Blog: NanoDays
Table of Contents feature added to NISE Network website
March 6, 2012
Catherine McCarthy
New Website Feature! We have recently added a new interactive way to quickly look through the entire online website of educational products. The table of co ntents is an interactive alphabetical list of all resources in the NISE Net website...
81 completed applications submitted for Nano mini-exhibition!
March 6, 2012
Catherine McCarthy
We are pleased to announce that we received 81 completed applications from NISE Network partners applying for a free copy of the Nano mini-exhibition; many of these applications included plans for sharing the mini-exhibition among additional partners. Our current plan...
Send Us Pictures of Your NanoDays Team!
March 1, 2012
Vrylena Olney
Whether your team includes an army of local graduate students, or a handful of museum educators, or a mix of volunteers, scientists, and industry partners, we want to see who they are! Snap a picture of your NanoDays team this...
Partner Highlight: Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art
March 1, 2012
Ali Jackson
Remember your first NanoDays? The Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA) is getting ready for their first ever NanoDays this year and they’re excited ! What do you remember from your first NanoDays? What advice do you have...
Tweet about NanoDays!
February 29, 2012
KC
NanoDays 2012 is just around the corner! We'd love to hear your 140-character stories, comments, and/or advice on Twitter. Just be sure to use #nanodays. Good luck with your planning and preparation! Note: the Twitter bird was unavailable for this...
The Making of a NanoDays Kit - time lapse video
February 1, 2012
KC
What exactly does it take to make a NanoDays kit? Oh, only 650 personhours, 3,600 boxes, over a mile of reinforced tape (6,000ft!), and a lot of love. See the whole process here ! (Don't worry, it won't take you...
Missing your Ball Sorter sieves?
January 12, 2012
KC
Our apologies for not communicating this better, but the sieves for the Ball Sorter activity (NanoDays 2012) will be shipped in the same box as the nano gold. The sieves did not arrive at the warehouse in time to pack...
Black gold....not the Texas tea variety
January 3, 2012
KC
Unfortunately, this is not a story about a man named Jed, who could barely keep his family fed; who became a millionaire and subsequently moved away from there. No, this is a story about a solution of nano gold and...
NanoDays 2012 kits ship soon
December 21, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
NanoDays kits will be shipped in early January, 2012. Please note that the kit will come in three separate boxes this year: very large box containing almost everything (30"x20"x18" in size) flat box with the Build a Giant Puzzle activity...
NanoDays 2012 kits awarded
December 21, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
Regional hub leaders are contacting NanoDays physical kit applicants individually regarding awards. As always, making decisions was a difficult process with only 225 physical kits to award. We encourage all those who were not awarded a physical kit to utilize...