Good Morning!
 Please check-in at the back table to your right.
 On one Post-It note, write down two things you KNOW about
Mars/Mars exploration and add it to the large KNOW Post-It
on the wall.
 On a second Post-It note, write down two things you WANT
TO KNOW about Mars and add it to the large WANT to
KNOW Post-It on the wall.
 Remember your homework? How is Mars depicted in
science fiction?
 Enjoy some breakfast!
Welcome
Andy Shaner, Public Engagement Lead
Christine Shupla, Education Lead
Space Science activities
for child and tween library programs
Free, fun, hands-on
www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore
Activities on Jupiter and the Solar System
The Juno mission arrives
at Jupiter this July 4!
A few of the other Explore modules
Join the
Facebook group
www.facebook.com/groups/LPI.Explore
 We post resources, events,
trainings, and news.
 Share your own ideas
and activities!
Explore Mars
 Bringing Mars science and exploration into your
communities
 Funding for this training comes from the ChemCam
instrument onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover
Explore Mars
 Goal: Bring Mars science and exploration activities and
resources to public librarians and their communities.
Explore Mars
Objectives:
1) Introduce public librarians to comparative planetology and basic
geologic characteristics of Mars.
2) Discuss the appeal of Mars as a potential place for current or past
habitability.
3) Model how advances in spacecraft technology have aided in our
evolving views of Mars as a place.
Explore Mars
4) Model activities designed for use in libraries that communicate Mars
science and exploration.
5) Facilitate discussions of integrating training information and activities
into programs.