The document outlines an agenda for a library event focused on astronomy and space exploration, featuring presentations by Brooks Mitchell and Christine Shupla. It includes activities related to the solar system, human exploration, discussions, and resources for library staff to engage patrons in STEM learning. Additionally, it highlights collaboration opportunities with NASA and various astronomical organizations to enhance library programs.

1. As you walk in:
– Please sign in
– Please fill out a name tag
– Answer question on chart paper
– Agenda + links found at:
goo.gl/4Qkzkn

2. STAR Net and NASA at Your
Library in 2019
10/31/2018
Presenters: Brooks Mitchell (STAR Net) and Christine Shupla (LPI)

3. Who Are You?!
Name
Library
Role

4. Today’s Agenda
1. Introduction and Ice Breaker
2. The Solar System
3. Beyond the Solar System
4. Working Lunch (12:00 pm)
5. Human Exploration
6. Discussion and Feedback

6. Join STAR Net!
www.starnetlibraries.org
Professional development
resources, including webinars,
newsletters, blogs, forums, videos,
and much more!

7. For example:
DIY Sun Cookies
Like an activity and think other library staff should know how great it is? Didn’t like
an activity or have modifications to make it better? Make sure to leave a review!

8. Universe of Stories
Summer 2019
NASA@ My Library and STAR
Net are partnering with the
Collaborative Summer
Library Program to support
16,000 libraries.
Please join us!!
What’s Next?

9. How Big, How Far, How Hot?
How can you sort these images?
Use the images on your tables to discuss in groups
how you can arrange items in the Universe.
• Start by arranging the cards in whatever way makes sense to your group
• Next, place them in order of distance away and size

10. How Big, How Far, How Hot?
Answers
How Big?
Lions, International Space Station, Moon, Mars,
Earth, Jupiter, Sun, Solar System, Andromeda
Galaxy

11. How Big, How Far, How Hot?
Answers
How Far?
Eagle, Jet, Aurora, Hubble Space Telescope,
Moon, Sun, Saturn, Orion Nebula, Andromeda
Galaxy

12. How Big, How Far, How Hot?
Answers
How Hot?
Comet’s surface (171 °F; 77 °C)
Lava (1,832 °F; 1,000 °C)
Meteor (3,100 °F; 1,700 °C)
Sunspot (6,332 °F; 3,500 °C)
Sun’s Surface (9,932 °F; 5,500 °C)
Earth’s Core (10,832 °F; 6,000 °C)
Lightning Bolt (52,232 °F; 29,000 °C)
Sun’s Corona (3.6 million °F; 2 million °C)
Sun’s Core (27 million °F; 15 million °C).

13. Size & Scale of the Solar System
What is accurate about this depiction of the solar system? What is not accurate?

14. What is a Solar System?
…a galaxy?
…a universe??

15. Jump to Jupiter

16. Jump to Jupiter

17. Impact Cratering

18. Crater Creations
www.clearinghouse.starnetlibraries.org

19. Apollo Program Accomplishments
• 6 human landings
• 14 EVAs, total 80.1 hours
• Longest traverse 18 km
• 382 kg samples

20. Apollo 8
Dec 24, 1968
The astronauts of Apollo 8
were the first humans to
capture an image of Earth
from space.

21. Apollo 11
July 20, 1969
Mission
commander Neil
Armstrong and
pilot Buzz Aldrin
landed the lunar
module Eagle on
the Moon,
becoming the first
humans to walk on
the Moon.

22. Apollo Landing Sites
Apollo11
Apollo 15
Apollo 17

24. Sample Collection

25. Sample Curation

26. Lunar Mare and Highlands
Mare Serenitatis

27. Impact Basin Formation

28. Lunar Impact Basins
Imbrium Rim Orientale Basin

29. Ryder Crater
17 km diameter

30. Tycho
Crater
85 km diameter
4.7 km deep

31. Tycho Central Peak
Central peak 2 km
high, 12 km across

32. Example Apollo Program
- Contact a local astronomy club to host a
night sky viewing!
- OR, invite patrons to explore Lunar Trek on
library computers -
https://moontrek.jpl.nasa.gov/
- Watch the “International Observe the Moon
Night” webinar for programming ideas
- Show an inspiring video
- Facilitate an activity (or two!) from the
Clearinghouse “Moon” Collection!

33. Astronomy Basics

34. Different
types of
stars

35. Types of Stars
❖ Big
❖ Small
❖ Red
❖ Blue
❖ Yellow
❖ In groups
❖ Alone
❖More later

36. Young
stars
form in
nebulae

37. Regular/ Small Star

38. Red Giant

39. White Dwarf
Small, but very hot

40. Massive
Stars

41. Betelgeuse—Red Supergiant

42. Supernova—Massive Star Explodes

43. Remnants

44. What is a “galaxy”?

45. The Milky Way

47. Let’s Make a Supernova

48. Big Dipper Star Clock
- Cut out and place “The Time Is” on top of the
month/time disk
- Go outside and face north, holding the Star
Clock so the current month is at the top of the
outer circle.
- Turn the black disk until the small picture of
the Big Dipper matches the real Big Dipper's
position The current time will appear in the
cutout.
- Note: If daylight-saving (summer) time is in
effect, you'll need to add one hour to the

