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Kauai Community Science Center Waimea Hawaii Webb Space Telescope event Take home kits

Partner Highlight: Webb Space Telescope Community Events Across the US

January 11, 2022

Alyssa Johnson & Ali Jackson, Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY

James Webb Space Telescope community events have been in full swing across the country this fall! Here are highlights from just a few of the Webb Community Events that have been taking place nationwide the past few months.

NISE Network Year in Review 2021

January 10, 2022

Catherine McCarthy, Arizona State University

National Informal STEM Education Network Year in Review 2021.

Birdseye view of Nano exhibition with visitors.

Celebrating 10 years of the Nano Exhibition, Newest Location in Yellow Springs, OH

January 7, 2022

Ali Jackson and Alyssa Johnson, Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY & Catherine McCarthy, Arizona State University

Believe it or not, the NISE Network’s Nano exhibition has been around for 10 years! Learn more about how the exhibitions are still reaching new audiences at new locations including the newest location in Yellow Springs Ohio.

Partner Highlight: A Few of our Favorite Things at the Kentucky Science Center

January 4, 2022

Andrew Spence, Kentucky Science Center

Staff from the Kentucky Science Center take a look back at some of their favorite NISE Network resources over the past decade.

Partner Highlight: Spooky Science at the Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center in Honolulu

November 30, 2021

Vanessa Magallanes, Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center

Aloha! The Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center is known for welcoming visitors from near and far. Although 2021 has been challenging, this did not deter our amazing team to continue with our mission to be a world-class learning environment that is filled with hands-on, interactive exhibits that empower and inspire children to learn about themselves and the world through exploration and play.

Partner Highlight: Moon Adventure Game gets the Twitch Treatment in Durham, NC

November 22, 2021

Max Cawley, Museum of Life and Science

About a year since its release, and after months of play by elementary and middle schoolers on the Museum floor, the Moon Adventure Game underwent a new kind of test: a trial run featuring experienced escape room designers streamed live for the public on Twitch.

Partner Highlight: A Mammoth Production - Storming the Castle Museum Theater Script Now Available for Download

November 17, 2021

Christina Leavell, Science Museum of Minnesota

During the NISE Network’s Building with Biology project, the Science Museum of Minnesota developed a stage presentation with just this opportunity in mind. “Storming the Castle” is a museum theater show that introduces audiences to the field of synthetic biology and presents facts while representing the views of an ambitious scientist and a concerned member of the community.

Partner Highlight: Sierra Vista, Arizona Celebrates Webb Space Telescope for All

November 1, 2021

Frank Kusiak, Lawrence Hall of Science

The community of Sierra Vista, Arizona is hosting numerous outreach and public engagement programs this fall to celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. Elizabeth Wrozek, curator for the Henry F. Hauser Museum, Ted Forte from the Patterson Observatory, and the Huachuca Astronomy Club of Southeastern Arizona collaborated to bring space science and astronomy education resources to Sierra Vista’s wider community including neuro-diverse adults and children.

Westchester Childrens Museum Planets Solar System model hanging from ceiling

Partner Highlight: It’s a bird, it’s a plane... It’s the Solar System! Westchester Children’s Museum in Rye, NY Celebrates the James Webb Space Telescope Launch in a Big Way

October 29, 2021

Alyssa Johnson, Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY and Leta Wong, Westchester Children’s Museum, Rye, NY

In celebration of the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope launch, Westchester Children’s Museum, located in Rye, NY, will explore the wonders of the universe with special programming and activities on November 13th! Chosen as one of NASA's 500 celebration partners, the Museum is highlighting new and existing exhibits and programs that explore all things space.

Wallops NASA Virtual field trip classroom image

Partner Highlight: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center in Virginia offers virtual field trips to students around the world!

October 28, 2021

Amy Barra, Elizabeth Hall, and Dana Wright, NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center, Wallops Island, VA

Staff from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center created a series of virtual field trips with guided hands-on activities from the Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits for students all across the US.