2019 Summer Reading Program
Summer Reading Program Parties -
Wednesday, July 31st from 10am - 12pm and from 4 - 6pm!
Congratulations to the winning team - Betelgeuse!
Our Summer Reading Program has launched! July 3 is the first day of the program!
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Interesting Resources: http://www.spaceweather.com/ http://www.astronomy.com/ https://in-the-sky.org/skymap.php https://stellarium-web.org/ https://www.nasa.gov/ ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS
Champions of libraries and outer spaceTo help inspire children to reach their full potential we have asked leaders in space exploration and Erin Teagen (author of the Luciana Vega series) to be Summer Reading Champions.
Erin Teagan, Author of Luciana Vega Book Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR3Ugauy5PA#action=share
Dr. Michelle Thaller, Assistant Director of Communications, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKTCZbeq_S0#action=share Dr. Kjell Lindgren NASA Astronaut, National Aeronautics and Space Administration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziYAzVSsdcM#action=share Dr. Seth ShoStak, Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmCKOb1tDT8#action=share Dr. Lindsay Elkins-Tanton Planetary Scientist and Professor, Arizona State University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T53_e4BZ1k#action=share Arika Egan Graduate Student Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDh03vBYfH4#action=share Our summer visitor name has been drawn - it's ET!
Stop by and meet our latest addition to the "Universe of Stories" Summer Reading Program. The winning name is E.T.!
Thank you to all who participated in the drawing for naming our summer employee! |
Wednesday is
Drop-in Craft Sessions Day: Drop-in crafts are offered during regular library hours.
Summer Reading Program Events:
For more information, call the library at 942-5472 
Did You Know?Scientists are fairly confident that Jupiter’s moon Europa has an underground ocean, even though they’ve never seen it.
Hidden beneath an icy crust, most of what researchers know about that ocean is based on the moon’s smooth, streaked surface. Europa lacks mountains or large craters, but it is crisscrossed with ridges and cracks, called chaos terrain, that scientists think is caused by the shifting of ice plates over a liquid ocean, analogous to Earth’s plate tectonics. By using the Hubble Space Telescope to spy on Europa’s surface, astronomers have discovered the presence of sodium chloride – better known as table salt, the same compound that makes Earth’s oceans so salty. This might indicate that Europa’s ocean is more like Earth’s or Enceladus’ oceans than previously thought, and bolsters some theories about hydrothermal activity on the Jupiter's moon. Learn More... http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/06/the-briny-depths-of-europa-brim-with-table-salt About Our Solar SystemThe Earth's diameter is 7,918 miles (12,742 km) so how big is the rest of the planets and our sun compared to the Earth? This video gives a visual representation. It also discusses the distance between the planets and the sun. Click the link to watch a visual of the size of our solar system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK5E_7hOi-k July's Night SkyView the link below to see what all there is going on in the night sky during the month of July.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_A-hSm1RaI June's Night SkyView the link below to see what went on in the night sky during the month of June.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmqCQpyBISI#action=share Realistic view of Solar System to scaleThis video gives us a visual idea of how the planets are in relationship to each other.
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