
NISE Network partners participating in the Earth & Space project-based professional learning community
100 participants were selected through a competitive application process to participate in the professional learning community.
Listed alphabetically by state and city:
- AK, Anchorage, University of Alaska Anchorage, https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/
- AK, Fairbanks, Fairbanks Children's Museum, https://www.fairbankschildrensmuseum.com
- AK, Kenai, Challenger Learning Center of Alaska, https://akchallenger.org
- AL, Mobile, Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center, http://www.exploreum.com
- AR, Jonesboro, Arkansas State University Museum, http://museum.astate.edu
- AZ, Phoenix, Arizona Science Center, https://www.azscience.org
- AZ, Tucson, Children's Museum Tucson / Oro Valley, http://www.childrensmuseumtucson.org
- CA, Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science, https://www.lawrencehallofscience.org
- CA, Camarillo, kidSTREAM - Children's Museum in Ventura County, https://www.kidstream.org
- CA, Los Angeles, California Science Center, http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/
- CA, Modesto, The Great Valley Museum, https://www.mjc.edu/instruction/sme/gvm/planetarium.php
- CA, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences (Cal Academy) Morrison Planetarium, https://www.calacademy.org
- CA, Ventura, Discovery Center for Science and Technology, http://www.discoverycntr.org
- CO, Boulder, CU Science Discovery, University of Colorado Boulder, http://sciencediscovery.colorado.edu
- CO, Lafayette, WOW! Children's Museum, http://wowchildrensmuseum.org
- FL, Daytona Beach, Museum of Arts & Science, http://www.moas.org
- FL, Naples, Golisano Children's Museum of Naples, http://www.cmon.org/
- FL, Pensacola, Pensacola MESS Hall, http://www.pensacolamesshall.org
- FL, Tallahassee, Challenger Learning Center - Tallahassee, http://www.challengertlh.com
- FL, Tampa, Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), https://www.mosi.org
- GA, Macon, Museum of Arts and Sciences - Mark Smith Planetarium, https://www.masmacon.org
- HI, HIlo, Hawaii Science and Technology Museum, http://www.hawaiisciencemuseum.org/
- IA, Coralville, The Iowa Children's Museum , https://theicm.org/
- IA, Des Moines, Science Center of Iowa, http://www.sciowa.org
- IA, Iowa City, Museum of Natural History - University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums, https://mnh.uiowa.edu/
- IL, Normal, Children's Discovery Museum, http://www.childrensdiscoverymuseum.net
- IL, Rockford, Discovery Center Museum, http://www.discoverycentermuseum.org
- IN, Fort Wayne, Science Central, http://sciencecentral.org
- IN, Indianapolis, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, https://www.childrensmuseum.org
- IN, Indianapolis, Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, https://www.indianamuseum.org/
- KS, Topeka, Kansas Children's Discovery Center, http://kansasdiscovery.org
- KS, Wichita, Exploration Place, http://www.exploration.org
- KY, Owensboro, Owensboro Museum of Science & History, http://www.owensboromuseum.com
- LA, Shreveport, Sci-Port Discovery Center, http://www.sciport.org/
- MA, Acton, The Discovery Museums, https://www.discoveryacton.org
- MA, Boston, Museum of Science, Boston, https://www.mos.org
- MA, Brewster, Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, http://www.ccmnh.org/
- MA, Springfield, Springfield Science Museum, https://springfieldmuseums.org/about/springfield-science-museum/
- MD, Columbia, James and Anne Robinson Nature Center, https://www.howardcountymd.gov/Robinson
- MD, Gaithersburg, Gaithersburg Community Museum, http://gaithersburgmd.gov/about-gaithersburg/city-facilities/internatio…
- ME, Bangor, Maine Discovery Museum, https://www.mainediscoverymuseum.org
- MI, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Hands On Museum and Leslie Science & Nature Center, https://www.aahom.org
- MI, Portage, Air Zoo, http://www.airzoo.org
- MN, Bemidji, Headwaters Science Center, http://hscbemidji.org
- MO, Malden, Bootheel Youth Museum, http://www.bootheelyouthmuseum.org
- MO, Rolla, The Kaleidoscope Discovery Center, https://thekaleidoscope.org
- MS, Pearlington, Infinity Science Center, http://www.visitinfinity.com
- MT, Helena, Exploration Works!, https://www.explorationworks.org
- MT, Missoula, University of Montana - spectrUM Discovery Area, http://spectrum.umt.edu
- NC, Chapel Hill, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center - UNC Chapel Hill, http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/
