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Partner Highlight: International Partner - NanoDays - The Italian Way!
September 12, 2011
Rashmi Nanjundaswamy
Dozens of children participated in the second annual Nano Piccola event in Gagliato, Italy, in July, which gave kids a chance to learn about nanotechnology and nanomedicine through hands-on activities and (little) talks by researchers from The Methodist Hospital Research...
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Program Adaptation: Horton Senses Something Small
September 12, 2011
Vrylena Olney
The "Horton Senses Something Small" activity While I was talking to Betty Jones at Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) a few weeks ago about their summer camp program, she described an interesting adaptation to the "Horton...
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Partner Highlight: ECHO and UVM
September 12, 2011
Vrylena Olney
In 2008, Dennis Clougherty , a physics professor at the University of Vermont , called up nearby ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center to see if they’d be interested in working together to host a NanoDays event. In the three...
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NISE Network announces new 2012 Mini-Grants for partners - due November 1, 2011
September 8, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
What’s a Mini-Grant? The NISE Network is making available a limited number of small, one-time awards to support initiatives by NISE Net partners to engage their local audiences in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology topics. Requests can be made for...
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Nano Bite: August 2011
Welcome to the August Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? → ASTC Annual Conference The early-bird registration deadline for the 2011 ASTC Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD is August 26th
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Partner Highlight: MOST, Syracuse, New York
July 26, 2011
Vrylena Olney
What do 17th-century Japanese literature and a science summer camp in Syracuse, NY have in common? Haiku! The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) in Syracuse, New York has been working to incorporate nano content into their...
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National Science Board Reviews Broader Impact Criterion
July 25, 2011
Carol Lynn Alpert
Science museums and their audiences often benefit from sub-awards provided by research centers which choose to address the NSF Broader Impact Criterion through partnerships for education outreach. Therefore, the National Science Board’s current review of this criterion (commonly known as...
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Nano Bite: July 2011
Welcome to the July Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? → New to the Catalog Nanoscience in Elementary Schools TEDx Presentation : This 12 minute TEDx presentation by NISE Net
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NanoDays Collaborations
July 8, 2011
Vrylena Olney
As many of you know, NanoDays is the NISE Network's annual festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering and its potential impact on the future. Each Spring, hundreds of NISE Net partners across the country plan and host...
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If you missed the deadline, you can still submit your NanoDays 2011 report
June 22, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
Thanks to partners who have filled out their NanoDays 2011 reports! A few exciting results have already emerged from the existing report data. For example, of the 129 respondents who provided information about future use of NanoDays kits, all 129...
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