In April, the Duluth Children’s Museum joined forces with the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) to represent the NISE Network at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration conference held in Duluth, MN.
Network News
MRS Call for Papers- Deadline Approaching!
The 2012 MRS Fall meeting in Boston takes place November 25-30, but the deadline for abstract submission is just around the corner! All abstracts must be submitted by June 19th. Click here for more information on abstract submission guidleines and details about the meeting.
Partner Highlight: The Discovery Museums in Acton, MA
The Discovery Museums located in Acton, MA is a unique campus featuring two hands-on museums for children of all ages.
Partner Highlight: Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Teacher Workshops!
This January, seventeen middle school and pre-service teachers from around central Indiana descended upon The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis for the Museum’s first nano-infused teacher workshop. Armed with a curriculum of half-NISE Net/half-NSTA materials, Becky Wolfe and John McCollum engaged these teachers in the concepts of nanoscale science, engineering and technology.
Partner Highlight: Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art
Remember your first NanoDays?
The Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA) is getting ready for their first ever NanoDays this year and they’re excited!
What do you remember from your first NanoDays?
What advice do you have to share?
How do you keep your NanoDays events fresh?
Nano Love
Michael Wilson (aka "Coma Niddy"), who also happens to be an Explainer at the New York Hall of Science, created this nano-themed music video for Valentine's Day:
The lyrics are posted below, you can find citations and more information here.
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Partner Highlight: Arizona Science Center
The Arizona Science Center, a NISE Net Partner since 2009, has been a model partner to those of us in the Southwest Region. With a lot of help from staff like Rei Cameron, Laura Martin, Joshua Sheehan, and Sari Neumeyer, they have thoroughly incorporated nano into their museum practice. They present NISE Net tabletop activities year round.
Partner Highlight: International Partner - El Laberinto de las Ciencias y las Artes, San Luis Potosí, México
We would like to welcome the science center Laberinto de las Ciencias y las Artes (Labyrinth of Science and Art, by its name in Spanish) as a NISE Net international member.
Partner Highlight: Imaginarium of South Texas
The Imaginarium of South Texas in Laredo, TX has been an involved member of the NISE Network since 2008 when they first started hosting NanoDays events. This past year they took their programming to a new level by adopting the “Alice in Nanoland” children's book and making it all their own.
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Vrylena Olney
Network News
Clark Miller
Real World Nano
Larry Bell
Observations and Insights
Carol Lynn Alpert
RISE Rap
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