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There's nano in that summer camp! Part 3
June 12, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Mike Rathbun at the Discovery Center Museum in Rockford, IL recently emailed saying that they plan to conduct a 2-day teacher workshop on nanoscale science plus they're attempting daily nano cart demos on their floor all summer. The Introduction to...
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How did you plan and schedule your NanoDays event?
June 10, 2009
Beck Tench
For this installment of the NanoDays Blog, I want you to answer the question: How did you plan and schedule your NanoDays event? NanoDays 2009 at Maryland Science Center Here are some specific questions to help get you thinking. What...
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Nano Bite: June 2009
Welcome to the June Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? Summer is fast approaching! Whether you’re planning for summer camp or pulling together floor activities, there are plenty of ways
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There's nano in that summer camp! Part 2
June 2, 2009
Vrylena Olney
It's all-summer-programming-all-the-time on the Nano Bite this week. Here are a few examples of how partners are incorporating nano topics into their regular summer programming: Magnets Arizona Science Center is making magnetism more intriguing by introducing kids to ferrofluid, from...
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What NanoDays Kit activities worked best for you?
June 2, 2009
Beck Tench
Sylvia Algire, Assistant Manager of the Field Trips department at the Exploratorium just emailed a comment about her experience with NanoDays 2009. "The visitors (mostly field trip students) were drawn to the demos that had some type of specific and...
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There's nano in that summer camp! Part 1
June 1, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Photo by Carl Mydans from the LIFE Photo Archive As I mention in the June Nano Bite newsletter, lots of NISE Net partners are either planning nano-themed summer camps or using nano activities from the NanoDays kit or other sources...
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How did you market NanoDays?
June 1, 2009
Beck Tench
How did you explain NanoDays to your PR team? First, thanks to the folks who've contributed examples to the Kit Activities vs. Non-Kit Activities post. Second, I have more questions. This time in reference to how you promoted NanoDays with...
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Nanotechnology transforms dessert (Brad's recipe for super-smooth ice cream)
May 29, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Photo by roboppy Smooth ice cream comes from really small, fine-grained crystals. So what happens if you cool ice cream so quickly that the crystals are nanosized? You get super-smooth nano ice cream! The Museum of Life and Science in...
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Can Nanotechnology Save the Planet? Perspectives from INC5
May 26, 2009
Larry Bell
Some science fiction stories, like Michael Crichton’s novel Prey, portray nanotechnology as leading to developments that can destroy the world, but some of the presenters at this year’s International Nanotechnology Conference for Communication and Collaboration (INC5) told a story that...
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Where's Nano?
May 26, 2009
Vrylena Olney
I recently discovered (courtesy of Andrew Maynard's recent nanotechnology primer blog post ) the Project for Emerging Nanotechnologies' NanoMetro map . It's an interactive map that shows the locations of companies, universities, labs, etc. that are working in nanotechnology in...
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