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SEAL Virtual Training Series: Introduction to Citizen Science and Eclipse Programming for Libraries

Citizen science is a great way to have STEM/STEAM programming at your library that helps contribute real data to ongoing science research and makes a great addition to your library’s solar science and eclipse programming leading to the 2023 and 2024 eclipses. As part of the Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries virtual training series, STAR Net is hosting four trainings walking you through how to host citizen science eclipse programming at your library including how to find eclipse and solar science citizen science projects, seeking out community partners and speakers, solar science activities available on the STAR Net STEM Activity Clearinghouse, and more! 00:00 Introduction, Icebreaker, Agenda 05:36 Introduction to SEAL 08:57 What is citizen science and how does it relate to libraries and the eclipses? 17:57 Getting started with citizen science with SciStarter 26:21 Programming Resources from SEAL 42:45 Q&A Webinar Slide Deck: https://community.starnetlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/April-12-CitSci-Webinar-Slide-Deck.pdf Transcript: https://community.starnetlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GMT20230412-162717_Recording.txt This webinar is the first of four in the SEAL Citizen Science Virtual Training Series. Check out the rest on this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvQkYyArNCy1LlkxfGGE2PNBRKbIC9GoW Looking to get started with SEAL? Check out this blog post on the STAR Net community site: https://community.starnetlibraries.org/get-started-with-seal/ Register your library to receive free solar viewing glasses: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BT58RYV STAR Net's SEAL homepage: https://www.starnetlibraries.org/about/our-projects/solar-eclipse-activities-libraries-seal/ The Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries project is made possible through generous funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation https://www.moore.org/

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DILLON CONNELLY: It is 10:00 Pacific time so I think we are going to get started with our meeting today. Thanks, everyone for joining us in the SEAL Virtual Training: and part of our spring virtual training series about Citizen Science and Eclipse Programming . Today we will get started going over Citizen Science for the upcoming eclipse and will share resources and having a really good time. This webinar is cosponsored between specifically the STAR Net library network. Our presenters today,
I am going to let everyone introduce themselves part my name is Dillon Conley a specialist and pronouns are he/him/they -- he day – Maggie TARA COX: My name is Tara Cox assistant director of programs at the national girls collaborative project and the director of national citizen community library network which you will hear about today. I will pass it to Claire. CLAIRE RATCLIFFE ADAMS: Welcome everyone my name is Claire Ratcliffe Adams and pronouns are she/her and I'm located in Boulder Col
orado. ROLAND: Hi everyone I everyone tuning in from Lebanon and nine program coordinator and do some development and I am glad to be here. DILLON CONNELLY: Thanks you all. Going over our agenda we will start with introductions, do a brief icebreaker and provide you with an introduction to the project which is Solar Eclipses library project if you aren't familiar with some of the work . Claire will give you a brief introduction and how it fits in the library program and we will turn it over to
our friends and they will talk about getting started with science at your library. We will wrap it up with a discussion on programming on ideas and resources available to around Citizen Science eclipse and the very last thing we will share some of the upcoming virtual trainings at SSI and hopefully have time to open up the floor for Q&A if you all feel so inclined. . We thought Citizen Science is a really cool important topic but not everybody has a ton of familiarity with it, so throw in the
chat which is your relationship to citizen science? Are you have been participating in a ton of Citizen Science projects or just getting started? Did you come across this webinar by falling down a rabbit hole? Let us know in the chat ? And I have been working in science education for a few years and participated in Citizen Science and museums and libraries and it has really been a topic and I am really passionate about. Some people are just getting started. Minimal experience and enjoyed makin
g contributions. Lots of newbies just getting started. Jorge learned about Citizen Science a long time ago and wanted to know more. That is another great fantastic Citizen Science program paragraph I am so excited! That means we've got tons of information that is not going to be new and that is always really exciting. Fantastic! Somebody has participated with the great backyard bird count a really great fantastic project. Environmental educator at the library and has done many Citizen Science
projects. Janet has done nature works, worked with Cornell Labs and work with migratory birds. Birding is one of my favorite Citizen Science themes, a great way to get people outdoors and thinking about the world around them and great for environmental health. I am glad there are bird folks chiming in. Awesome! Modern butterfly tagging, and we've got a rage with Citizen Science. We will talk about ways to connect with each other through the STAR Net community website and hopefully some are a
