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Partner Highlight: Feeding Hungry Lives and Hungry Minds Worldwide

June 9, 2022
Ali Jackson, Sciencenter and Stephen M. White, Esq., COSI
The Center of Science and Industry (COSI) is partnering up with other community-based and human services organizations to feed hungry lives and hungry minds. Learn how your institution could become a Learning Lunchbox distribution partner in your local community
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Sun, Earth, Universe Exhibition at NASA Wallops Visitor Center

Partner Highlight: The NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center Gives a Warm Welcome to the Sun, Earth, Universe Exhibition

June 2, 2022
Christina Leavell
Partner highlight about the NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center hosting the NISE Network’s Sun, Earth, Universe exhibit.
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Lewisburg Nano exhibition setup along wall

Partner Highlight: The Nano Mini-Exhibition arrives at the Lewisburg Children’s Museum in Pennsylvania

June 2, 2022
Christina Leavell
The Nano Mini-Exhibition still goes strong after 10 years, arriving at the Lewisburg Children’s Museum in May 2022.
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Layers of the Atmosphere - New Exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Sciences

Partner Highlight: Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon, GA Develops New Tactile Exhibit "Layers of the Atmosphere"

May 31, 2022
Kimberly Novak
Partner Highlight about the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon, GA and their latest collaboration to increase opportunities for greater awareness, understanding, and access for the visually impaired.
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Talking with Children about Tragic Events in the News

A compilation of resources for talking with children about tragic events in the news, war, violence, racism, disasters.
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Best wishes to Brad Herring!

May 5, 2022
Catherine McCarthy, Arizona State University
Brad Herring will be leaving the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC to start a new venture as a videographer and storyteller. Many of you know Brad from his work leading NISE Network online workshops, our Earth & Space project-based professional learning community, and as the Southeast regional hub leader.
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Christina Leavell - Community Manager

Streamlining Partner Communications, Upcoming Projects and Opportunities

May 5, 2022
Catherine McCarthy, Arizona State University
The NISE Network is streamlining our partner communications so that Christina Leavell will become our Community Manager and the primary contact for all NISE Network partners. Going forward, partners in any geographic region can reach out to Christina with any questions, concerns, or stories to share about network projects and opportunities. We also wanted to alert you about upcoming projects and opportunities.
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Newsletter: May 2022

MAY 2022 NETWORK NEWS Association of Children’s Museums InterActivity Conference in May We are looking forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new people in person at the Association of Children’s Museums InterActivity conference in May in Saint Louis. The
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Making Earth & Space Science More Relevant and Inclusive

These professional learning resources are based on materials developed for the NISE Network’s Earth & Space Project-Based Learning Community which took place in 2021-2022. This project supported museums and science centers across the U.S. in their efforts to make Earth & Space science relevant and inclusive for their local communities. This collection features resources and recordings presented during this virtual online learning community.
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Cloud in a bottle activity Physics Phun Day at ECHO in Burlington VT 2022

Partner Highlight: Physics Phun Day with University of Vermont at ECHO in Burlington, VT

May 2, 2022
Alyssa Johnson, Sciencenter
University of Vermont students, staff, and faculty from the Physics Department recently spent a day at ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont to host a “Physics Phun Day,” where they facilitated hands-on activities and demonstrations about how scientists trap and study very cold atoms.
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Imagine Nation Bristol Connecticut with a young child and facilitator using star formation activity

Partner Highlight: Junior Ranger Night Explorers at Imagine Nation in Bristol, Connecticut

April 29, 2022
Alyssa Johnson, Sciencenter
Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center in Bristol, CT, and a division of the Boys & Girls Club of Bristol, celebrated space science last fall with a Junior Ranger Night Explorer outdoor event. Visitors viewed the Moon and stars using a real telescope, learned how stars form with the Star Formation activity, created a lunar mission with Moon Story Blocks, experimented with Hide and Seek Moon, and crafted a glowing stomp rocket.
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Voyage through the Solar System

