NISE Network Blog

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Partner Highlight: Using the Explore Science: Earth and Space toolkit to bring Astronomy “Down to Earth” at The Robinson Nature Center in Howard County, Maryland

June 6, 2017

By: Meagan Downey, Robinson Nature Center

Robinson Nature Center is a nature education facility in Columbia, MD whose mission is to facilitate the enjoyment and understanding of nature. Robinson includes a planetarium, dubbed the “NatureSphere” through which center staff interpret earth and space science concepts. Robinson was honored to receive a 2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space Toolkit to help patrons of the center discover phenomena studied by NASA in a whole new way.

Butterfly resources for programs and exhibits

June 2, 2017

Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota

Blog post about butterfly resources for creating programs and creating exhibits.

Partner Highlight: Space Day 2017 at Roper Mountain Science Center in Greenville, South Carolina

May 5, 2017

By: Latongia Pepper, Roper Mountain Science Center

Roper Mountain Science Center welcomed over 2,200 visitors of all ages to Journey to Other Worlds for Space Day on March 11th. The Science Center partnered with organizations from across the Upstate to bring in interactive exhibits, stage shows, presentations, and hands-on activities to inspire, awe, and motivate visitors to LOOK UP and CATCH THE VISION of aviators and astronomers from the past, present, and future.

Recent improvements to the nisenet.org website

April 28, 2017

Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota

We have recently made some major improvements to the nisenet.org website. The new site features all the same popular content from the existing website but with a fresh new look, a software upgrade, and additional content filtering and searching features...

Resources to help promote your Explore Science: Earth & Space events

March 31, 2017

Catherine McCarthy, Science Museum of Minnesota

The NISE Network has created a set of materials to help with marketing and promotion of your Explore Science: Earth & Space event. We have designed materials to be customizable so you can adapt them to fit your needs: Planning...

Getting a Feel for Eclipses Tactile Book

March 31, 2017

By: Ali Jackson, Sciencenter

Information about the Getting a Feel for Eclipses tactile book.

Partner Highlight: Renewing Community Partnerships and Zooming into Nano with the The Discovery Museums and Boys and Girls Club in Massachusetts

March 30, 2017

By: Liz Leahey, The Discovery Museums

Last spring, The Discovery Museums in Acton, Massachusetts, were thrilled to have the chance to participate in another successful NISE Net initiative as recipients of a Museum and Community Partnerships Explore Science: Zoom into Nano kit. Through the Zoom into...

Partner Highlight: Using the Explore Science: Earth and Space toolkit to Mobilize Staff Training of Hands On Programming Experiences at The Discovery in Reno, Nevada

March 30, 2017

By: Meghan Schiedel, The Discovery

The Discovery, located in Reno, Nevada, sees an average of 700 visitors a day during spring break! As a recipient of the 2017 Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit, The Discovery is advertising this valuable space programming with the hope...

Building with Biology highlights public engagement activities about synthetic biology at AAAS 2017 Conference

March 8, 2017

By: Building with Biology Project Team

By now, terms such as genetically-engineered or genetically-modified, synthetic biology, and even CRISPR are likely more familiar to you than they were five years ago. Gene-editing has become a scientific breakthrough and topic of popularity both in research and in...

Partner Highlight: Building with Biology at the Joseph Moore Museum of Natural History at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana

March 2, 2017

By: Lydia Evans, Joseph Moore Museum

Synthetic or real vanilla—which tastes better? Guests at the Joseph Moore Museum’s Building with Biology event had the opportunity to decide for themselves while learning about bioengineered food at the Bio Bistro station. After tasting cookies baked with synthetic or...