little more experience and we will share some experiences. So I thought I would start out with an explanation of what this field project is .'s subproject building on work that SSI did in 2017 for the great American eclipse, we are doing a ton of cool work focusing on getting library resources for the 2023 Annular Eclipse in October this year and the total eclipse that will be in April in October this year and the total eclipse that will be in April 2024. To do that we are providing free eclip
se classes for libraries and all the information about this SEAL project and there is a link in the chat to getting started. I know I am going to skim through this pretty quick so if you want to check out some information later all the links we will talk about today will be available in the chat paragraph we were running three eclipse classes up to 2000 applications and it will get you registered for our SEAL newsletter It will get you registered for our seal newsletter as well as community grou
p where we have tons of discussions and things going on paragraph we are also doing in-person training and we started those and we will be doing that in 50 states and four territories. We will coordinate the in-person workshops in 50 states and doing recorded videos and virtual workshops, like the ones you are in now and we will talking a little later, we are circulating solar science kits to all libraries with solar telescopes, books and hands-on activities all about solar signs and eclipse si
des. We will provide access to scientists, volunteers, eclipse subject matter experts and other librarians to the STAR Net network paired You can either follow the link in the chat and if you're watching this recording a little later or happen to have your phone open there is a QR code you can scan with your phone . Here is the SEAL resource blog and register for the classes and we will get you on our newsletter mailing list for the glasses and here is a link to our FAQ webinar that has inform
ation about eclipse science and the SEAL project in general paragraph we are hosting monthly getting started with SEAL webinars and we have a recording we link to our YouTube channel and is on the blog post, and if you are just getting started and you signed up because you are interested in science and want to know more about the SEAL project we are having monthly getting started with SEAL webinars and the registration link is in there. I will pass it over to Claire to talk about what is Citize
n Science and how it relates to libraries. CLAIRE RATCLIFFE ADAMS: If you are getting started with Citizen Science you may have questions that this is sort of a definition I stole from our partners today, but essentially it is a global movement to connect with people all around the world that enables people from all walks of life anytime, anywhere to participate in real scientific research to make and share observations with scientists and make an impact and issues they care about. You will he
ar about science doctor database of projects and after the eclipse is if you are interested in doing more there are all types of projects and topics you can get involved with. There are tools you can use and you will send the data to real scientist who would use that to further our understanding of different aspects of our world. Just a few more details here. Citizen Science is a collaboration between scientists and those who are curious, concerned and motivated to make a difference. So all w
alks of life. You can be a group of third-graders interested in water quality and work with your teacher to collect data that will then be sent to scientists. Or you can be a group of folks at a public library program with something that is a topic of concern to your community and you can get involved with how to collect data and give it to scientist to help find solutions for problems your communities might face. Citizen Science is to encourage people to participate in the scientific process
, so most Citizen Science projects you can become involved with her about asking questions, making observations, conducting experiments and actually collecting data you can share with scientists. It is a way members of the public advance scientific knowledge and benefit society. It is a really fun, interactive way, and there are thousands of different projects from around the world that you can get involved with. So this term, I just want to pause for a moment, and talk about the term citizen
science. This is a term that has been used for a long time and well-known in the science community so this term is not going away, but when thinking about your library programs and promoting Citizen Science products reflect on if that is the best term for your community. There are certain consultations with the term "citizen" and if you have your sanctuary city a lot of immigrants coming into your community using your library services that term, maybe turn some people off and think maybe this i
s not a program meant for me . So can to consider alternative terms when doing your flyers and other terms well-known in this type of work is community size, neighborhood data collection or crowd source size. As a way to really think inclusively about your community and he went to bring into your programs, just take a moment and pause on this term and if it is the best for your community. DILLON CONNELLY: Thanks so much, Claire . CLAIRE RATCLIFFE ADAMS: I do have a couple more slides. Sorry.
