STEM Activity Clearinghouse
The STEM Activity Clearinghouse makes high quality, library appropriate STEM activities available to librarians and library staff. Search by audience, content level, difficulty, and curated collections.
Northwest Regional Library System
Serving Northwest Ohio Since 1974
Escape Room: How to Create an Escape Room for Tweens and Teens at Your Library
This presentation explains how to create an escape room in any library with an emphasis on space, story, puzzles, and props. Ideas for space-themed, popular culture, and sci-fi escape rooms are provided.
Alien Encounter Program for School-Age Children
This program for school-age children includes an alien-themed story, craft, refreshments, and games.
Astronauts & Rockets Story Time
This space themed storytime includes books, songs, and a flying rocket craft.
NASA Station Spacewalk Game
In the Station Spacewalk Game, the player assumes the role of an astronaut who complete a series of missions to repair the International Space Station without running out of oxygen. The game can be played in browser or downloaded on both Windows and Mac platforms.
A Universe of Stories: A Non-exhaustive Book List of Out of This World Children's Books
This book list contains 90+ space and STEM themed children's books.
"A Place for Pluto" Reader's Theater Script
Involve up to 15 participants in this reader's theater script for A Place for Pluto by Stef Wade
School Age Small Group Programming
This resource is filled with ideas for space themed STEM/STEAM activities and games as well as book recommendations.
Space Theme Passive Program Ideas
20 space theme passive program ideas including handouts.
NASA 3D Resources
NASA's 3D Resources database contains a collection of more than 300 3D models, 3D printable models, textures, and images from inside NASA. All resources are free to download and use for educational and informational purposes.