NanoDays 2008


NISE Net partners are well on their way to making NanoDays 2008 a success!

This is our inaugural year. NanoDays was created to provide a time and way to get community-based educational outreach efforts focused on nanoscale science, technology and engineering. Partners participating in NanoDays create outreach events unique to their local communities and then provide feedback to the Network on their NanoDays experience. Initially expected to be a small rollout, NanoDays kits have now been distributed to 100 institutions across the country. The kits include a planning guide, marketing materials, background information and the materials necessary to do six different nano-based programs.

And interest continues to grow! While the physical kits have been distributed, partners that would also like to participate in NanoDays are invited to download all or some of the digital version of the NanoDays kit.


Look who's already involved!

  • The Imaginarium Anchorage, AK
  • McWane Science Center Birmingham, AL
  • University of Alabama Northport, AL
  • University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR
  • University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR
  • Mid-America Science Museum Hot Springs, AR
  • Museum of Discovery Little Rock, AR
  • Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas Pine Bluff, AR
  • Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources Smackover, AR
  • Arkansas State University Museum State University, AR
  • Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
  • California Science Center Los Angeles, CA
  • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Los Angeles, CA
  • UCLA Los Angeles, CA
  • UC Merced Davis, CA
  • California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
  • Reuben H. Fleet Science Center San Diego, CA
  • Exploratorium San Francisco, CA
  • California Polytechnic State Universitiy San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Connecticut Science Center Hartford, CT
  • Discovery Museum and Planetarium Bridgeport, CT
  • Association of Science-Technology Centers, Washington, DC
  • Miami Science Museum, MIami, FL
  • Museum of Science and Industry Tampa, FL
  • National Science Center/Fort Discovery Augusta, GA
  • International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University Evanston, IL
  • Discovery Center Museum Rockford, IL
  • Purdue University Lafayette, IN
  • Lafayette Natural History Museum & Planetarium Lafayette, LA
  • Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA
  • Museum of Science Boston, MA
  • Harvard University Cambridge, MA
  • University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA
  • Maryland Science Center Baltimore, MD
  • MRSEC, University of Maryland College Park, MD
  • Detroit Science Center Detroit , MI
  • Great Lakes Children's Museum Traverse City, MI
  • Science Museum of Minnesota Saint Paul, MN
  • BOOTHEEL YOUTH MUSEUM MALDEN, MO
  • The Discovery Center Springfield, MO
  • Saint Louis Science Center St Louis, MO
  • The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS
  • Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Chapel Hill, NC
  • Discovery Place Inc. Charlotte, NC
  • Museum of Life and Science Durham, NC
  • Catawba Science Center Hickory, NC
  • SciWorks Winston-Salem, NC
  • Gateway to Science Bismarck, ND
  • University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND
  • North Dakota State University Fargo, ND
  • Edgerton Explorit Center Aurora, NE
  • University of New Hampshire Durham, NH
  • University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
  • National Atomic Museum Albuquerque NM
  • Las Cruces Museum of Natural History Las Cruces NM
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory- Bradbury Science Museum Los Alamos, NM
  • Cornell University Ithaca, NY
  • Sciencenter Ithaca, NY
  • New York Hall of Science Queens, NY
  • Rochester Institute of Technology, Center For Materials Science and Engineering Rochester, NY
  • Schenectady Museum and Suits-Bueche Planetarium Schenectady, NY
  • Stony Brook University Stony Brook , NY
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
  • Brookhaven National Lab's Science Learning Center Upton, NY
  • COSI Columbus, OH
  • Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Dayton, OH
  • ScienceWorks Museum Ashland, OR
  • Science Factory Children's Museum and Planetarium Eugene, OR
  • Libraries of Eastern Oregon Fossil, OR
  • OMSI Portland, OR
  • DaVinci Science Center Allentown, PA
  • Lehigh University and Kutztown University Bethlehem, PA
  • Nano/Bio Interface Center Philadelphia, PA
  • University of Puerto Rico at Humacao Humacao, PR
  • University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, PR
  • EdVenture Children's Museum Columbia, SC
  • South Carolina State Museum Columbia, SC
  • Science Visions Science Center Brookings, SD
  • American Museum of Science and Energy Oak Ridge, TN
  • Don Harrington Discovery Center Amarillo, TX
  • AHETEMS Arlington, TX
  • Austin Children's Museum Austin, TX
  • Children's Museum of Houston Houston, TX
  • The Health Museum Houston, TX
  • Imaginarium of South Texas Laredo, TX
  • Texarkana Museums System Texarkana, TX
  • Discovery Science Place Tyler, TX
  • University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
  • Danville Science Center Danville, VA
  • Norfolk State University/ Center for Materials Research Norfolk, VA
  • Science Museum of Virginia Richmond, VA
  • KidsQuest Children's Museum Bellevue, WA
  • Palouse Discovery Science Center Pullman, WA
  • Pacific Science Center Seattle, WA
  • Mobius Kids Spokane, WA
  • Queens Public Library New York, NY