So Citizen Science and solar eclipses. Honestly I did not realize there was Citizen Science that could be done with Solar Eclipses until recently. I want to talk for a moment what the connection is and how you can become involved. Next slide please. If you are not aware there are two eclipses coming up, and Annie were -- annular Solar Eclipse and that is a path of Andrew T where the sun doesn't completely block out the sun, almost us but leaves a little ring and annular means ring. The impa
ct for any T starts in the northwest of our country, goes down and ends through Texas. On April 8 of 2024 we are going to be able to view a total solar eclipse in the path of totality stars down in Mexico and swoops up in the Northeast and Dean in Maine. These are really amazing big events and you're probably already planning for them especially if you are in the past of totality. The annual eclipse in October, partial will be visible including in Alaska and the total eclipse in April our con
tinental U.S., folks in every single state will be able to witness at least a partial solar eclipse. It is a way to connect with her unity, the national community a global community, and a way to rally and come together as humans, you know, experiencing life check up on this planet, and the same is true for eclipses. This is a huge oven, everyone in the country will be able to observe at least a partial and coming together with fellow citizens and communities within the United States . There is
a great tie-in of feeling connected through an event such as the eclipse and doing some citizen science. Some citizens science project, many don't need to be in the path of totality to participate. Thinks I collecting temperature data, audio data, what happens to the environment when the sun goes away for a few minutes? All kinds of things happen, plan stop photo synthesizing briefly and animal behavior changes. Scientists are wanting to understand more what happens during the eclipse and ha
ve people from all over the country collect data and send it to them, it will give them a much bigger picture of what is going on and impacts eclipses have on our environment and animals . This is my last slide. If you were interested in but you will actually be seen for the annular and total eclipse you can go to great American eclipse.com or go to time and data, and that will give specific times of when totality or angularity will occur and what percentage you will see. That is don't even to
the second and can give a prediction but you will experience on those dates. Four minutes in 2024 is the maximum amount of time for totality, which doesn't sound like a lot of time, for maximum totality for any clips was two minutes, so this is almost double what we experienced in 2017. So scientists are really excited to collect this data and understand what is happening and you can visit www. sci games.. eclipse. I think all you need is a Zip Code and you will find all kinds of information.
I wanted to make that connection between Citizen Science and eclipses and I will turn it over to Teri to talk about size starter and getting started with Citizen Science and scistarter . TARA COX: Everything is booked for the two eclipses, so if you're planning on traveling get your hotel now! It is going to be really exciting. I want to tell you a little bit about the Citizen Science national library network and thank you Roland for putting that in the check. Please sign up for the network an
d I will put a direct link to the sign up in the Chad as well. There are funding opportunities for developing resources and programs around Citizen Science that we promote good network when we have tons of webinars and we are constantly developing new things for libraries, and everything is open source, and free and we really encourage you to join group we are a growing network of libraries and other organizations dedicated to becoming community hubs for citizen science. What we need is a place
where your community has access to resources, to introductions to citizen science, two books and even kits with Citizen Science material to help make Citizen Science accessible. Libraries are trusted resources, so we are hoping libraries really join us in this effort to expand the diverse communities doing citizen Science Park one of the most important things about Citizen Science is anybody can do it and it is really prodding our perspective around who contributes to science. So at scistarter
year go to destination for all things citizen science will find over 3000 projects you can search search to discover projects you may want to contribute to her projects your community is interested in. You can add a scistarter which it to your library's website to help promote Citizen Science that way and that is a simple way to become a community hub. Encourage your audience to create a scistarter account and it is all free. There are projects he can do online, projects right in your communit
y. Some projects are completely local and you can search all this Ferris – thank you Roland for putting the widget there. Is clear mentioned Citizen Science is not your average STEM program. And while it is great for youth and you can find projects it really is an experience, so going and looking and promoting with your adult audiences is really great to expand your STEM and also great for youth. We have a ton of resources for building out programming around citizen science, not just doing th
