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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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Kauai Community Science Center Waimea Hawaii Webb Space Telescope event Take home kits

Partner Highlight: Webb Space Telescope Community Events Across the US

January 11, 2022

Alyssa Johnson & Ali Jackson, Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY

James Webb Space Telescope community events have been in full swing across the country this fall! Here are highlights from just a few of the Webb Community Events that have been taking place nationwide the past few months.

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Birdseye view of Nano exhibition with visitors.

Celebrating 10 years of the Nano Exhibition, Newest Location in Yellow Springs, OH

January 7, 2022

Ali Jackson and Alyssa Johnson, Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY & Catherine McCarthy, Arizona State University

Believe it or not, the NISE Network’s Nano exhibition has been around for 10 years! Learn more about how the exhibitions are still reaching new audiences at new locations including the newest location in Yellow Springs Ohio.

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Partner Highlight: A Few of our Favorite Things at the Kentucky Science Center

January 4, 2022

Andrew Spence, Kentucky Science Center

Staff from the Kentucky Science Center take a look back at some of their favorite NISE Network resources over the past decade.

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Newsletter: December 2021

DECEMBER 2021 NETWORK NEWS Climate hazard resilience forums designed to foster public conversations now available This set of deliberative public forum programs focused on climate resilience has been designed to promote public conversations about resilience planning about four natural hazards

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Partner Highlight: Moon Adventure Game gets the Twitch Treatment in Durham, NC

November 22, 2021

Max Cawley, Museum of Life and Science

About a year since its release, and after months of play by elementary and middle schoolers on the Museum floor, the Moon Adventure Game underwent a new kind of test: a trial run featuring experienced escape room designers streamed live for the public on Twitch.

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Partner Highlight: A Mammoth Production - Storming the Castle Museum Theater Script Now Available for Download

November 17, 2021

Christina Leavell, Science Museum of Minnesota

During the NISE Network’s Building with Biology project, the Science Museum of Minnesota developed a stage presentation with just this opportunity in mind. “Storming the Castle” is a museum theater show that introduces audiences to the field of synthetic biology and presents facts while representing the views of an ambitious scientist and a concerned member of the community.

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Newsletter: November 2021

Check out this month's NISE Network newsletter for the latest project and professional development opportunities, upcoming events, community announcements, science news, and much more.

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Partner Highlight: Sierra Vista, Arizona Celebrates Webb Space Telescope for All

November 1, 2021

Frank Kusiak, Lawrence Hall of Science

The community of Sierra Vista, Arizona is hosting numerous outreach and public engagement programs this fall to celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. Elizabeth Wrozek, curator for the Henry F. Hauser Museum, Ted Forte from the Patterson Observatory, and the Huachuca Astronomy Club of Southeastern Arizona collaborated to bring space science and astronomy education resources to Sierra Vista’s wider community including neuro-diverse adults and children.

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Westchester Childrens Museum Planets Solar System model hanging from ceiling

Partner Highlight: It’s a bird, it’s a plane... It’s the Solar System! Westchester Children’s Museum in Rye, NY Celebrates the James Webb Space Telescope Launch in a Big Way

October 29, 2021

Alyssa Johnson, Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY and Leta Wong, Westchester Children’s Museum, Rye, NY

In celebration of the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope launch, Westchester Children’s Museum, located in Rye, NY, will explore the wonders of the universe with special programming and activities on November 13th! Chosen as one of NASA's 500 celebration partners, the Museum is highlighting new and existing exhibits and programs that explore all things space.

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Newsletter: October 2021

NETWORK NEWS Planning to attend the virtual ASTC Conference October 5-7? Come visit us at the NISE Network virtual booth and attend sessions connected to NISE Network projects. We are looking forward to connecting with ASTC conference attendees! Learn more

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Photo of a group of people discussing Human Genome Editing at a public forum

Partner Highlight: A public gene editing forum in Phoenix Arizona from the eyes of a novice facilitator

October 4, 2021

Dean Frias

October Partner Highlight from Dean Frias, depicting the first time facilitating a public forum in Arizona.

