New science, like nano, can be misused, misconstrued, or co-opted by greed. This online brown-bag conversation, Nanotechnology and Pseudoscience, explores how to identify poor science and will examine how the word 'nanotechnology' has been used to sell a variety of...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in August 2014 on how to better engage girls in museum programming! Presenters share lessons learned, resources from PBS programming SciGirls and NSF funded Girls RISE (Raising Interest...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in 2013 and focuses specifically on the applications and scientific background behind the NISE Net's NanoDays 2013 kit activities. Presented by: Rashmi Nanjundaswamy and Lizzie Hager-Barnard, Lawrence Hall...
The Nano mini-exhibition was designed to have a very wide reach, with hosts in multiple settings across the United States. Thus, a large part of the development process was dedicated to creating tools to make the exhibition welcoming and accessible...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in 2014; this conversation walks you through all the materials found in the NanoDays 2014 Physical Kit. The discussion provides an overview of the activities, advice for using...
Team-Based Inquiry (TBI) is an approach to empowering professionals to get the data they need, when they need it, in order to improve their products and practices and create successful educational experiences. This year, 20 individuals from 10 NISE Network...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in 2013. This is a conversation about incorporating nano into your programming for school groups. It covers best practices and provides tips for designing single short interaction modules...
Everyone loves NanoDays festivities, but how do you keep people excited about nano the rest of the year? Join us to discover the innovative ways your colleagues are introducing nano outside of NanoDays! We’ll learn how partners are incorporating nano...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in 2013; participants discuss ways to supplement and extend visitor interactions about nano using a mobile device, like an iPad. Nano apps, facilitation strategies, and unconventional uses of...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in December 2014 about the International Year of Light. In 2013, the United Nations proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light (IYL). More than 100 organizations from...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in 2014 and focuses on the applications and scientific background behind the following NanoDays 2014 kit activities: Exploring Materials - Oobleck and Exploring Materials - Ferrofluid Presented by:...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in March 2015 focused on the applications and scientific background behind NISE Net activities related to nano food and transmission electron microscopes (TEMs). The presentation covered a variety...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in 2013 and is a follow-up for those who participated in the Universal Design workshop held in July of 2013. Participants will explore what some institutions have done...
During this brown-bag conversation, participants learn about findings from several NISE Net evaluation studies focusing on the Network’s public impacts. In this conversation you’ll get (a) a snapshot of the entirety of NISE Net's ten-year public impact, and (b) a...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in 2013 focused on the science behind NISE Net activities related to polymers or light at the nanoscale. The following activities were discussed: Exploring Fabrication - Gummy Capsules,...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in January 2015 that shares how some NISE Net partners present the basics of nano to different audiences. Presenters share their favorite examples, activities, resources, and videos.
Held in 2014, this online brown-bag conversation is designed to empower museum educators to engage visitors in meaningful conversations about the relevance of emerging technologies to our lives. Participants will learn key concepts about the relationships between science, technology, and...
Second in a series of free online brown bag conversations about the Nano mini-exhibition, presenters discussed strategies for marketing the Nano mini-exhibition. They went over promotional materials developed by the NISE Network for the exhibit, the development process, and provided...
In this brown-bag conversation, participants learn about how members of the NISE Net Evaluation Team adapted basic data collection methods to support various phases of NISE Net Evaluation Studies. You’ll gain new perspectives on how to implement basic methods, an...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in 2013. This brown-bag conversation focuses on how the intersection of nanoscale science and food. Presented by: Frank Kusiak of the Lawrence Hall of Science. For more information,...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in 2014, which focuses on the applications and scientific background behind the following NanoDays 2014 kit activities: Exploring Properties - Electric Squeeze and Exploring Properties - Capillary Action...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in 2013 where participants share what their institutions have accomplished with mini-grant awards, helping them to develop partnerships that have allowed them to reach new audiences. Presented by:...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a million (or more, depending on the length of the video and frames per second)! Videos have a wide-variety of uses from generating excitement about a topic...
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in 2014 and introduces the basic strategies of Sheltered Instruction to help English-speaking facilitators reach participants who don't speak English, as well as those with other language barriers....
This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in February 2015 focused on the applications and scientific background behind NISE Net activities related to graphene and nano-coatings. The presentation covered a variety of past and present...