49. LPI Explore Series
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/

50. LPI Traveling Exhibits
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/exploration/education/exhibits/
Meteorites: Messengers of
Mayhem
Protecting our Home
Treasure Hunt in Earth's Attic
Earth’s Daughter
A Storm of Asteroids
Impacts: Delivering Death and
Fostering Life
Our Molten Moon: The Story of the
First Moon Rocks
Moon Views: Rabbits in the Rocks
The Moon: Cosmic Decoder Ring

51. FREE STAR Net Resources
(take a picture of this slide!!)
175+ Activities Specifically for #STEMINLIB
http://clearinghouse.starnetlibraries.org/
Upcoming and Archived Professional Development
Webinars
https://www.starnetlibraries.org/resources/webinars/
Monthly Newsletter
https://www.starnetlibraries.org/resources/newsletters/
Upcoming STEM Events
https://www.starnetlibraries.org/upcoming-events/
STAR Net Blog (for library staff and written
by library staff!)
https://www.starnetlibraries.org/blog/
Partnership Resources
https://www.starnetlibraries.org/stem-in-
libraries/collaboration/partnership-
opportunities/
Community Dialogue Resources
http://www.starnetlibraries.org/resources/
community-dialogues/

52. Subscribe to Our YouTube
Channel!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAlTEzl-kWDOrWf6-GBvpYQ
(…isn’t that a long URL? We need YOUR help to make it easier to
remember!)
- How-to Videos
- Webinar Recordings
- NASA Mission Videos
- Kid-friendly Video Clips of REAL Engineers and
Scientists in action

53. Solar System Ambassadors
www.solarsystem.nasa.gov/ssa/home.cfm

54. June 6, 2018 Solar System Ambassadors 54
Who We Are
• SSA is 21 years old, having started as the Galileo Ambassador
program in 1997
• 908 space enthusiast volunteers
• 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands and US
citizens living abroad: Canada, Germany, Haiti, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore, United Kingdom

55. June 6, 2018 Solar System Ambassadors 55
What We Do
• Public engagement in a variety of venues
• CY2017 Events: 3,820
– Direct Audience: 1,037,795
– Indirect Audience: 20,067,574 readers/viewers/listeners
• Library events since 2001: 2,473 events reaching 282,569 people
• Some of us specialize…

56. June 6, 2018 Solar System Ambassadors 56
How to Find A Local Solar System Ambassador
• SSA Website: https://solarsystem1.jpl.nasa.gov/ssa/home.cfm
• Directory Search by State or by SSA Name
• Email Ambassador using website form
• If seeking several Ambassadors in an area, contact SSA Leads
at: ambassad@jpl.nasa.gov

57. June 6, 2018 Solar System Ambassadors 57
How We Can Serve Your Library
• NASA Milestones: InSight Landing, New Horizons MU-69 Flyby
• Speakers: NASA Presentations, Summer Reading Programs
• Hands-on Activities: Science Days, Summer Camps
• Celestial Viewing: Solar Viewing, Evening Star Parties
• Your suggestions…

58. Resources and
Potential Partnerships with
Astronomy Clubs
Vivian White
nightskyinfo@astrosociety.org
Astronomical Society of the Pacific

59. More than 450 clubs in the network

60. nightskynetwork.org

61. Find Local Clubs

63. Astronomy Demos and Activities

64. Featured
Activities
Night Sky
Planner
And Other
Resources

65. Lunch Discussion
- What resources do you need?
- What resources do you have?
- What challenges do you anticipate?

67. Engineering
Design
Process
…in
SPACE!

68. Build a shock-absorbing system that will protect two
"astronauts" when they land.
Follow the engineering design process to design and
build a shock-absorbing system out of paper, straws,
and mini-marshmallows; attach the shock absorber to
a cardboard platform; and improve the design based
on testing results.
Touchdown!

69. Materials (per
lander)
• 1 piece of stiff
paper or cardboard
• 1 small paper or
plastic cup
• 3 index cards
• 2 regular
marshmallows
• 10 miniature
marshmallows
• 3 rubber bands
• 8 plastic straws
• scissors
• tape

70. • After creating a UV kid from chenille
sticks and UV beads, design and test
clothing or other protection from the
Sun’s ultraviolet light.
• Use to connect concepts:
• Conducting science—creating a hypothesis
and testing it
• Just like we need to keep ourselves safe
from sunburn, astronauts need to protect
themselves from radiation in space
• Our Earth’s atmosphere helps to shield us
from some radiation
• Other ideas and connections?
UV Kid

71. Children work in pairs to measure each other's ankles with
lengths of string before and after lying on their backs with
their feet in the air for 1 minute.
Measure Up
Experiment and discuss:
• If astronauts don’t have gravity pulling fluids down to their feet, how
will that change their bodies during space flight?
• How can you modify this experiment?
• What health effects might we expect from the changes in fluids in
space?

72. Implementation Discussion
Collaboration/Reflection
• How can you use any of the activities/ presentation
content from today in your programs/activities?
• What barriers may present themselves? How can you
modify activities to suit your needs?
• Do you have suggestions for your colleagues?
• Are there ways you can partner with others?

73. Lunch Discussion
- What resources do you need?
- What resources do you have?
- What challenges do you anticipate?

74. How Can We Help YOU?
- Have you planned any programs
already? Please share!

75. How Can We Help YOU?
- What resources would be valuable
from NASA?
- Multimedia resources?
- Activity guides?

76. How Can We Help YOU?
- What are some webinar
themes/topics that you would like
to see in the future?