Family Literacy Day: From Earth to Outer Space with Joan Marie Galat
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Date: Saturday, January 27, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location:
Program Room
From Earth to Outer Space
with guest author:
Joan Marie Galat
In a STEM-themed presentation that partners stories and facts author Joan Marie Galat invites students to consider how humans impact animal habitat. From Earth to outer space, audiences discover how science and imagination mix, and what happens when a journal-keeping lab rat starts thinking about colonizing Mars! Expect tips on writing and a trick for locating the North Star in this lively, literacy-building session.
- Based on Too Much Trash: How Litter is Hurting Animals, Mortimer: Rat Race to Space, and other titles by Joan Marie Galat.
Ages: 5-12 with caregiver
Curriculum links:
- STEM and STEAM topics
- scientific literacy
- exploring culture/community
- maintaining wonder about the world
- reading/writing skills
- exploring and appreciating science and environmental relationships.