NISE Network Blog

Man Standing Proudly with 350 STEM Learning Kits

Voyage through the Solar System Kits Awarded to 350 Partners

July 20, 2023

Christina Leavell

Details about the Explore Science: Voyage through the Solar System physical and digital kit, available by late August 2023.

Partner Highlight: Connecting the Neuro Futures Card Game with Science Fiction at the Museum of Science, Boston

June 28, 2023

Christina Leavell, Arizona State University

Partner Highlight offering a list of sci-fi connections to the Neuro Futures Card Game that was created by Susan Heilman from the Museum of Science, Boston.

Build a Human Habitat on Mars exhibit locations June 2023

Build a Human Habitat on Mars exhibit shipped to 52 locations throughout the United States

June 28, 2023

Catherine McCarthy, Arizona State University

Build a Human Habitat on Mars is a hands-on exhibit designed to inspire, engage, and educate the next generation of explorers about human exploration on Mars. Designed as an addition to the Sun, Earth, Universe exhibition, 52 copies of this new exhibit have been fabricated and distributed by the Science Museum of Minnesota to accompany 52 copies of the Sun, Earth, Universe exhibition located throughout the United States.

Design Build Test Space Weekend Activity with Boy Dressed as Astronaut and Girl Reaching for Building Pieces

Partner Highlight: Pizza and Planetary Science at Wonder Works Children’s Museum in Oak Park, IL

June 6, 2023

Erin Dowdall

Partner highlight about Wonder Works Children’s Museum integrated Earth and Space toolkit resources into their Space Weekend 2023 event.

Mission Future exhibition opens at Arizona Science Center

March 30, 2023

Paul Martin, ASU

Mission Future: Arizona 2045 is a 2,500 square foot interactive exhibition developed by Arizona State University (ASU) in collaboration with Arizona Science Center, NASA, and numerous additional local and national partners.

Exploring Science Practices: Early Explorations Activity - Kids Experimenting

Early Explorers at Spark! Imagination and Science Center in Morgantown, West Virginia

March 16, 2023

Julie Bryan, Spark! Imagination and Science Center, Morgantown, West Virginia

Partner highlight about Spark! Imagination and Science Center in Morgantown, West Virginia and their Early Explores program for children ages four and younger and their grown-ups.

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The Kansas Children’s Discovery Center in Topeka Ignites a Love of Science in Children

March 7, 2023

Caitlin Luttjohann, Vice President of Play and Learning & Laura Burton, Director of Marketing, Kansas Children's Discovery Center

Partner highlight about the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center, in Topeka using NISE Network STEM programming to ignite a love of science in children.

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Partner Highlight: NISE Network partners featured in ASTC Community Science Framework video

February 7, 2023

Catherine McCarthy, Arizona State University

Several NISE Network partners have local efforts featured in the ASTC Community Science Framework. The video focuses on attributes and outcomes for successful equitable community science.

A visitor exploring ferrofluid in the the Nano exhibition at the Missoula Public Library

Partner Highlight: University of Montana spectrUM Discovery Area in Missoula, MT is all about sharing

February 2, 2023

Nick Wethington, University of Montana spectrUM Discovery Area

The University of Montana spectrUM Discovery Area in Missoula, MT is all about sharing. Situated on the 2nd floor of the Missoula Public Library, spectrUM has longtime, embedded partnerships with libraries, schools and other institutions around the Western Montana region. Because Montana is a very rural state, we’ve found that the best way to reach our audience is to bring exhibits, activities and educational experiences to where they live, work, learn and play.

NISE Network Year in Review 2022

January 10, 2023

Catherine McCarthy, Arizona State University

When reflecting on this past year, we are filled with gratitude to be able to collaborate with all of you! This past year we continued to increase our capacity as professionals and organizations to engage the public in STEM topics throughout the United States. Our strength as a Network comes from our collaboration as dedicated professionals, and our impact comes from the work we all do to engage our local communities.