connecting tweens and teens with space
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CONNECTING TWEENS AND TEENS WITH SPACE
NASA and your library
By
Wendy Lukert
YA/Adult Services Librarian
Blair Public Library
SPACE TECHNOLOGY•The Library – Really?
LIBRARY
Planets
Stars
Physics
TravelingExhibits
Storytelling
Hands On
Acitivities
The Beginning
NASA Space Science Workshop:
Explore! Jupiter’s Family Secrets
February, 2011
NASA Programming
• Lesson Plans• Material Lists• Website• Background Information• Resource Lists• Templates
• www.lpi.usra.edu
Bringing It Home….
• Integrating space into after school activities
• Implementing space and science into the summer reading program
• Materials
• Volunteers
Things that Worked…
– Edible crafts!
– Weather activities
– Posters
Things that Didn’t…..
– Strings
– Exploding balloons
– Finding “dial” scales and certain supplies
Measurements….
– Success ??
• Kept coming back!
• Wanting More!
• Parent Comments
• Planning summer reading lessons• Planning winter activities for after
school
Go Forth and Conquer The Final Frontier !
May The Force Be With You!