Librarians, library staff, and educators seeking ideas for activities and programming may be interested in STAR Net Libraries' STEM Activity Clearinghouse. Here, readers will find more than 300 "high quality, vetted STEM activities that are appropriate for library use." These activities have been curated into 30 themed collections (as of this write-up) such as Space Science, Healthy Living, and Engineering Design Challenges. Visitors can also choose to browse all the activities and filter them by audience age group, content area, difficulty level, and time required, among other options. Many of these activities were developed by the STAR Net team specifically for use in libraries, and those resources created by other organizations include suggestions of ways to adapt them for library use, as well as links to the original source. Many activities also include how-to videos, and some provide teacher's guides with suggestions for connecting the activity with classroom material, applicable education standards, and links to additional resources. STAR Net Libraries is a project of the Space Science Institute's National Center for Interactive Learning and supported in part by funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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