Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries (SEAL) Project Workshop In-Person
Attendees will receive hands-on training on operating solar telescopes and other methods for direct and indirect solar viewing, best practices for developing and facilitating STEM programs, and how to engage with community partners and library-specific digital resource networks. Attendees will also be able to sign up for free solar eclipse glasses to distribute to their communities in advance of both eclipses! STAR Net facilitators, bringing many years of experience building the STEM capacity of public library staff, will work with each state library to customize the workshop experience based on the needs and interests of public libraries within that state. These workshops will use materials from the circulation kits and highlight best practices in using those materials but the strategies, activities and resources shared during the workshop will be useful to attendees whether they have access to a circulation kit or not.
The goals of these solar science workshops are to help library staff:
1. Build off the excitement of the 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses, and engage their patrons in solar science activities
2. Safely and effectively facilitate direct (e.g. solar telescope and Sunoculars) and indirect methods of safe solar viewing
3. Develop and facilitate exciting and interactive STEM programming at their library
Lunch will be provided by STARNet. Masks are not required, but encouraged. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own refillable water bottles and/or coffee cups.
- Date:
- Saturday, March 18, 2023
- Time:
- 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Kennewick Public Library: 1620 S Union St, Kennewick, WA 99338
- Audience:
- Adult Services Youth Services
- Categories:
- Library Staff Training > Adult Services Library Staff Training > Youth Services Library Staff Training