NISE Network Blog

Partner Highlight: Building with Biology Within the Teen Science Café Network - Exploring the Cool and the Scary

November 1, 2016

Kathryn Riddle Penzkover and Michelle K. Hall

The teen years are a time of exploring new frontiers and making important decisions that will change lives in ways that cannot be known. The same can be said for the field of synthetic biology - it is a time...

Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit training videos filming

Training Videos filmed for 2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit

October 28, 2016

Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota

Lights, Camera, Action! Over the past few weeks NISE Network project staff located at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, North Carolina have been working to create a set of training videos which will be included in the...

Applications for free physical 2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits of hands-on activities due November 4, 2016

October 13, 2016

Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota

The National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net) is pleased to offer 250 free Explore Science: Earth & Space 2017 toolkits to new and existing eligible partners in the US. In collaboration with NASA, the NISE Network has assembled a...

Partner Highlight: Building with Biology at Port Discovery Children's Museum: Purposeful Play and Learning through Meaningful Science Experiences

October 1, 2016

Sarah Zimmerman, Port Discovery Children's Museum

On July 30th, 2016 scientists, students, and families came together at Port Discovery Children’s Museum in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to explore and discover the emerging field of synthetic biology. The museum’s Building with Biology event was a great success, attracting...

Partner Highlight: Children’s Museum of Eau Claire's "Science Troupe" Visits SMM!

September 30, 2016

Christina Leavell

At the end of summer 2016, our friends at the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire dropped by the Science Museum of Minnesota for a behind-the-scenes look around the museum. With them they brought the "Eau Claire Science Troupe" summer camp...

New project announcement: ChemAttitudes

September 2, 2016

Kayla Berry, Museum of Science

We are pleased to announce the new project, ChemAttitudes , funded by the National Science Foundation. The ChemAttitudes project builds on the existing NISE Network infrastructure to raise the capacity of museums and informal science educators to engage the public...

NISE Network announces application for free Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits of hands-on activities

August 31, 2016

Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota

The National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net) is pleased to offer 250 free Explore Science: Earth & Space 2017 toolkits to new and existing eligible partners in the US. In collaboration with NASA, the NISE Network has assembled a...

NISE Network Transitioning to New Regional Hub Structure

August 24, 2016

Kayla Berry, Museum of Science

Dear NISE Network partners, As the NISE Network makes a formal transition to the National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network, we wanted to let you know that our regional hub structure will be changing slightly with some regions being combined...

Partner Highlight: NanoGagliato, Italy: Where Science Meets the Public

August 23, 2016

Paola Ferrari, NanoGagliato

NanoPiccola – a junior academy established to educate and inspire youth in nanoscience The Eighth Edition of NanoPiccola , the junior academy of nanosciences based in Gagliato, Calabria, Italy, took place at the end of July 2016. Gagliato is a...