NISE Network Blog

2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space Toolkit

Please check your 2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space physical toolkits!

February 13, 2017

KC Miller, Science Museum of Minnesota

All the 2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space physical toolkits should now be delivered! As you begin your preparations for your Explore Science: Earth & Space events this spring, we encourage you to go through each activity box sooner rather...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...