Blog: Network News

NISE Network members eligible to enter the 2019 Quantum Matters™ Hands-on Science Communication Competition

February 1, 2019

Museum of Science, Boston

NanoDays...now with a Quantum Leap at the Museum of Science in Boston NanoDays is taking a Quantum Leap this year at the Museum of Science . The Museum has rebranded it to reflect that many of its university research center...

NISE Network

NISE Network Year in Review 2018

January 4, 2019

Rae Ostman, Arizona State University

This past year was busy and successful, as hundreds of NISE Network partners across the country participated in Network projects! It’s exciting to have so many organizations dedicated to engaging people in their local communities in learning about current STEM research. Here are some of our favorite Network moments of 2018. But first...THANK YOU...

Building with Biology See DNA

Building with Biology lives on with NISE Network partners

January 2, 2019

Kayla Berry and Katie Todd, Museum of Science

Four years ago the NISE Network received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to tackle conversations in museums between public audiences and scientists about the emerging field of synthetic biology. The timing was right for our Network partners...

Revised Mirror Molecules graphics (new carvone molecules) for the Chemistry Makes Scents activity in the Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry kit

December 3, 2018

Ali Jackson, Sciencenter

One of our partners alerted us to an error in how we portray the carvone molecules on the Mirror Molecules graphic shared with the Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry - Chemistry Makes Scents activity. We have revised that graphic in English and Spanish and posted them to nisenet.org. Please discard the old printed Mirror Molecules materials and use these in their place. Download new graphics: http://nisenet.org/catalog/chemistry-makes-scents

NISE Network at ITEC

NISE Network Talks Networks at International Tinkering Education Conference (ITEC) 2018 in Beijing, China

December 3, 2018

Frank Kusiak, Lawrence Hall of Science

In late October, the NISE Network was invited to speak at the International Tinkering Education Conference (ITEC) in Beijing, China where about 200+ informal and formal science educators from across China and about a dozen international guests shared ideas, strategies, and experiences about delivering making/tinkering projects to their visitors and communities.

COVES

Exploring Visitor Data from an Ongoing Multi-Institutional Visitor Study

November 5, 2018

Alex Lussenhop, Museum of Science

How much do museums really know about their visitors? At the Collaboration for Ongoing Visitor Experience Studies (COVES), we’re obsessed with this question. Driven by the need for quality comparable visitor experience data, our collaboration of 23 science-focused museums and...

Explore Science

Quiet on the set! And action! A new set of training videos has wrapped for the 2019 Explore Science: Earth and Space Toolkit

November 2, 2018

Brad Herring, Museum of Life and Science

NISE Network project staff from the Museum of Life and Science just completed filming a new set of activity and content training videos to accompany the hands-on activities in the 2019 Explore Science: Earth and Space toolkit! Read on for a behind-the-scenes look.

Sun, Earth, Universe

Sun, Earth, Universe Exhibition Fabrication Underway and Shipping Soon!

November 1, 2018

Kayla Berry, Museum of Science

Now in final stages of fabrication, the NISE Network's Sun, Earth, Universe exhibition is in the process of getting its final touches before getting shipped out to partners all across the U.S. Get a sneak peak at the exhibition before it arrives!

GLPA Conference

NISE Network's first participation in the Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA) Conference was stellar

October 31, 2018

Kayla Berry, Museum of Science

This year the Network explored new conferences, including SEPA/WAC (a joint conference of the Southeastern Planetarium Association and the Western Alliance Conference of planetariums) and more recently the Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA) Conference , which is a professional organization...

Celebrating "Out of This World" Chemistry Events Across the Country

October 31, 2018

Kayla Berry, Museum of Science

October has been a busy month for NISE Network partners hosting National Chemistry Week and spooky STEM events and festivities, and engaging their audiences in hands-on chemistry activities and other STEM activities from NISE Net's Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry and Frankenstein200 kits. We look forward to seeing partners' Let's Do Chemistry events online throughout the rest of the year!