Team MachineEstablish a pattern1. Form a circle.2. Say your name.3. Toss the beanbag to someone across from you

(not next to you). Remember that person’s name.

4. Keep going until each person has caught the beanbag.

Keep the same order – but go even faster!

THINKHow can you decrease your time?

BUILD, TEST, and DO IT AGAIN!

1. Pass the beanbag around the circle again — as quickly as possible!

2. Say the name of the person who will catch the beanbag each time you pass it.

3. Try to “beat” your shortest recorded time

Hints: You may move around. You may stand or sit.

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• Blogs (share success stories)

• Forums (discuss promising practices)

• Webinars/Conferences (professional training)

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Activities and Resources

STAR_Net Community of Practice• Over 2,400 members have joined the STAR_Net

Community of Practice

• Members include librarians, library support staff, STEM professionals

• Community members contribute by posting how-to blogs, sharing funding opportunities and participating in webinars

FREE resources for public libraries!

Contact: Jackie Hooker at 2017Eclipse@SpaceScience.org

www.starnetlibraries.org/2017eclipse/

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Applications will be accepted at https://apply.ala.org

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STEM Resource Clearinghouse

Be Creative…Be an Engineer!

Design a Park• Pond• Tennis and/or Basketball

Courts• Dog Park• Swimming Pool• Stream and Footbridge• Community Garden• Picnic Area• Playground• Skate Park

• Baseball Diamond• Basketball Court• Water Playground• Open Space• Boat Rental Shop, Boat Slip,

and Pond• Wetland• Ice Cream Shop

Design a Park

THINK• Place different park features on the

grid to create a map of your park!

• 10 or fewer park features OR keep your total under 250 points• Everything must fit on the grid!• Your park must include restrooms.• Connect your park’s features with lighted trails/bike paths (yarn

and yellow beads)

Talk

Draw

WriteExplore

Costs10 Pond -1 Wind Turbine 15 Ball Courts (such as for

basketball or tennis)-30 Boat Rental Shop, Boat

Slip, and Pond15 Dog Park -30 Wetland20 Water Playground -85 Open Space30 Swimming Pool -300 Ice Cream Shop30 Stream and Footbridge30 Trail/Bike Paths50 Community Garden75 Picnic Area90 Restrooms and Drinking

Fountains150 Playground215 Skate Park250 Baseball Diamond200 Parking Lot

Savings

Levers at PlayHow can the bear and otter fix their predicament on the seesaw (teeter-totter)?

CC0 Public Domain via Pixabay

Credit: Lunar and Planetary Institute

THINK and BUILD1. Pick the materials you think would be best for

building a seesaw.2. Together, plan how you will use the materials to build

the seesaw.

BUILD and TEST3. Follow your plan to create your model seesaw.

DO IT AGAIN!Modify your design — but change only one thing at a time!

Blades

Tower

Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

Credit: Lynne Kirton [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)],

via Wikimedia Commons

Wind Turbine Tech ChallengeBUILD and TEST1.Push the four toothpicks into Play-Doh2.Put a small scrap of paper at the bottom

of the toothpicks

3. Stick four Post-it notes to one end of the straw

4. Slide the straw over the toothpicks. 5. Use a second straw to gently blow across the blades.

Feedback

WELCOMEActive STEM Programs

on a Shoestring Budget

Try out the materials on your table!

• STEM Resource Clearinghouse (for activities and related programming resources)

• Blogs (share success stories)

• Forums (discuss promising practices)

• Webinars/Conferences (professional training)

• STAR_Net News (resources and opportunities)

www.starnetlibraries.org

Activities and Resources

STAR_Net Community of Practice• Over 2,400 members have joined the STAR_Net

Community of Practice

• Members include librarians, library support staff, STEM professionals

• Community members contribute by posting how-to blogs, sharing funding opportunities and participating in webinars

FREE resources for public libraries!

Contact: Jackie Hooker at 2017Eclipse@SpaceScience.org

www.starnetlibraries.org/2017eclipse/

NASA@ My Library STEM KitsApply: February 2017

Applications will be accepted at https://apply.ala.org

Please register for the STAR_Net Community of Practice to receive the official announcement

STEM Resource Clearinghouse

Hands-on Discovery Tables

Rotating STEM Displays

Image Sorting• Sort the images on your

tables in a way that makes sense to your group

Activity guide and cards:greatballsoffireexhibit.org

One solution – sort by size:

1.Lions2.Space Shuttle3.Asteroid Ida4.Moon5.Mars6.Earth

7. Jupiter8. Sun9. Solar System10.Galaxy11.Cluster of

Galaxies

Another solution – sort by distance:1.Eagle2.Jet3.Aurora4.Hubble Space

Telescope5.Moon6.Sun

7. 4 Vesta8. Saturn9. Kuiper Belt10. Orion Constellation

and Nebula11. Andromeda Galaxy12. Hubble Deep Field

View

Balloon Rockets

Trip to Mars game

Credits: NASA/Bill IngallsCredit: NASA

Credits: NASA/Team LavaHive

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