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Building with Biology See DNA

Building with Biology lives on with NISE Network partners

January 2, 2019
Kayla Berry and Katie Todd, Museum of Science
Four years ago the NISE Network received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to tackle conversations in museums between public audiences and scientists about the emerging field of synthetic biology. The timing was right for our Network partners...
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Online Workshop: The Science Behind the 2019 Explore Science: Earth and Space Toolkit – Exploring the Universe (Recorded)

March 12, 2019
This online presentation and discussion will cover the science behind the 2019 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit activities - Expanding Universe, Space Guess Quest, and Static Electricity. After a brief overview of each activity and its resources, our guest presenter will facilitate a discussion of NASA missions and research unlocking secrets of the universe.
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Online Workshop: The Science Behind the 2019 Explore Science: Earth and Space Toolkit - Exploring Earth and Our Solar System (Recorded)

February 26, 2019
This online presentation and discussion covers the science behind the 2019 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit activities - Land Cover, Temperature Mapping, and Observe the Sun. After a brief overview of each activity and its materials, our guest presenter will lead a discussion about NASA missions and research exploring phenomena of Earth, the Sun, and planets of our solar system.
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Explore Science: Earth & Space 2019 toolkit recipients

NISE Network partners awarded a physical 2019 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit.
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Explore Science: Earth & Space 2019 toolkit - contents list

Kit contents list for the Explore Science: Earth & Space 2019 toolkit. Hands-on STEM public engagement activities and professional development resources about Earth and space science.
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Newsletter: December 2018

Check out this month's NISE Network e-newsletter for the latest project and professional development opportunities, upcoming events, community announcements, science news, and much more.
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Online Workshop: New to the NISE Network? Getting Familiar with Network Resources, Partners, Projects, and Events (Recorded)

January 29, 2019
Are you or your organization new to the NISE Network? Or maybe you’re new to your organization but your organization isn’t new to the Network? What does being a NISE Network partner consist of and how can the NISE Network help you in your organizational role? These are great questions and Network project team members are ready to take you on a guided journey of the NISE Network and our many offerings.
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LaVenture Middle School students

Partner Highlight: Integrating the NISE Net’s “Let’s Do Chemistry" Kit into a National Chemistry Week Outreach Program Targeted at Middle School Students

December 4, 2018
Dr. Roxi Smith, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA
When you ask college students to spend a day volunteering in a middle school classroom, they typically cringe. Who can blame them? After all, very few of us look back on our middle school years with fond memories. Yet every...
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Revised Mirror Molecules graphics (new carvone molecules) for the Chemistry Makes Scents activity in the Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry kit

December 3, 2018
Ali Jackson, Sciencenter
One of our partners alerted us to an error in how we portray the carvone molecules on the Mirror Molecules graphic shared with the Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry - Chemistry Makes Scents activity. We have revised that graphic in English and Spanish and posted them to nisenet.org. Please discard the old printed Mirror Molecules materials and use these in their place. Download new graphics: http://nisenet.org/catalog/chemistry-makes-scents
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NISE Network at ITEC

NISE Network Talks Networks at International Tinkering Education Conference (ITEC) 2018 in Beijing, China

December 3, 2018
Frank Kusiak, Lawrence Hall of Science
In late October, the NISE Network was invited to speak at the International Tinkering Education Conference (ITEC) in Beijing, China where about 200+ informal and formal science educators from across China and about a dozen international guests shared ideas, strategies, and experiences about delivering making/tinkering projects to their visitors and communities.
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