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St. Charles Parish Library Planetarium

Partner Highlight: A Small Planetarium has a Big Reopening in Luling, Louisiana

December 6, 2017

Jason Talley, Planetarium Supervisor

After a year of renovations, the St. Charles Parish Library Planetarium reopened to record crowds with help from NISE Net's Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit in time for the 2017 solar eclipse. Since reopening, staff have integrated the kit's activities into the curriculum and improved upon them in some cases. In addition to some local media attention leading up to their eclipse event, planetarium faculty were also invited to speak at a local elementary school about observing the sky, which included a portable star project and several hands-on activities.

NISE Net online workshop

Online Workshop: NGSS and the Explore Science: Earth & Space Toolkit - Connecting Your Toolkit to Field Trips and K-12 Programs (Recorded)

Museum educators have long used a combination of content, process and cross-cutting concepts in their activities. Identifying these elements in your programming, and building towards NGSS performance expectations through your field trips, may attract formal educators to your school and professional development programs.

Online Workshop Recording: Learn More About the Frankenstein200 Project and Free Digital Resources

Online professional development workshop recording focused on learning more about the Frankenstein200 project and free digital resources (2017).

NISE Net 2017 Events Video

Explore Science: Earth & Space Events 2017 video

Video highllighting just a few of Earth and Space events held by NISE Network partners in 2017.

Explore Science: Earth & Space 2018 toolkit - contents list

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

Online Workshop Recording: Museum Community Partnerships - Part 2: Girl Scouts

Online professional development workshop recording (2017).

NISE Net Online Workshop

Online Workshop: Museum Community Partnerships - Part 3: Working with the Solar System Ambassadors and Night Sky Network (Recorded)

January 23, 2018

Take events using the Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits to the next level by partnering with NASA's Solar System Ambassadors and local Night Sky Network member astronomy groups. Listen to how other NISE Net partners incorporated these talented and knowledge professional and amateur astronomers into their events. This workshop will feature partners who worked with these resources for the first time and others who have maintained a relationship with these groups.

Newsletter: November 2017

COMMUNITY NEWS Training videos filmed for 2018 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit Throughout September and October, NISE Network project staff have been filming a total of 21 videos to accompany the hands-on activities in the 2018 Explore Science: Earth

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Frankenstein200: The scientist and his creature are 200 years old in January, 2018!

November 8, 2017

Rae Ostman, Arizona State University and Victoria Fiordalis, Sciencenter

NISE Net is partnering with Arizona State University and partners across the country to celebrate the anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein! This 200-year-old story explores themes of human creativity, societal responsibility, and scientific ethics. Your organization can participate in the nationwide birthday party for Frankenstein by downloading a free digital activity kit from http://www.nisenet.org/frankensteinkit.

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Arizona State University solar eclipse event

Partner Highlight: Celebrating the 2017 solar eclipse in the Valley of Sun

November 7, 2017

Rae Ostman, Arizona State University

NISE Net partners in the Valley of the Sun celebrated the 2017 solar eclipse in a big way! In a pre-eclipse party, almost 900 people visited the Arizona Museum of Natural History, co-hosted by Arizona State University, to help build excitement and awareness of the event in the Phoenix metro area. On August 21, the School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU hosted a Solar Eclipse 2017 viewing event at the Tempe campus where thousands of participants turned up to view the partial eclipse through solar telescopes and solar-safe glasses, watch live NASA coverage, engage with interactive displays, and talk with ASU researchers about the science behind the eclipse.