Bilingual hands-on activities and training materials about our solar system and human space exploration developed for informal STEM partners and family learners at home.
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STEM Learning Ecosystems Project

The NASA SciAct STEM Learning Ecosystems project is investigating and sharing principles and practices for community-wide partnerships that center equity and create opportunities for authentic STEM engagement.
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Newsletter: April 2022

APRIL 2022 NETWORK NEWS Association of Children’s Museums InterActivity Conference in May We are looking forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new people in person at the Association of Children’s Museums InterActivity conference in May in Saint Louis. The
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Shajeeha Mumtaz explains the electromagnetic spectrum

Partner Highlight: California Science Center Shines a Light on Light!

April 5, 2022
Elaine Krebs, California Science Center
The California Science Center in Los Angeles, CA has a mission to inspire science learning in everyone by creating fun, memorable experiences, even virtually! In preparation for the James Webb Space Telescope Launch, two Education Staff, Elaine and Evelyn, set out to do just that by creating a bilingual set of videos and activity sheets. The videos feature some of the satellites on display, and introduce viewers to light waves and how the James Webb Space Telescope will utilize different wavelengths of light. They even include a fun activity inspired by one from the NISE Network’s Explore Science: Earth and Space activities.
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Partner Highlight: Exploration Place in Wichita, Kansas Honors African American Pioneers of Earth and Space Science for Black History Month

April 4, 2022
Christina Leavell, Science Museum of Minnesota
Partner highlight about the work of Exploration Place Honors African American Pioneers of Earth and Space Science for Black History Month.
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NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei at Science Museum of Minnesota 2019 Moon Landing anniversary event with giant dinoaur T-Rex puppet

NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei breaks U.S. record for longest time in space

April 4, 2022
Catherine McCarthy, Arizona State University
In March 2022 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei became the U.S. astronaut with the single longest spaceflight in history - more than 340 days! The previous record of 340 had been set in 2013 by astronaut Scott Kelly.
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Howtosmile At-Home Activities

NISE Network partner museums creating a new At-Home Activities Framework and a collection of over 300 at-home activities to help museums engage their communities virtually.
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Making Waves with Radio

Hands-on activities, mobile apps, and camp curriculum to support informal educators engaging public audiences on the science, technologies, and societal implications behind radio wave communications.
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Newsletter: March 2022

NISE Network Newsletter: March 2022
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Partner Highlight: Lewisburg Children's Museum in Pennsylvania Celebrates the James Webb Space Telescope Launch with NASA Astronaut

February 24, 2022
Alyssa Johnson, Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY
Lewisburg Children's Museum in Pennsylvania Lewisburg Children's Museum celebrates the James Webb Space Telescope Launch with NASA Astronaut Andrew Feustel.
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Newsletter: February 2022

NISE Network Newsletter: February 2022
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Partner Highlight: Celebrating Birthdays at miSci in Schenectady, NY with the Moon Adventure Game!

January 28, 2022
Krysia Kornecki, Schenectady Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) and Ali Jackson, Sciencenter
At the Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) in Schenectady, New York, space-themed birthday parties have been a hit. The space themed birthday program includes free time to explore the museum, a thirty-minute activity, party room time, and a customized live sky show in the Suits-Bueche planetarium of the birthday person’s night sky on the day they were born.
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Marbles Kids Museum Webb Space Telescope Event visitors using Orbiting Objects activity

Partner Highlight: Visitors at Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, NC learn about the James Webb Space Telescope

January 27, 2022
Hardin Engelhardt, Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh, NC
Marbles Kids Museum held an out of this world space weekend event filled with activities exploring our universe and the James Webb Space Telescope that recently launched on December 25th, 2021.
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Newsletter: January 2022

JANUARY 2022 NETWORK NEWS Year in Review The year 2021 was challenging for many of us individually, as well as for our organizations and communities. We are so impressed with how NISE Network partners have continued to creatively address ongoing
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