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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">And here’s the one for Tweens and Teens!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Cheers!<br>
Darci<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> LaConte, Keliann [mailto:LaConte@lpi.usra.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 05, 2013 3:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Darci Hanning<br>
<b>Subject:</b> STAR_Net Webinar: Hands-on Activities for Tweens and Teens (ages 10-18)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#AC6600">Webinar: Earth Science through Food, Games, and Art:
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Library Programming Ideas for Tweens and Teens</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#AC6600"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#AC6600">Tuesday, May 7, 2013</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#AC6600"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#AC6600">Start time: <b>11 a.m. PDT/12 p.m. MDT/1 p.m. CDT/2 p.m. EDT</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#AC6600">Duration: <b>2 hours </b></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#AC6600"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Public library staff, science professionals, and informal educators are invited to join educators from the Lunar and Planetary Institute's<i> Explore</i> program team for hands-on activities and partnership ideas!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This FREE webinar features a selection of hands-on Earth science activities designed for use with tweens and teens (ages 10-18)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">. The STAR_Net project's
<i>Discover Earth: Hands-on Science Activities</i> rely on inexpensive materials. Use food, games, and art to introduce tweens and teens to the special — and changing — nature of Earth’s climate and kid-friendly pathways to environmental stewardship.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Walk away from this training with: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Activities, </span>
</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">including one or more of the following (based on your input during the application process):
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/discoverEarth/activities/Activity7_Packet.pdf" target="_blank">Activity 7: Climate Tour</a></span></u></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">:
children ages 10 to 13 celebrate their region of the United States by creating a regionally-inspired postcard and recipe. Finally, they use a set of
<i>What if…</i> cards about their region to reconsider their postcards and recipes in light of future climate change.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/discoverEarth/activities/Activity8_Packet.pdf" target="_blank">Activity 8: </a><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/discoverEarth/activities/Activity8_Packet.pdf" target="_blank">Polar
Bears or Penguins?</a></span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">: children ages 10 to 13 use a fast-action matching game to demonstrate how each of Earth’s polar regions is distinct and special.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/discoverEarth/activities/Activity9_Packet.pdf" target="_blank">Activity 9: Polar Bears Go with the Floes</a></span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">:
In teams, children ages 11 to 13 build an understanding of how human actions impact global change by playing a board game in which chance and choice determine the fate of a lone polar bear on an ice floe.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/discoverEarth/activities/Activity10_Packet.pdf" target="_blank">Activity 10: Earth: Artistically Balanced</a></span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">:
Teens, ages 14 to 18, engage their communities in science through art. The teens first interact with a climate scientist to unravel, on a very basic level, the complexities of Earth’s climate system, and then they create a three-dimensional artistic representation
of Earth’s climate. The art may be created on a large scale and displayed at the library or made on a smaller scale to take home.<span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Partnership ideas:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> The activities in this webinar offer opportunities for partnership between public libraries and professionals in science-related occupations (e.g. climate scientist, high school environmental science teacher, or informal
science educator at a park, museum, science center, or federal agency). Come with ideas for potential partnership and leave with even more! Or, seek a local partner at one of the institutions listed above and invite her or him to join us for the webinar!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Space is limited! <b>Apply at</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/lib_trainings/webinar_7may13/">www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/lib_trainings/webinar_7may13/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Accepted applicants will receive connection information and an agenda prior to the webinar. We will also provide a materials list so that participants may collect some common items and try out the activities at their computers
during the webinar. Participants will receive a certificate of completion following the webinar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">More about the STAR_Net project's <i>Discover Earth</i> activities:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <i>Discover Earth</i> activities focus on Earth science topics close to home – such as local weather and the plants, animals, crops, and environmental features particular to your region – as well as a global view of our changing
planet. Through hands-on investigations and discussions, young audiences discover that Earth’s global environment changes – and is changed by – the local environment. Download the FREE<i> Discover Earth
</i>materials, including 10 step-by-step activity guides, facilitator background information, lists of recommended supporting media, reading games, bookmarks, and badges at
</span><a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/explore/discoverEarth/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.lpi.usra.edu/explore/discoverEarth/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <i>Discover Earth </i>module is a product of the
<i>STAR Library Education Network</i> project (<i>STAR_Net</i>), a national program to support libraries that provide — or want to provide — Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) informal learning experiences.
<i>STAR_Net</i> is led by the National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL) at the Space Science Institute. The project team also includes the American Library Association (ALA), Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), and National Girls Collaborative Project
(NGCP). Major funding is provided by the National Science Foundation. Access additional resources and the online community at
</span><a href="http://www.starnetlibraries.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.starnetlibraries.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.
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