Summary and Review of NISE Network Nanoscale Science Evaluation Findings: Years 1-5 (2011)

The Review of NISE Network Evaluation Findings: Years 1-5 seeks to investigate the work of the NISE Network since its inception in 2005 and provide an overarching summary of NISE Net Public Impacts evaluation efforts to the NISE Network and the broader ISE field.

This review summarizes the findings from over 240 evaluation reports from the first five years of the Network. The review is divided into six chapters:

• Connecting ISE Professionals with Nano Informal Science Education
• Connecting the University-Affiliated Individuals with Nano Informal Science Education
• Engaging the Public in Learning about Nano through NISE Network Educational Products
• Engaging the Public with Societal and Ethical Implications Content through NISE Network Products
• Making the Unfamiliar Interesting and Relevant for Museum Visitors
• Reaching Public Audiences

Authors:

Christine Reich, Juli Goss, Elizabeth Kunz Kollmann, Jane Morgan, and Amy Grack Nelson

Suggested citation:

Reich, C. (2011). Making the unfamiliar interesting and relevant for museum visitors. In C. Reich, J. Goss, E.K. Kollmann, J. Morgan, & A.G. Nelson (Eds.), Review of NISE Network evaluation findings: Years 1-5 (pp. 118 – 139). Boston: Museum of Science for the NISE Network.