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Storage and Safety Tips for Your Graphene Activity
September 10, 2012
KC
If you're planning to use your graphene acitivity again (or use it on a regular basis), here are just a few things to keep in mind: It's best to remove the snap connectors from the battery, and disconnect the alligator...
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NISE Network announces 2013 Mini-Grants - applications due November 4, 2012
August 22, 2012
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 2012
Welcome to the August Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? → Universal Design for Public Programs Online Workshop The NISE Net and Inclusive Audiences team are hosting a one-hour online
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Partner Highlight: Informal Science Learning Associates (ISLA)
August 9, 2012
Aaron Guerrero
The Informal Science Learning Associates (ISLA) is a newly-formed nonprofit organization dedicated to improving educational opportunities for all children. A museum without walls, ISLA provides interactive programming in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to promote life-long learning in the community...
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Evaluation and Research Findings: Communication Study part 3
August 2, 2012
Eli Bossin
Over the past year, the evaluation team has been conducting A Study of Communication in the NISE Network (Network Communication Study) to learn about how the Network's primary communication components, NanoDays, face-to-face meetings, the regional hub structure, and the nisenet.org...
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Nano Bite: July 2012
Welcome to the July Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? → Broader Impacts, Revisited In this blog post by Carol Lynn Alpert of the Museum of Science, Boston , new
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Partner Highlight: Cincinnati Museum Center and Liberty Science Center
July 5, 2012
Jayatri Das
It’s always fun and inspiring to hear how partners modify NISE Net programs as they present them during NanoDays and beyond. This month, the Cincinnati Museum Center and Liberty Science Center , both partners in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Hub...
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Evaluation and Research Findings: Communication Study part 2
July 2, 2012
Eli Bossin
Over the past year, the evaluation team has been conducting A Study of Communication in the NISE Network (Network Communication Study) to learn about how the Network's primary communication components, NanoDays, face-to-face meetings, the regional hub structure, and the nisenet.org...
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Broader Impacts, Revisited
June 11, 2012
Carol Lynn Alpert
It’s been a tumultuous 18 months for the Broader Impacts Criterion (BIC), the NSF merit review standard that gets a lot of grant-seeking scientists and engineers thinking about including plans for education, outreach, and diversity. First, Congress asked the NSF...
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Nano Bite: June 2012
Welcome to the June Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? → NanoDays Report Drawing Winners We have two randomly drawn winners who submitted their online NanoDays reports by the May
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