e project but really engaging children in that scientific process. Next slide. As I mentioned, this project finder is a great place to start looking for projects, but we really encourage you to ask your community what topics interest vampiric on scistarter we have a sample community public survey you can use Post a listening session, talk to local civic leaders and other scientists about things going on in your community to make it relevant, meaningful. There's a ton of projects around the ecl
ipse but there are also projects that directly about the eclipse that tie in really well with citizen science and there's a lot of NASA projects that help to think about the sun and think about , you know, the sky in making those observations, kind of practicing the skills. So you can kind of round out your program and we will have follow-up openers specifically dedicated around citizen science. We are giving an intro now but this series Dillon and Claire are facilitating will go deeper into s
ome of these areas. Where to start? These are two really good places to start with what is citizen Science Park these are online training tutorials, self-guided. The first one is for anybody, for your library staff and patrons and it is a training you can take on your own time and get a badge on LinkedIn once you complete the training and it goes to foundations of citizen Science Park what does Citizen Science mean and what skills you need to become a good scientist and how can you accelerate i
mportant scientific of research? Part two is specific for libraries and how to host events? How do you promote and introduce Citizen Science with your community? We really encourage you to take these two trainees. There are additional trays as well like data literacy training. You can take it on your own time and it can really be scaled across your community and your network. Lastly I just wanted to mention the citizen science kits, one of the core components of libraries becoming community hu
bs for citizen Science Park most don't require specialized tools but some do. One of the think libraries are doing our building these kids so they can become community hubs for Citizen Science and baking projects more accessible. Here is an example of the biodiversity can't and we have links to all the materials you might need to build a kit with pricing, with suggestions for supplementary activities, for events around these kids, how to promote vampiric we also have turnkey marketing materials
like bookmarks and posters that you can put out so your audience and patrons will know and library users were now there are these kits. This is an example of the exploring biodiversity kit which pairs well with the natural project and you go out and collect images of nature and submit it back so there is this growing database of images that scientists can use to be able to tell what is going on in their local flora for now. You can attach it to a smart phone to take close-up images of bad. Some
other kids we currently have guides for observing pollinators kit, which is super popular. And air quality kit. So check out these kids and we see libraries using LST a funding to purchase and build the kids for the libraries as well as Rotary clubs and other funding sources, particularly around STEM. Dale says my library has a kit. Wonderful! I will be online throughout the webinar if you have questions about the scistarter and we will do deeper dives on the case, events and one coming up hi
s son pollinators next week, so stay tuned . DILLON CONNELLY: Thank you so much, Tara. Especially virtual training modules to get your feet wet and start thinking about citizen science and what is available, especially when think about eclipses and what you can do for eclipses and there is ton of stuff for you all to think about citizen size as well. Programming Resources and We Will Go into More Detail on the Next Webinar on the 25th Which Is around Programming around Citizen Science for the Ec
lipse. The Big One Is a STAR Net STEM Activity Clearinghouse a Repository like for Citizen Science Project, but a Directory of over 500 Fetid Steam and STEM Activities for Libraries Ready to Go Out Of the Box. That Link Is Also and We not only do we have activities listed we have of really robust search capabilities and you can filter by age group, by preparation time, materials cost and subject. We also have a series of collections we put together for different projects and you do have a SEAL
Solar Eclipse activity on the clearinghouse that has both activities from other informal education networks like Universal Learning. We developed really cool activities around the eclipse ourselves like how to build a pizza box solar oven or make a projection eclipse for your note of any cardboard box and a lot of how-to videos and step-by-step guides, full-color photos how to create those activities and crafts as well as links to world listings of related books. We know one of the things that i
s great about Citizen Science and eclipse is a ties will together with the summer reading theme of all together now and Citizen Science and eclipse are examples how to bring communities together, do things together and like I was saying earlier, eclipse and Citizen Science are examples how to connect with people in different parts of the country and around the world, participate in things that have a global reach. We also have a STAR Net community site and if you register for the free classes yo
