance)
Materials will be provided for each participant to do the activities. This provides an opportunity for the librarians to practice doing the activity, have conversation with the group to identify ways to expand or customize the activity to better fit individual needs, and will provide each participant with a sample project for use in programming. NASA Facilitation kits will be available in the near feature from LM for libraries to borrow. If the workshop nearest you is full, you can either join the waitlist or attend at a different location. Cost is $25/person. If you are unable to attend after registering, please contact Mary Anne Smith ASAP at 517-373-1580 or SmithM99 at michigan.gov<mailto:SmithM99 at michigan.gov> to cancel & allow someone else from your library or the waitlist to attend.

Agenda
9:30 AM – Registration & Networking
10:00 AM – Astronomy 101: Stars, Planets and Moons; NASA @ My Library Facilitation Kit review
12:30 PM – Lunch
1:00 PM – NASA @ My Library Facilitation Kit review (cont.); Intro to the Telescope
4:00-4:30 PM – Wrap-up & Evaluation

Cost to register: $25
Workshop Locations

Tuesday, September 11
RAM Center
Manistee Room
104 Conservation Drive
Roscommon, MI 48653

Thursday, September 13
NMU Lydia M. Olson Library
in Harden Learning Resources Center
Classroom (TBA)
1700 Tracy Ave.
Marquette, MI 49855

Wednesday, September 19
Flint Public Library
Lower Level Meeting Room
1026 E. Kearsley St.
Flint, MI 48503

Friday, September 21
Kalamazoo Public Library
Van Deusen Room
315 S. Rose St.
Kalamazoo, MI 49007

Monday, September 24  -  FULL, please consider registering for Flint or Kalamazoo! Waitlist is open.
Bloomfield Township Public Library
LHG Community Room
1099 Lone Pine Rd.
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48302

Register here: https://libraryofmichigan.z2systems.com/np/clients/libraryofmichigan/eventList.jsp

The project is led by the National Center for Interactive learning (NCIL) at the Space Science Institute (SSI) in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, the Pacific Science Center, Cornerstones of Science and the Education Development Center. Additional support for this project comes from NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Thank you,
Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator
Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915
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