Research & Evaluation

Exploring Materials: NanoFabrics

The Nano Fabrics activity was presented April 19th and 30th, 2009 at the Science Museum of Minnesota. 15 visitors completed surveys that assessed how well they understood the learning goals of the activity.  Read more

Nanoscale Education Outreach Evaluation

Nanoscale Education Outreach (NEO) workshop participants were interviewed 6+ months after their attendance to determine the effect of the workshop on the participants' professional capacity and to determine the effect of the participants' involvement in the broader NISE Network. 33 of the 87 total participants were interviewed over several months.  Read more

Overview of the NISE Network Evaluation

The documents that comprise the Inverness Research Summative Report provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the progress made in developing a network organization capable of supporting nanoscience education for the public on a national scale.  Read more

NISE Net Accessibility Walk-through

This report presents the findings of the March 12, 2007 visit of four accessibility consultants to the Science Museum of Minnesota to review exhibits and programs created by NISE Net.  Read more

Computing the Future Formative Evaluation

This report is the formative evaluation for the “Computing the Future” presentation, a presentation concerned with both the history of computers and the ways in which nanotechnology is changing how computers are built and operated.  Read more

Nanotechnology Forum Marketing Materials formative evaluation

This report presents the preliminary findings of a data set of 87 visitors from Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Museum of Science-Boston, Exploratorium, Science Museum of Minnesota, and North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, interviewed in order to learn their reaction to the advertisement for the upcoming Forum on Nanotechnology.  Read more

Public Impacts Summative Evaluation: Study 2

The main question driving this study is the following: <I> To what extent is NISE Net reaching the public through the different tiers of the Network? </I>  Read more

RISE January 2009 Public Communication Internship

This report provides an overview of the findings from the formative evaluation of the RISE Public Communication Internship conducted at the Museum of Science in January 2009.  Read more

Nano Dreams and Nightmares 2007

During the NISE Program Workshop at OMSI in March 2008, a school group provided feedback on the Science Museum of Minnesota’s Nano Dreams and Nano Nightmares program. A total of 15 students completed self-administered surveys after the program.  Read more

RISE February 2009 Seminar Report

This report provides an overview of findings from the formative evaluation of the Science Communication Seminar conducted at the University of Massachusetts Lowell on February 19, 2009.  Read more