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Online Workshop: Communicating Climate Change to Diverse Audiences

April 5, 2022

Online professional development workshop focused on approaches to communicating climate science to diverse audiences.

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Online Workshop: Earth and Space Resource Roundup - an Overview of All the NISE Network has to Offer

May 3, 2022

Online professional development workshop that includes an overview of all NISE Network Earth and Space resources.

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Visitor Studies Association Conference 2022

July 12, 2022 - July 14, 2022

Visitor Studies Association Conference 2022, Omaha, NE • July 12-14, 2022

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Partner Highlight: Spooky Science at the Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center in Honolulu

November 30, 2021

Vanessa Magallanes, Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center

Aloha! The Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center is known for welcoming visitors from near and far. Although 2021 has been challenging, this did not deter our amazing team to continue with our mission to be a world-class learning environment that is filled with hands-on, interactive exhibits that empower and inspire children to learn about themselves and the world through exploration and play.

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Climate Hazard Resilience extreme precipenation forum of peple talking around a table

Climate Hazard Resilience Forum: Extreme Precipitation

In this interactive forum program participants will discuss the social, economic, and environmental impacts of extreme precipitation in facilitated groups.

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Climate Hazard Resilience Forum Heat sea level rise table with materials

Climate Hazard Resilience Forum: Sea Level Rise

In this interactive forum program participants will discuss the social, economic, and environmental impacts of sea level rise in facilitated groups.

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NOAA Climate Hazard Resilience heat forum with people sitting around tables talking

Climate Hazard Resilience Forum: Extreme Heat

In this interactive forum program participants will discuss the social, economic, and environmental impacts of extreme heat in facilitated groups.

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Climate Hazard Resilience Forum on Drought featuring group of people discussing around a table

Climate Hazard Resilience Forum: Drought

In this interactive forum program participants will discuss the social, economic, and environmental impacts of drought in facilitated groups.

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Online Workshop: Working with STEM Experts - If Only There Was A Guide… Now There Is!

March 1, 2022

In this online workshop we will hear best practices for finding, preparing, and working with the expertise in your community.

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Online Workshop: Increasing Community Resilience to Extreme Weather and Environmental Hazards - The Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities (CSCRC) Project

February 15, 2022

In this online workshop we will hear about public engagement in active learning and resilience planning around heat waves, sea level rise, extreme precipitation, and drought.

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Storming the Castle Museum Theater Show

In this theater presentation, learners explore the risks and benefits of synthetic biology in a light-hearted melodramatic setting.

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Online Workshop Recording: Evaluating Educational Experiences During Times of Limited Social Interactions - Adventures in Team-Based Inquiry

Online professional development workshop recording about Team-Based Inquiry (TBI) and how to use this evaluation method in your work (2021).

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Wallops NASA Virtual field trip classroom image

Partner Highlight: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center in Virginia offers virtual field trips to students around the world!

October 28, 2021

Amy Barra, Elizabeth Hall, and Dana Wright, NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center, Wallops Island, VA

Staff from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center created a series of virtual field trips with guided hands-on activities from the Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits for students all across the US.

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ASTC Annual Conference 2022

September 11, 2022 - September 15, 2022

The NISE Network will have activities including a booth and sessions at the ASTC 2022 conference.

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Earth and Space learning framework connecting activities to learning concepts

Earth & Space Learning and Content Frameworks

This content framework and learning framework are professional learning tools for informal educators engaging the public with the hands-on activities in the Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits and the Sun, Earth, Universe exhibition.

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Online Workshop Recording: Bust out that Chemistry kit for National Chemistry Week 2021 - Fast or Slow...Chemistry Makes It Go!

Online professional development workshop recording about National Chemistry Week and how to engage audiences through events (2021).

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Online Workshop: Evaluating Educational Experiences During Times of Limited Social Interactions - Adventures in Team-Based Inquiry

November 16, 2021

In this online workshop, we will explore a set of resources that anyone can use to improve educational experiences and professional practices even during times of limited social interaction.

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Online Workshop Recording: Engaging audiences in the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope - Part 2

Online professional development workshop recording about resources to engage the public in events around the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, with ideas shared from partners about their celebration plans (2021).

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Map of the Earth & Space project-based professional learning community revised 9-1-2021

Earth & Space Project-Based Professional Learning Community Participating Organizations

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Association of Children's Museums InterActivity Conference 2022

May 16, 2022 - May 18, 2022

NISE Network activities at the 2022 Association of Children's Museums (ACM) Interactivity Conference will include a booth and participation in professional development sessions.

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Working with STEM Experts Guide cover including an image of expert puring a liquid and using a strainer with a girl and her family at a museum public event

Working with STEM Experts: A Guide for Educators in Museums and Other Informal Learning Settings

Professional development guide to help informal STEM educators find, prepare, and work with STEM experts to engage with the public.

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South Dakota Discovery Center Moon Murder Mystery 3.jpg

Partner Highlight: Moon Murder Mystery - South Dakota Discovery Center’s Creative Extension to the Moon Adventure Game

July 23, 2021

Christina Leavell, Science Museum of Minnesota

Learn all about South Dakota Discovery Center's creative extension to the NISE Network’s Moon Adventure Game.

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Online Workshop: Bust out that Chemistry kit for National Chemistry Week 2021 - Fast or Slow...Chemistry Makes It Go!

September 14, 2021

The American Chemical Society (ACS) and NISE Network partners share ideas and resources to engage audiences during National Chemistry Week 2021.

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A docent explains the Gateway Science Museum Lending Library Program for Earth and Space Science Toolkits.

Partner Highlight: Sharing experiences about kit activity lending libraries

July 7, 2021

Frank Kusiak, Lawrence Hall of Science

Learn how some NISE Network partners have created activity lending libraries to share their kit activities with other organizations and educators in their community and create opportunities for broadening their reach.

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Online Workshop: Engaging audiences in the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope - Part 2

August 31, 2021

NISE Network partner institutions discuss event plans around the science and celebration of the James Webb Space Telescope launch in Fall 2021.

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