Earth Science through Food, Games, and Art: Library Programming Ideas for Tweens and Teens

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1 Earth Science through Food, Games, and Art: Library Programming Ideas for Tweens and Teens HANDS-ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES Presenters: Eve Halligan, Keliann LaConte, and Stephanie Shipp Technical Support: Ramiro Padilla

2 Resources Connect to STAR_Net project resources! Join the online community! Get access to resources, discussions and related opportunities. Visit the project website at Contact: Anne Holland

3 Explore Program Create and distribute hands-on activities that Are designed for the library Rely on inexpensive materials Can be flexibly implemented Highlight Earth and space science and engineering concepts through investigations, demos, crafts, and facilitated conversations Provide training to children's and youth librarians and other community educators Funded by NSF and NASA

4 HANDS-ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES Activity 7: Celebrate Your Region! Activity 8: Polar Bears or Penguins? Activity 9: Polar Bears Go with the Floes Activity 10: Earth: Artistically Balanced Activity 1: A Century of Change Display Activity 4: I Belong to Earth

5 HANDS-ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES Each Region Is Unique Changes to distant oceans, air moving freely around our globe, and all living things have an influence on our regional environment, now and in the past and future. Activity 7: Celebrate Your Region! Activity 8: Polar Bears or Penguins? Your Home Is Changing Earth s water, ice, air, and life will continue to interact over long-term scales, shaping the particular features of that place we each call home. Activity 9: Polar Bears Go with the Floes Activity 10: Earth: Artistically Balanced We Belong to Earth Activity 1: A Century of Change Display Activity 4: I Belong to Earth

6 Our Home Is Changing we d love to have you join us for a respectful conversation about the science of global climate change!

7 Our Home Is Changing explore the science of climate change even more deeply through:

8 Activity 7: Celebrate Your Region! Ages Three projects: Part A. Climate Postcard Part B. Recipe for a Region Part C. Changes to Come Key Points Weather vs. Climate Climate makes your region special Pen pal exchange show how tweens living in another region have different experiences!

9 Part A. Climate Postcard Celebrate Your Region s Unique Weather Wild Plants or Animals Rain. Credit: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Hurricane. Credit: U.S. Global Change Research Program. Saguaro Cactus. Credit: Fish and Wildlife Service. Common Clothing and Gear Pika. Credit: National Park Service.

10 Part A. Climate Postcard What would you draw on your postcard?

11 Part B. Recipe for a Region Your Region s Secret Ingredient is?

12 Part B. Recipe for a Region Your Region s Secret Ingredient Is? Example: Fiddlehead Ferns from the forests of the Northwest and New England/Mid-Atlantic See the salad recipe in the THE MITSITAM CAFÉ COOKBOOK Richard Hetzler, Fulcrum Publishing, 2010, ISBN: X

13 Activity 10: Earth: Artistically Balanced Hands-on way to visualize the science of the climate s complexities through art! Flexible May be created on a large scale or small For Teens (14-18 years) Several factors influence global temperatures (both natural and human-based) Choose scale for models Needs: Area to display artwork, art supplies (appropriate scale), Earth Climate Cards (Nature s Balance & Human Influences) What factors do you think we should keep in mind when developing a model of Earth s climate? Please use the chat box now to share your thoughts!

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16 PARTNERSHIP DISCUSSION --THE INTERACTIVE PART!

17 Activity 7: Celebrate Your Region! Global climate is changing Scientists predict that the average temperature will continue to rise over the next 100 years, perhaps as much as 3-10 F. how will that change the tweens postcards and recipes? Change is normal but not at this rate! Part C. Changes to Come The changes are happening faster than during the last 10,000 years.

18 Activity 8: Polar Bears or Penguins? Know Your Poles... Take our Polls! Do you know the difference between the Arctic and Antarctic? Does your audience?

19 Divide into 2 Teams Match each card to the Polar Region Arctic (N. Pole) Antarctic (S. Pole) Both Play the Game! Fastest team wins!

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22 Human actions impact the global environment As a team, tweens determine whether or not to save a polar bear on an Arctic sea ice floe. Everyone wins or everyone loses! We have choices Activity 9: Polar Bears Go with the Floes Some choices require us to make changes in the way we live: Take shorter showers Replace incandescent bulbs with new, energy-efficient types Walk or bicycle instead of asking for a ride As a family, lower the heat in the winter and raise the temperature a bit in the summer Tweens (ages 11-13) and their families can be global stewards! Just like in the game, we all have to work together to make a difference!

23 Activity 1: A Century of Change Display Connecting your community to environmental changes Invite community to submit photos Historical (taken a century or more ago) Contemporary (current) Organize the photos into a display Collect their feedback! Hold an opening night! Optional: Collect stories or archive the photographs collected Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park 1900 to 1998.

24 Past Present

25 Reading Game: Ages 10-13

26 Reading Log: Teens

27 Read Me Bookmarks

28 IDEAS FOR MAKING THIS YOUR OWN!

29 Further Resources PLAYFUL BUILDING and 9 other modules to explore other areas of science and engineering! Lunar exploration The planets Earth, Jupiter, and Mars Rockets Health in space and more coming soon!

30 Other Ideas National Girls Collaborative Project Reach girl-serving organizations across the U.S. NOAA Climate Stewards Education Project Find a NOAA Climate Steward near you Download educational resources

31 IMPLEMENTATION DISCUSSION --THE INTERACTIVE PART!

32 Thank you! Keep in Touch! Feedback: STAR_Net Project Explore Department of Education and Public Outreach Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX

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