u will be automatically enrolled on the site. We have a social media site for libraries to share ideas around eclipse, programming, ask each other questions and we also post a ton of information and we also have eclipse experts, astronomers and solar science experts participating chairing the Berg and information and answering -- sharing their work and answering questions. We also do a SEAL newsletter which you will be automatically signed up for when you register for classes and if you're inter
ested in getting on the newsletter or you have gotten gla sses from somewhere else and want to be involved in the community site and the newsletter don't hesitate to shoot myself an email and I will put it in the chat. Our admin person and they can get you signed up for all that could information. We are providing circulation kits cost solar signs tools, books and activities at our state library and those are a cool way to have programming both during eclipse but also if you want to do citizen s
ize programming before a between her after the eclipses these kids are a really great way to have some programming ideas . We are going to go more in depth on programming ideas, setting up programming and as citizens size of and at our next webinar on April 25. The registration link for that and other webinars his son getting started SEAL. This is really great largely out-of-the-box programming idea. In fact (Chuckles) clear is sharing doing one of our demonstrations at one of our in-person wor
kshops. We have two solar science kits and each library has two sets of each kid . they are all available to your state library and each handles it a little bit different to have these items available for the state library so please contact if you are interested, contact your state library who is sending that circulation a little differently. We have a multigenerational kit for all ages and a kit geared towards younger learners. It is a really nice container with solar science equipment, at lea
st one book and once had done -- hands on activity. The email is there. The multigenerational kit is going to be for all ages and will have a little bit more robust solar viewing equipment. We have a Coronado personal solar telescope which is pretty much like a regular telescope except it has a solar filter and you can look directly at the sun during daytime, so this is great during the eclipse but we find these kids to be more useful before cough between her after the eclipses. Say you are doin
g some programming around the eclipse, maybe fantastic citizen size programming and these kits are a really great way to do some programming that helps further as some of these items are not really useful, and we will talk about for the younger learners and they earned really super useful during the eclipse but are great between the eclipses. We have a book all about the eclipses called "When the Goes Dark " and lenses with solar filters for viewing the son, and a step-by-step guide called Big S
on, Little Moon . Can individual libraries purchase these kids? They are available for circulation through state library and they received two copies, so contact your state library to find out how you can get these kits . We are not selling these kits, unfortunately . On the April 25 webinar, can you through this link once more in the chat? That getting started with SEAL blog post has upcoming webinars including the rest of these in the April 25 programming webinar . The second kit is for younge
r audiences and my personal favorite and includes a telescope called the Spotter and Projects Allowing You to See Sunspots to Reflect the Image of the Sun and Put That onto a Piece of Paper and train sunspots from the telescope. Is really cool and really fantastic for getting outside as we are thinking about pairing different citizen science projects with programming. I think this is spotter is a really great example if you were going to do biodiversity Citizen Science and to bring along the su
n spotter is a really fantastic way of thinking what animals are we observing? What types of biodiversity are we observing and how much of the son can we see? What is solar activity looking like? You can see how environmental factors affect the environment paragraph we include in this quite -- we include in the kit a fun story book on how the sun's movement creates different types of shadows and an accompanying activity that will include a play mat, flashlight and a challenge card so young learn
ers can make their own shows, understanding how distant from the sun affects the shadows and eclipses are created by the moon casting a shadow over the Earth from the s u n . It includes some binoculars -- s u n o c u l a r s and you sort celestial objects and hope it, and how far they are . We are ripping through our agenda today (Chuckles) so as I was saying there are some really cool upcoming opportunities to learn more about citizens size eclipse. We have our field train citizen -- SEAL Citi
zen Science virtual training and will be in depth how to do eclipse programming and incorporate Citizen Science interlibrary, on April 25 . And then we have two more webinars in this series that invite Deaf speakers from different eclipse citizens size projects and how to get started with projects and how to get your library info specifically in those citizen science projects . On May 4 Star Wars day we will work with the NASA global observer program . I don't know if anyone has used the Globe O
