Search Results
Search & Refine
Nano Bite: August 2013
Dear {FIRST_NAME|NISE Net Partner}, Welcome to the August Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's New? → Planning for Mini-Grants The NISE Net 2014 Mini-Grant application will open by September 1. Planning
Newsletter archive
Nano Bite: July 2013
Welcome to the July Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's New? → Online Brown-Bag Conversations In the coming months, the NISE Network will continue to offer a series of online brown-bag
Newsletter archive
Convergence of Knowledge, Technology, and Society
June 17, 2013
Larry Bell
At our reverse site visit at NSF this week, Mihail Roco, NSF's Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology, suggested that NISE Net envision its activities in the years ahead to encompass the applications that will be made possible by convergence. See the...
Blog
Nano Bite: June 2013
Welcome to the June Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's New? → Online Brown-Bag Conversations In the coming months, the NISE Network will continue to offer a series of online brown-bag
Newsletter archive
Fun with Nano Numbers!
June 5, 2013
Eli Bossin
NISE Net partner Becky Wolfe of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis recently shared some fun nano math she and a colleague calculated over lunch: We were talking at lunch today (we being my fellow museum educators) about the recent mini-marathon...
Blog
Partner Highlight: Nano Extravaganza in New York’s Capital Region!
June 4, 2013
Ali Jackson
In February of 2013, longtime NISE Net children’s museum partner, the Children’s Museum of Science and Technology in Troy, NY (CMOST) , announced that it will become part of SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) . Under CNSE's...
Blog
Nano Bite: May 2013
Welcome to the May Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). NanoDays 2013 → Thank You! Share your NanoDays Photos Over 200 NanoDays events took place across the country this year from March
Newsletter archive
Partner Highlight: BIG nano Experiences at the South Dakota Discovery Center
April 25, 2013
Christina Akers
The South Dakota Discovery Center (SDDC) has always promoted cutting edge science and supported youth in their community. Currently touring the Nano mini-exhibit to schools and libraries throughout the Dakotas, SDDC works hard to bring their programming to students in...
Blog
DIY Nano App now available for the iPad!
April 24, 2013
Catherine McCarthy
Description: The DIY Nano app (for iPhones) and DIY Nano HD (for iPads) allows families to experience and learn about nanoscale science, engineering, and technology at home or on the go! The apps provide free, easy to use, hands-on activities...
Blog
Partner Highlight: Adelante Chicas Summer Camp
April 1, 2013
Tim Hecox
As we approach another summer season, we’d like to highlight a two day workshop held last summer by NISE Net partner, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon. In July of 2012, OMSI was invited to participate in a unique summer STEM camp program called Adelante Chicas, to present creative and hands-on experiments on nanotechnology.
Blog