- NC, Chapel Hill, Kidzu Children's Museum, https://www.kidzuchildrensmuseum.org
- NC, Charlotte, McDowell Nature Center, https://www.mecknc.gov/ParkandRec/StewardshipServices/NatureCenters/Pag…
- NC, Durham, Museum of Life and Science, https://www.lifeandscience.org
- NC, Greensboro, Greensboro Science Center, http://www.greensboroscience.org
- NC, Sunset Beach, Museum of Coastal Carolina Ingram Planetarium, http://museumplanetarium.org/
- NC, Wilmington, Children's Museum of Wilmington, http://www.playwilmington.org/
- NC, Winston-Salem, Kaleideum North, http://north.kaleideum.org
- ND, Bismarck, North Dakota’s Gateway to Science , http://www.gatewaytoscience.org
- NM, Alamogordo, New Mexico Museum of Space History, http://www.nmspacemuseum.org
- NM, Albuquerque, Explora, http://www.explora.us
- NM, Los Alamos, Pajarito Environmental Education Center, http://peecnature.org
- NV, Reno, Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, https://nvdm.org
- NY, Ithaca, Sciencenter, http://www.sciencenter.org
- NY, Oneonta, AJ Read Science Discovery Center at SUNY Oneonta, http://www.oneonta.edu/academics/sdc/
- NY, Port Jefferson, Long Island Explorium, https://longislandexplorium.org
- NY, Rochester, Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC), http://rmsc.org
- NY, Saratoga Springs, The Children's Museum at Saratoga, https://cmssny.org/
- OH, Akron, Akron Children's Museum, http://www.akronkids.org
- OH, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Museum Center, https://www.cincymuseum.org
- OH, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Observatory Center, http://www.cincinnatiobservatory.org
- OH, Columbus, Center of Science and Industry (COSI), http://cosi.org
- OH, Newark, The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art and Technology, http://attheworks.org
- OH, Toledo, Imagination Station, https://www.imaginationstationtoledo.org
- OH, Yellow Springs, Yellow Springs Science Castle, http://www.yellowspringsohio.org/event/yellow-springs-science-castle/
- OK, Tulsa, Discovery Lab, http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/
- OR, McMinnville, Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, https://www.evergreenmuseum.org/
- PA, Downing, American Helicopter Museum, http://americanhelicopter.museum/
- PA, Elizabethville, Lykens Valley Children's Museum, http://www.lykensvalleychildrensmuseum.org
- PA, Lewisburg, Lewisburg Children's Museum, https://www.lewisburgchildrensmuseum.org
- PA, Philadelphia, Please Touch Museum, https://www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/
- PA, Reading, Reading Public Museum, Neag Planetarium, http://www.readingpublicmuseum.org/museum
- PA, State College, Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania, https://mydiscoveryspace.org
- PR, Arecibo, Arecibo Observatory - Angel Ramos Foundation Visitor Center, http://outreach.naic.edu/ao/
- RI, Providence, Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA), http://rimosa.org
- SC, Charleston, Children's Museum of the Lowcountry, http://explorecml.org/cml/
- SC, Rock Hill, Main Street Children’s Museum, http://www.chmuseums.org/myco/
- SD, Pierre, South Dakota Discovery Center, https://sd-discovery.org
- TN, Chattanooga, Creative Discovery Museum, http://www.cdmfun.org
- TN, Memphis, Museum of Science & History - Pink Palace, http://www.memphismuseums.org/
- TX, Brownsville, Children's Museum of Brownsville, http://cmofbrownsville.org
- TX, Dallas, Frontiers of Flight Museum, https://www.flightmuseum.com
- UT, Monticello, Canyon Country Discovery Center, https://ccdiscovery.org/
- VA, Newport News, Virginia Living Museum, http://thevlm.org
- VA, Portsmouth, Children’s Museum of Virginia - Portsmouth Museums, http://www.childrensmuseumva.com/
- VA, Wallops Island, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/visitorcenter
- VI, St Thomas, The Virgin Islands Children's Museum, https://www.vichildrensmuseum.org
- VT, Norwich, Montshire Museum of Science, http://www.montshire.org
- WA, Spokane, Mobius Discovery Center, http://mobiusspokane.org
- WI, Green Bay, The Children's Museum of Green Bay, http://www.gbchildrensmuseum.org
- WV, Morgantown, Spark! Imagination and Science Center, http://sparkwv.org
About the Project
- Learn more about the Earth & Space project-based professional learning community and the application process: https://www.nisenet.org/earthspaceprojects2021
- Learn more about the Earth & Space project: http://www.nisenet.org/space
Acknowledgements
This material is based upon work supported by NASA under cooperative agreement award numbers NNX16AC67A and 80NSSC18M0061. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).