NISE Network Blog

Montana State University NanoDays / MicroDays

Partner Highlight: NanoDays…keep the fire burnin’ in Bozeman, Montana!

April 4, 2016

Suzi Taylor, Extended University, Montana State University – Bozeman

Apologies for the REO Speedwagon earworm, but it’s been fun to see how we at Montana State University can continue hosting…and even growing…our NanoDays program now that the 10-year NSF-funded program has ended. COLLABORATING WITH OUR MICRO PARTNERS Our 2016...

New Space and Earth Informal STEM Education project announced!

April 1, 2016

Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota

We are pleased to announce the National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net) has been selected for five years of funding by NASA Science Mission Directorate to implement the Space and Earth Informal STEM Education (SEISE) project. This project builds...

New logo unveiled for National Informal STEM Education Network!

April 1, 2016

Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota

We are pleased to introduce a new logo for the National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Network). As the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network transitions to the National Informal STEM Education Network we will begin using this logo to communicate...

Building with Biology 2016 Physical Kit Recipients Have Been Selected!

March 7, 2016

Kayla Berry, Museum of Science

Congratulations to the recipients of the Building with Biology 2016 physical kit! Kits that shipped in June 2016.

Partner Highlight: Science in the Park - KidsQuest Children's Museum in Bellevue, Washington

March 6, 2016

Nicole Frymier, KidsQuest Children's Museum

Getting ready for the summer of 2015, KidsQuest Children’s Museum in Bellevue, Washington was looking for more ways to increase community access to our education programs. After a decade of serving our community, we know that Bellevue families like to...

Evaluation Findings from Building with Biology Pilot Events

March 5, 2016

Katie Todd and Elizabeth Kollmann, Museum of Science

Building with Biology is one of the projects extending NISE Network into its new identity as the National Informal STEM Education Network by addressing new content areas. In the summer of 2015, Building with Biology held eight pilot events which...

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Sustainability Solutions Festival Family Day

March 5, 2016

Rae Ostman

On February 16, Arizona State University's Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives hosted its third annual Sustainability Solutions Festival Family Day at Arizona Science Center . During this event, prototype activities from the sustainABLE hands-on activity kit were tested. The kits are...

Posters and Sessions at the NSF AISL 2016 CAISE Meeting

March 4, 2016

Catherine McCarthy

We recently had several posters and presentations at the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland. Slides, posters, and notes from...

NanoDays Public Reach: How Even the Smallest Partner Contributions Lead to Big Network Impacts

February 2, 2016

Kayla Berry and Elizabeth Kollman, Museum of Science; Gina Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame

Since its inception in 2005, the NISE Network has developed a wide range of activities, programs, and exhibits for public audiences that have been implemented within over 500 institutions across the country. Two of the Network’s largest educational products are...

Explore Science - Zoom into Nano kits being prepared for shipment

Museum & Community Partnerships Explore Science - Zoom into Nano kits shipping out

January 27, 2016

KC Miller

In 2015 the National Science Foundation generously awarded additional supplementary funds to the NISE Network with the specific purpose of engaging underserved audiences and expanding local museum-community partnerships. To that aim, the NISE Network has created the Explore Science –...