More Upcoming Events Winter 2025
Funding Environmental Action at Your Local Library February 27, 2025 2 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) In communities across the country, libraries play…
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(Resource List) Color Our World with Citizen Science: From Space to Sea
Join SciStarter, STAR Net, and the Collaborative Summer Reading Program for an engaging webinar that explores how libraries can bring the 2024 Summer Reading Theme,…
Earth’s Wonders: Life After the Eclipse
Now that the celestial event of the year has passed, it’s time to shift our focus back to the wonders of our planet. Check out…
A Day with the Stars
A Day with the Stars by Lindsay Rowe, STEM Coordinator, Boys & Girls Clubs of Carson On July 20th, 1969 the Apollo 11 Lunar Module…
Summertime STEM with NASA
by Amelia Chapman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA has resources to support your programming for all ages, all year round. As summer approaches, here are a…
NASA Resources for Informal Educators
Key NASA Resources for Informal Educators Not everyone thinks STEM is for them. Yet, it’s hard to find someone not interested in at least one…
Portal to the Past: Make Your Own Eclipse History Exhibit
by guest blogger David Baron, author of American Eclipse: A Nation’s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of…
Getting started with SEAL? Find eclipse and Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries resources here!
We’ve put together a list of links and resources relevant to the Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries project below. We’ll be updating this post with…
STEAM Engines at Skokie Library: Laws of Motion
One of my favorite things about science is the way it so frequently looks like magic. From bubbling concoctions acidic and basic to the wizardry…
LEGO Challenge: SEL and STEAM at Skokie Library
One thing that will never cease to amaze me is kids’ capacity for endless creative LEGO building. I love LEGO, but free building is not…