{"id":19413,"date":"2021-03-03T18:47:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=19413"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:47:37","slug":"free-test-the-waters-family-exploration-kit","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/free-test-the-waters-family-exploration-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Free: Test the Waters Family Exploration Kit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 7.5pt 0in;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: black\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19415 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/TTW-Handout-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/TTW-Handout-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/TTW-Handout-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/TTW-Handout-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/TTW-Handout-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/TTW-Handout.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>In partnership\u00a0with Cornerstones of Science\u00a0and the NIH\u00a0<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif\">All of Us\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Research Program, the Network of the\u00a0National\u00a0Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) is offering an exciting new citizen science resource to public libraries. The\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif\">Test the Waters Family Exploration Kit<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is a fun, accessible, loanable kit which includes four family friendly activities, and all the instructions and materials needed (audio file guides are available in in Arabic, Chinese, English, Spanish and Vietnamese).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: black\">The free kits are available\u00a0to the first 500 requesting libraries! They come in a lockable plastic tote and can fit on a typical library shelf. Applications for the kits will be open until they are all gone\/April 30<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021. If you are a member of NNLM you can apply for a kit by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTAzMDMuMzYyNzE4OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL25ubG0uZ292L2FsbC1vZi11cy9yZXNvdXJjZXMvY2l0aXplbi1zY2llbmNlLWhlYWx0aC90dHcifQ.bto65bLVEFy9KdAt-LT4-Yj0aamS7NgGjAHxtjaDgnI\/s\/951900485\/br\/99356600225-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ee\">here<\/span><\/a>. Otherwise, it is easy and free to <a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/members\/join-network\">sign your organization up<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: black\">To learn more about the Test the Waters Family Exploration Kit, <a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/all-of-us\/resources\/citizen-science-health\/ttw\">click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: black\">Questions? Email us at <a href=\"mailto:lib-nnlmallofus@uiowa.edu\">lib-nnlmallofus@uiowa.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In partnership\u00a0with Cornerstones of Science\u00a0and the NIH\u00a0All of Us\u00a0Research Program, the Network of the\u00a0National\u00a0Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) is offering an exciting new citizen science resource to public libraries. The\u00a0Test the Waters Family Exploration Kit\u00a0is a fun, accessible, loanable kit which includes four family friendly activities, and all the instructions and materials needed (audio file guides&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/free-test-the-waters-family-exploration-kit\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,236,9,4,11],"tags":[95,230,119,57,124],"class_list":["post-19413","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-all-of-us","category-citizen-science","category-health-literacy","category-regional-news","category-public-libraries","tag-all-of-us","tag-citizen-science","tag-consumer-health","tag-health-literacy","tag-public-library"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19416,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19413\/revisions\/19416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}