NISE Network Blog

Ammeter mixup in Exploring Properties—Electric Squeeze activity in NanoDays 2014 kits

January 17, 2014
Catherine McCarthy
Due to an ordering mix-up with one of our suppliers, NISE Network partners receiving NanoDays 2014 physical kits may have received the wrong ammeter. The ammeter in question is part of the Exploring Properties—Electric Squeeze activity . Some of the...

NanoDays 2014 digital kit is now available for download!

January 14, 2014
Catherine McCarthy
The new 2014 NanoDays digital kit materials are available for download! Digital kits are free, downloadable materials available to anyone. The digital version of the kit is designed particularly for international locations outside the United States, K-12 educators, libraries, and...

2014 Mini-grants Awards Announced

December 24, 2013
Catherine McCarthy
The NISE Network has just awarded 41 mini-grants to partners for 2014. The Network is able to offer a limited number of small, one-time awards to support initiatives by NISE Net partners to engage their local audiences in nanoscale science...

NanoDays 2014 physical kits assembled and shipped!

December 23, 2013
Catherine McCarthy
Here are some snapshots by our fantastic fabriction crew showing the transformation over several weeks of an empty warehouse to 250 completed kits stacked and ready to ship out on pallets. The NanoDays 2014 physical kits were shipped out from...

NanoDays 2014 Training Videos now available!

December 18, 2013
Catherine McCarthy
These short videos are perfect for NanoDays 2014 staff and volunteer training. Please feel free to distribute these links to people volunteering at your NanoDays event. All of these videos may be downloaded from Vimeo simply by creating a free...

Evaluation and Research: Thanks to Annual Partner Survey 2013 responders!

December 6, 2013
Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota
Many thanks to everyone who shared their opinions and experiences through the Annual Partner Survey last month. This survey represents an integral component of our ongoing efforts to understand and enhance the NISE Net partner experience, and as such, the...

Partner Highlight: TBI at the Children's Discovery Museum of West Virginia

November 26, 2013
Jayatri Das
Team-based inquiry (TBI) is the NISE Network’s practical approach to evaluation focused around an ongoing cycle of inquiry: question, investigate, reflect, and improve. This month, we’re sharing a story of TBI at work from the Children’s Discovery Museum of West...

NanoDays 2014 kit applications - due December 1, 2013

September 26, 2013
Catherine McCarthy
Apply now for a NanoDays 2014 physical kit! NanoDays 2014 will be held from March 29 through April 6, 2014. NanoDays is a week of community-based educational outreach events to raise public awareness of nanoscale science, technology and engineering throughout...

Annual Partner Survey to launch in late October 2013

September 18, 2013
Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota
We are excited to announce that this year’s NISE Net Annual Partner Survey will be launching in late October! This survey represents an integral component of our ongoing efforts to understand, enhance, and expand the NISE Net partner experience, and...

Partner Highlight: University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

August 30, 2013
Frank Kusiak
The University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC-CEIN), based at UCLA, does a great job of reaching broad audiences and fostering collaborations. In order to reach broad audiences outside of academia, the UC-CEIN partners with Cal Poly...