Earth Day is April 22nd, and there are lots of potential Earth Day - nano ties. Here's a sample of resources, activities, and articles that might be relevant:
→ Energy (general)
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Spring Professional Development Opportunities
We'll be at both the Materials Research Society's Meeting in San Francisco and the Association of Children's Museums Interactivity 2010 Annual Meeting in St. Paul, MN this spring.
- MRS - April 5 - 9 There are three different NISE Net-related professional development seminars: Technical Poster Design Seminar, Mastering Science Presentations Instructional Seminar, and Crafting Successful Broader Impacts Plans for NSF Proposals. You can also catch MRS and NISE Net staff at a bunch of education and outreach events.
- ACM - May 5 There's still space and travel subsidy funding available for the ACM Big Thoughts about Super-Small: Nano in Children’s Museums pre-conference workshop. The workshop is Wednesday, May 5th from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Get more information about the workshop and the agenda here.
Education and Outreach Events at the MRS Meeting
It's all-MRS-all-the-time around here lately (see here, here, and here)! Which is fine, because our partners at MRS are lovely. Also lovely: science education and outreach events at the MRS Spring Meeting! There are lots of them:
MAKING STUFF Frequently Asked Questions
Last week I posted information about the small grants MRS and WGBH are offering to organize outreach events around the premiere of Making Stuff. Apparently, a lot of folks have had similar questions about the outreach events, so the team wrote up answers to the top questions:
Posters, Presentations, and Broader Impacts
The NISE Net is sponsoring a bunch of professional development opportunities at the upcoming Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco, April 5 - 9. Admission is included in meeting registration for all of these workshops, no additional registration is required.
Here are the workshops:
(New!) Technical Poster Design Seminar
Grant Opportunity for Materials Science Outreach Program
Richard Souza, who is leading the Materials Research Society's involvement in the NISE Network, forwarded me this announcement about a small grant opportunity open to our partners. There's more information below, but please note that the application due date is April 1. The grant is for organizing outreach activities in connection with the release of Making Stuff, a PBS tv series on materials science. One of the four episodes is focused on nanotechnology, and nano will be a common thread throughout the segments.
Billions and Billions: Translating "billion"
Anders Liljeholm, a program developer at OMSI, wrote to me about a challenge in translating our materials into other languages.
Classroom Nano: Middle School Workshop
Many of our partners have indicated that they do classroom activities of some type, so I'm going to be highlighting a few examples of partners incorporating nano into classroom programs. Please let us know what you've been doing with NISE Net or nano materials for K-12 audiences! Email Rae Ostman at rostman at sciencenter dot org.
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