bserver app? There is cloud observation, things like that, and they are going to add a special eclipse activity to the app for eclipses and talk about that on May 4 as well is share information how to apply for a kit , a free kit that they will be sending out to select libraries . On May 16 we will invite another eclipse citizens science project about recording different wildlife during the eclipse which is really, really cool and they will talk how libraries can get involved in that project on
May 18 . Don't worry we will record all of them and will post all the webinars to the STAR Net library YouTube page, which is in the getting started blog post . Subscribe to the YouTube channel and keep up with all of these webinars . If you want to find out more about SEAL and the citizen science circulation kit and register for classes and find other opportunities they host monthly getting started with SEAL webinars for May, June, July and August and will add more likely later in the year and
the links are available in the getting started with SEAL and STAR Net library.org . If you can't attend we recorded ones earlier in the year and that is also on our YouTube channel . I know that one of the things coming up is we have never posted – this is going to be a huge and very high interest event in eclipses, during the 2017 a clubs I was at a museum and we were expecting maybe hundred 10 -- 110 attendees and we ended up getting 500, and in September a month out from the first Annular Ecl
ipse we are going to invite for feedback from librarians who participated in the 2017 eclipse programming and have it webinar what to expect on eclipse decor how to prepare, and so we have not set a date yet but keep an eye and the best way to keep in touch is signing up for the SEAL newsletter and we will announce with Bonner is available -- when the webinar is available . We have a pollinator Palooza . TARA COX: You can find that on scistarter . o r g / e v e n t s . There is a really good pl
ace to check out all the events happening for citizen science month but this is specifically how to host a pollinator event . There is a great sunflower project and that I naturalist project that focuses on pollinators and many libraries are building community gardens and doing different things around pollination. This is all about how to host an event and what resources are provided for your pollinator event . There will be a pollinator expert to talk about the science behind pollinator and why
it is an important topic for us globally to be talking about . Check out the website for all citizen science events this month and many events are not just for libraries, but for the general public . DILLON CONNELLY: Awesome! Thank you so much and thank you for sharing all the great information. I want to address some questions that came in in the chat and go ahead and throw questions in the chat. We do have question: do state libraries have the kids now? We started sending out the kids to to
state libraries and I believe we are halfway through our list and we are trying to get them out as we do the workshop and so if you have an upcoming workshop from SSI and the SEAL project you most likely have that kit available. Contact your state library and they have the information held those kids are going to be distributed. New Mexico, New York Washington, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and Florida have kids ready. Don't forget local NASA ambassadors. We have solar system ambassadors as well is
a net sky -- night sky network which is a group of signed -- science enthusiast and resources for getting partners together to host some programming. We have links on the solar system ambassador network and getting started with SEAL blog post and we are recruiting specifically solar signs and eclipse experts in the SEAL project and we will release information soon how to get in contact with those and get the experts vetted for them to help you specifically about the eclipse. So sign up for the
SEAL newsletter and therapy information how to get one of the kids at your library program. I want to emphasize clear put in the chat and we have a list of all the components of the kids and the link for that is in the chat as well. If you want to acquire some items in totality or what is in the kit all of those components are listed in that link in the chat. And I believe – is that all the questions I saw in the chat? Will the April 24 webinar offers suggestions for programming content? That is
the entire theme and will walk you through step-by-step I am kind of interested in citizen science, I want to do something at my library related to the eclipse but have no idea how to do that, and that is what the April 25 webinar is going to be all about . How to get partners involved, activities and where to find them and how to incorporate some programming ideas of some stuff like I am going to be setting up an eclipse citizen science project and a sound recorder in a tree and maybe work bet
ween maybe a storytime event and setting up this recorder, what are some outdoor activities that would tie in with this event? That is all the stuff we are going to be covering. Rachel asked if I could speak on the glasses? There is a link to register and we are providing up to 2000 glasses through the SEAL program and clear put the direct link to the registration in there and right now you can sign up for the SEAL project and register for the eclipse classes for free, for your library, and for
those who signed up for the newsletter and registered for our community site on STAR Net library.org and we have an eclipse group and a Facebook group for librarians, solar science experts, folks from SSI can share information and programming ideas, ask questions and get a grasp what is going on with the SEAL project and eclipse . Register for the glasses and check out that website. I will open up the floor. We've got about 10 minutes left if anybody has questions about citizen science, my s
