NISE Network Blog
Partner Highlight: Arkansas Discovery Network
March 4, 2011
Vrylena Olney
Educators from seven museums in Arkansas recently gathered at the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock for a workshop focused on nano education. The attendees came from museums in the Arkansas Discovery Network, a regional network that has been involved...
New NanoDays promotional video!
March 4, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
Our brand new NanoDays promotional video invites learners of all ages to "come see what's so big about the super small!" Invite your visitors to celebrate nano science, engineering, and technology at your NanoDays event! The 30 second video is...
NanoDays materials available in Spanish!
March 3, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
NanoDays 2011 public materials are now available in Spanish! Please click here for these and other Spanish language materials.
NanoDays 2011 events throughout the US!
February 18, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
Check out the list of 2011 NanoDays event partners by clicking here . If you are holding a NanoDays event and are not listed on this page, please contact [email protected] so we can add you to the list.
Use your NanoDays activities all year long
February 7, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
Here are some ideas for incorporating nano content into seasonal and annual events all year long: http://www.nisenet.org/seasons Please let us know if you have other suggestions for additions to the calendar!
NISE Net on one page
January 17, 2011
Larry Bell
For NSF's Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantee Meeting last month, I put together a poster on the NISE Net. It's an overview of what the NISE Net. I find it useful to have this in my office. I can use...
NanoDays 2011 kits shipped out!
January 11, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
On Friday the Science Museum of Minnesota shipped out 200 NanoDays 2011 kits to museums and research outreach centers throughout the United States! For those institutions awarded kits, your box should arrive shortly. Many thanks to all of those who...
NanoDays kits packed up in Minnesota
December 23, 2010
Catherine McCarthy
Staff at the Science Museum of Minnesota have spent the last several months ordering, sorting, and packing materials to create 200 copies of the amazing NanoDays 2011 kits. Here are a few pictures of the final kit assembly process in...
NanoDays kit applications closed December 10th, 2010
December 23, 2010
Catherine McCarthy
The NanoDays kit application closed December 10th. Regional Hub leaders will be notifying applicants whether or not they will received a kit. The good news is that we had more applicants than ever. The bad news, is that it made...
Engines of Growth and Recovery
December 9, 2010
Larry Bell
Three Presidential Science and Technology Advisors opened the NNI Innovation Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, today. The Summit was a kind of 10th birthday party for the National Nanotechnology Initiative. I was surprised at how much of this opening discussion...