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Explore Science

Quiet on the set! And action! A new set of training videos has wrapped for the 2019 Explore Science: Earth and Space Toolkit

November 2, 2018
Brad Herring, Museum of Life and Science
NISE Network project staff from the Museum of Life and Science just completed filming a new set of activity and content training videos to accompany the hands-on activities in the 2019 Explore Science: Earth and Space toolkit! Read on for a behind-the-scenes look.
Sun, Earth, Universe

Sun, Earth, Universe Exhibition Fabrication Underway and Shipping Soon!

November 1, 2018
Kayla Berry, Museum of Science
Now in final stages of fabrication, the NISE Network's Sun, Earth, Universe exhibition is in the process of getting its final touches before getting shipped out to partners all across the U.S. Get a sneak peak at the exhibition before it arrives!
Arkansas State University Museum

Partner Highlight: Arkansas State University Museum Presented Scary STEM!

November 1, 2018
Jill Kary, Arkansas State University
In this 200th year of Mary Shelley’s famous novel, Frankenstein, Arkansas State University (ASU) Museum celebrated by presenting a Scary STEM event complete with Frankenstein-themed activities on October 23, 2018. Joined by his Monster and author Mary Shelley, Dr. Victor Frankenstein stepped from the pages of Frankenstein into a makeshift laboratory at ASU Museum.
El Paso Insights

Partner Highlight: Introducing the #EPSpaceFestival, El Paso, Texas

November 1, 2018
Meghan Curry, Insights El Paso Science Center
On Saturday, September 29th El Paso, Texas celebrated its first space festival with over 500 attendees, 10 NISE Network Earth & Space activities, 10 local space organizations, and an astronaut! This was NEVER our intention. What started as a simple...
GLPA Conference

NISE Network's first participation in the Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA) Conference was stellar

October 31, 2018
Kayla Berry, Museum of Science
This year the Network explored new conferences, including SEPA/WAC (a joint conference of the Southeastern Planetarium Association and the Western Alliance Conference of planetariums) and more recently the Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA) Conference , which is a professional organization...
Explore Science Let's Do Chemistry logo - 3 hexagons, gold with test tube symbol, blue with goggles, red with molecule symbol

Celebrating "Out of This World" Chemistry Events Across the Country

October 31, 2018
Kayla Berry, Museum of Science
October has been a busy month for NISE Network partners hosting National Chemistry Week and spooky STEM events and festivities, and engaging their audiences in hands-on chemistry activities and other STEM activities from NISE Net's Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry and Frankenstein200 kits. We look forward to seeing partners' Let's Do Chemistry events online throughout the rest of the year!
vacuum apparatus for molecules in motion activity

Testing the Vacuum Chamber (Mini-Bell Jar) in Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry kit Molecules in Motion activity

October 10, 2018
Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota
We just wanted to remind NISE Network partners who received a physical Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry kit to take a look through your kit and become familiar with all the activities and materials before you hold your events. We’ve...
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium

Partner Highlight: A World Record Breaking Event That Was Out Of This World!

October 8, 2018
Jen D'Agostino, Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
When your Executive Director asks you to “dream up something big,” you dream up something big. And what could be bigger than breaking a Guinness World Record? On Friday, August 10th, the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium , located in St...
NISE Network

ASTC 2018 Conference Recap

October 5, 2018
Kayla Berry, Museum of Science
This year's 2018 Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) Annual Conference was another great opportunity for NISE Network partners and colleagues to reunite through participation in workshops and conference sessions, activities in the exhibit hall and Network booth, as well as...
The Franklin Institute

Partner Highlight: Tackling the Future of Human Genome Editing One Conversation at a Time at The Franklin Institute

October 4, 2018
Jayatri Das, The Franklin Institute
What’s the future of human genome editing? The Philadelphia community tackled this question at The Franklin Institute’s Editing Our Evolution forum on September 15, 2018. As chief bioscientist at the Institute, I’ve been anticipating this event for a long time...