Broad Implementation: Phase 2 of the STAR Library Education Network

该项目将通过当地公共图书馆将STEM教育带到农村社区。博物馆质量的展品被标记为“发现地球”，“发现技术”和“发现空间”将在全国各地的一系列地点花费3个月。24个中型图书馆将被选为大型展览，40个小型图书馆将被选为缩小版。 该项目的目的是在每个州提供展览，并尽可能多地接触到代表性不足的个人。该项目的重要性在于，该国农村地区在STEM教育方面服务不足，由于这一社会阶层有5000万至6000万居民，因此接触他们非常重要。全国有很大一部分人口（5000 - 6000万）博物馆和科学中心等校外学习场所的服务不足。早期的第一阶段项目在18个地点展示了农村图书馆和图书馆员可以使用这些动手展览为从成人到儿童的社区成员提供STEM教育。每个展览（地球、空间或技术）都包括有关主题的信息和技术支持的模型，以提供有趣和有趣的发现机制。他们使用普通的外行友好的语言，突出了每个领域的最新发现。每个展览将被放置在选定的图书馆3个月，在此期间，图书馆将组织活动，功能和宣传STEM学习机会。该项目的另一个特点是确定图书馆环境中的学习模式，并将其作为人口统计学的一个功能。该项目的合作伙伴带来了必要的专业知识，包括美国图书馆协会、课外联盟、农村和小型图书馆协会、科罗拉多大学博物馆、Datum Advisors有限责任公司、评估和研究协会、月球和行星研究所、美国地球物理联盟和空间科学研究所。

This project will bring STEM education to rural communities through local public libraries. Museum quality exhibits labelled as "Discover Earth", "Discover Technology", and "Discover Space" will spend 3 months at a series of locations around the Nation. Twenty four medium sized libraries will be chosen for the large exhibits and forty small libraries will be chosen for scaled down versions. The project's intent is to provide exhibits in every state and to reach as many under-represented individuals as possible. The significance of this project is that rural areas of this country are underserved regarding STEM education and since this segment of society is represented by 50-60 million residents, it is important to reach out to them.There is a significant segment of the Nation's population (50-60 million) that is underserved by out-of-school learning venues such as museums and science centers. An earlier phase 1 project demonstrated at 18 sites that rural libraries and librarians could provide STEM education to community members ranging in age from adults to children using these hands-on exhibits. Each exhibit (earth, space or technology) includes information about the topic and technologically enabled models to provide interesting and fun discovery mechanisms. They use common layman friendly language that highlights the most recent discoveries in each area. Each exhibit will be placed in the selected library for 3 months during which the library will organize events to feature and advertise the STEM learning opportunities. Another feature of this project will be to determine the models of learning in library settings and as a function of the demographics. The partners in this project that bring the necessary expertise are the American Library Association, the Afterschool Alliance, the Association of Rural and Small Libraries, the University of Colorado Museum, Datum Advisors, LLC, Evaluation and Research Associates, the Lunar and Planetary Institute, the American Geophysical Union, and the Space Science Institute.