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Thank You to Partners Involved in the Nano Project!

January 31, 2017
By Larry Bell, Museum of Science
February 2017 is the final month of NSF funding for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network, which would prompt a sort-of sad note if we didn’t have so many projects going on under the umbrella of the National Informal STEM...
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Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit packing in warehouse

Physical 2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits have shipped out!

January 30, 2017
Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota
The National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net) Explore Science: Earth & Space 2017 physical toolkit have shipped out to 250 institutions nationwide! The National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net) is shipping 250 Explore Science: Earth & Space 2017...
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Sci-Port Discovery Center

Partner Highlight: Explore Science and Bars without Barriers in Shreveport, Louisiana

January 29, 2017
By: Alan Brown, Sci-Port Discovery Center
In July 2015, with funding from the Beaird Family Foundation, Sci-Port Discovery Center began a joint venture with the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Workforce Re-entry Facility. While that re-entry program provides job training and skills, our Bars without Barriers program provides...
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Digital 2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit now available for download

January 25, 2017
Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota
The National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net) Explore Science: Earth & Space 2017 digital toolkit is now available for download. In collaboration with NASA, the NISE Network has assembled a new set of engaging, hands-on Earth and space science...
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Temple Beth Zion Beth Isreal

Partner Highlight: Building with Biology at Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel in Philadelphia, PA

January 23, 2017
By: Spencer Glantz, University of Pennsylvania
Over the last few years, Spencer Glantz, a bioengineering PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, has helped to grow and advise the Penn iGEM team, worked with museum educators at The Franklin Institute to develop prototype activities for Building...
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Newsletter: January 2017

Happy New Year! Welcome to the monthly e-newsletter for the National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network and community. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Community News: Awards for physical 2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits announced, Special professional development opportunity for 2017
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BosLab Building with Biology event

Partner Highlight: BosLab hosts first Building with Biology event in Somerville, Massachusetts

January 4, 2017
By: Angela Kaczmarczyk and Jennifer Clifford, BosLab
Boston Open Science Laboratory ( BosLab ) is a community lab located in Somerville, Massachusetts. BosLab is dedicated to science outreach and it offers educational seminars, workshops, and hands-on molecular biology classes for the public. In September 2016, we held...
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Awards for physical 2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits announced

December 22, 2016
Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota
The National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net) is pleased to announce the award of 250 Explore Science: Earth & Space 2017 toolkits to new and existing eligible partners in the US. In collaboration with NASA, the NISE Network has...
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Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit Content Videos filmed for 2017

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

December 20, 2016
Darrell Porcello, University of California, Berkeley
Lights, Camera, Action, Part Deux! NISE Network staff moved the training video roadshow to the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco, CA to film the next set of media assets for the 2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit. Space...
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Newsletter: December 2016

Happy holidays and a Happy New Year from the NISE Network! Welcome to the monthly e-newsletter for the National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network and community. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Community News: NISE Network sending partners with Nano exhibition a refill
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Building with Biology

Partner Highlight: Building with Biology at The Ohio State University: Partnering with Community Organizations to Engage the Public in Science Learning

December 12, 2016
By: Courtney Price, The Ohio State University
The Center for Applied Plant Sciences ( CAPS ) and the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center ( ABRC ) at The Ohio State University (OSU) used the Building with Biology kit as an opportunity to engage in public outreach while building...
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BioBuilder

Partner Highlight: Bio Bistro Activity for BioBuilderClub Kick-off Event at Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, Boston

December 12, 2016
By: Natalie Kuldell, BioBuilder Educational Foundation
BioBuilderClub , a synthetic biology after-school program for high school teams around the country, kicked off the academic year on October 13, 2016 with an event held at Metropolitan Waterworks Museum in Boston, MA. Participants enjoyed the Bio Bistro hands-on...
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SELF International, Inc.

Partner Highlight: Building with Biology on the Move with SELF International in Richfield, MN

December 12, 2016
By: Bonnie Everts, SELF International, Inc.
SELF International is a mobile discovery program based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that delivers informal STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) educational opportunities and resources directly to underserved communities. In September we held a Building with Biology event at FLEX Academy...
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NISE Network sending partners with Nano exhibition a refill kit to extend the life of the exhibition

December 1, 2016
Christina Leavell
What’s the hottest item of the 2016 Holiday Season? The Nano mini-exhibition refill kit of course! The NISE Network has developed a kit of resources to replenish select components of the Nano mini-exhibition. Partner sites receiving the refill kit have...
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Teen Science Cafe Network

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...
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Newsletter: November 2016

Welcome to the monthly e-newsletter for the National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network and community. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Community News: Deadline approaching: Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit applications due November 4th, Building with Biology engages youth through Teen Science
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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...
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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...
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Newsletter: October 2016

Welcome to the monthly e-newsletter for the National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network and community. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Community News: Apply Now! Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit applications due November 4th, Don't forget to complete your Building wiht Biology
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Port Discovery Children's Museum

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...
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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...
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News and Scenes from the ASTC 2016 Confernece

September 26, 2016
Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota
We thought we'd share a few scenes from the ASTC 2016 Conference NISE Network booth. The full schedule of NISE Network activities is included here: www.nisenet.org/events/astc/astc-annual-conference-2016 If you weren't able to attend the conference, we do have a September 2016...
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Newsletter: September 2016

Welcome to the monthly e-newsletter for the National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network and community. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Community News: New NISE Network project announcement! ChemAttitudes , NISE Network announces application for free Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits of
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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...
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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...
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