ocial security number and mother's maiden name, and any question you want to know. Go ahead and unmute or pose the question in the chat -- post the question in the chat. >>: Do you have a booklist for libraries? DILLON CONNELLY: Do we have a specific library booklist? CLAIRE RATCLIFFE ADAMS: That is of really great question. We have a media list, a list of fiction books relating to the eclipse, also music, art. So I will put that in the chat. In the kit link that has the books that we inclu
de in those kids. I am in the process of creating a new list for a new book project and will include nonfiction books as well. Feel free to reach out to me and I will put my email in the chat and I will find the link we have that has fiction books and we will put that in the chat . DILLON CONNELLY: The STEM activity clean, many activities listed on the STEM Activity Clearinghouse – in fact I can screen share and show you. So this is the STEM Activity Clearinghouse listing for one of the project
s we are going to be talking about at one of the upcoming webinars and this is a link to open up the activity. Here is all the metadata you can filter by. Many of our STEM Activity Clearinghouse activities have a whole section down here cold Related Books where we list relevant books related to that activity and it takes you to the world listing for that particular book . At least it would if my Internet was working right now. We have a couple ways to have the media list and connections to kind
of cultural stuff and the link in the getting started blog post and we have the related book link on the STEM Activity Clearinghouse pages for a lot of those activities. There's a couple ways to find some related books for Ya. TARA COX: We have some booklist on the Citizen Science page. A Citizen Science and astronomy and pollinator booklist. You can scroll down and add and display those for your patrons as well is find them and display them for Citizen Science. DILLON CONNELLY: Are glasses
given away per library brand? We have 28 branches so we are asking every library who wants to host the programming to fill out their own application for an individual branch. Especially larger city branches or city systems have maybe one single education coordinator. Go ahead and fill out an application and email and I put their email in the chat a few times, but I will do it again. All the distribution of the glasses and they can work with you to figure out how to get some more glasses if you a
re ordering for a branch. It is much easier for our branch of the Earth think about hosting to order glasses for their particular branch. If they are thinking about ordering . Order enough for both eclipse events because it is first come first serve. Go ahead and get your application in for the glasses now even though the event isn't until next April. While we have millions we are filling them as they come and there is no guarantee, especially after the first event, we will have enough left ov
er for first time applicants. For each individual branch that was too close, and get the free glasses, and signed up for the newsletter and the eclipse community site and we will share tons of information you want to get your hands on. Yes, the glasses are reusable. Because we are asking you to order them for both you can set some aside for the second event or we also have an activity on the STEM Activity Clearinghouse how to make a printable, designed yourself glasses so you can have a whole a
ctivity about making eclipse glass storage envelope that is printable and assignable for your patrons to store their glasses yourself or at your library . I think I have gotten – any more questions in the chat? Doesn't look like it. All right does anybody have any more questions? We will put a link in the chat if this is your first time around. I put an evaluation survey so you can please let us know what you thought about the woman or and we really appreciate your feedback. Let us know what yo
u thought of the event. CLAIRE RATCLIFFE ADAMS: Someone asked for the link for the activities or making the glasses storage envelope. I have that and I will put it in the chat. This activity is not on the clearinghouse yet and in about a month or two we will also have the same activity with Spanish instructions. If you want to reach out to us for a Spanish version just let me know. DILLON CONNELLY: Excellent. I want to thank everyone for coming today and I am putting my email in the chat. O
nce again if you have any follow-up questions, one information about our upcoming webinars, anything at all, shoot me an email and I will share some information or direct you to the right person if you need it. Thank you Claire and Roland for helping us out. Thanks to our interpreters for writing the captions and interpretation services to make these webinars accessible and that is so important. Thank you all for participating in for joining us and I hope we wet your whistle and we look forwa
rd to seeing you at the rest of the citizen science webinars and all upcoming programs we have coming down the pike and I will stay online for a few murmurs in case anyone has any other questions but other than that have a great rest of your day, everyone, and thanks again for joining us!

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