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Partner Highlight: NISE Network Partners Celebrate National Chemistry Week 2021 - "Fast or slow...Chemistry makes it go!"

September 29, 2021

Christina Leavell

NISE Net partners celebrate National Chemistry Week in a variety of ways.

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Newsletter: September2021

NETWORK NEWS Earth & Space Project-Based Professional Learning Community NISE Network core team members have reviewed applications for the Earth & Space Project-Based Professional Learning Community and are in the process of contacting applicants about their award status. We received

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Partner Highlight: Creating Virtual Field Trip videos for a virtual audience- Canyon Country Discovery Center, Monticello, UT

September 9, 2021

Ben Muhlestein

Canyon Country Discovery Center engages with local community during the COVID-19 pandemic through innovative and educational videos posted to social media.

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Partner Highlight: Out of this World Programming - Science Central, Fort Wayne, IN “Mission to Mars” Summer Camp 2021

September 3, 2021

Christina Leavell

Science Central's “Mission to Mars” program features activities that engaged campers in everything from launching into space to working on the surface of Mars.

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Newsletter: August 2021

NETWORK NEWS Planning a National Chemistry Week event? Celebrate National Chemistry Week in October - this is a great opportunity to engage audiences with hands-on activities, provide exciting demonstrations, and partner with local chemists and chemistry students. This year’s theme

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Behind the scenes image of the 2021 MoS Train-the-Trainer filming

Diving deep into the “Let’s Do Chemistry” framework through train-the-trainer workshops

August 4, 2021

Emily Hostetler, Museum of Science, Boston

The Museum of Science in Boston and the American Chemical Society hosted online train-the-trainer workshops for chemistry outreach professionals in fall 2020 - winter 2021 to dive deep into the Explore Science: Let’s Do Chemistry framework to learn how to increase the impact of their hands-on chemistry activities.

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Partner Highlight: Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY - Adventures in Nanoscience

July 27, 2021

Susan Frank, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Science Learning Center in Upton, NY develops a virtual "Adventures in Nanoscience" summer program for students entering 4th to 6th grade.

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New Job Opportunity in Neuroscience and Neuroethics Public Engagement with the NISE Network

July 20, 2021

Darrell Porcello, Children's Creativity Museum

The new Barbara Gill Civic Science Fellow in Public Engagement in Neuroethics will bring researchers and practitioners together to design the future of neuroscience public engagement with the NISE Network.

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2021 Summer Astrophotos Challenges teaser

Participate in the 2021 Summer NASA's Astrophoto Challenges

July 7, 2021

Dean Frias, Arizona State University

What's going on with the Galaxy #M87? How does its supermassive black hole impact the entire galaxy? Encourage your learners to explore more about M87, the target for this season of NASA's #AstrophotoChallenges

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Newsletter: July 2021

NETWORK NEWS Funded project-based professional learning opportunity The National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Network) is pleased to offer a funded opportunity to participate in a project-based professional learning community focused on making Earth & Space science relevant and inclusive

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Newsletter: June 2021

NETWORK NEWS Reconnect and re-engage with the NISE Network, Tuesday, June 8th, Online Workshop Join us to reconnect and re-engage with your NISE Network friends and colleagues. We will have a brief overview of the Network and update on projects

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Moon Game at Bootheel Youth Museum-Challenge 5

Partner Highlight: To the Moon and Back – The Moon Adventure Game at Bootheel Youth Museum, Malden, Missouri

May 27, 2021

Christina Leavell, Science Museum of Minnesota

Bootheel Youth Museum uses the Moon Adventure Game along with its many other space science programs and exhibits

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Newsletter: May 2021

NEW OPPORTUNITY Apply to host a NASA-supported Webb Space Telescope Community Event — applications due May 15, 2021 NASA wants to help you celebrate the launch of the Webb telescope, scheduled for October 2021, through the Webb Space Telescope Community

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