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Content Video Zoom Production

Lights, Camera, Zoom! Remote production and self-filmed training videos for the Explore Science: Earth & Space 2020 Toolkit Part B

October 29, 2020
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Content Video Zoom Production

 

Over the past several months NISE Network project staff have been producing the next set of facilitation and content training videos that will accompany the hands-on activities in the new the Explore Science: Earth & Space 2020 toolkit Part...

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Touched by an Asteroid: At-home Resources for NASA’s Latest Asteroid Mission

October 29, 2020

 

NASA celebrated a major accomplishment in October when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touched an ancient asteroid known as Bennu–currently more than 200 million miles away from Earth!  OSIRIS-REx’s interplanetary encounter with Bennu lasted just long enough for the spacecraft...

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Partner Highlight: NISE Network Activities Add More Learning Opportunities to a Rural Central Pennsylvania Children’s Museum

October 29, 2020

 

Lykens Valley Children’s Museum’s (LVCM) “Launch Into Learning” space inspired exhibition debuted with new exhibits, and a space shuttle, for children to explore and new STEM stations from the National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Network) for even more hands-on learning...

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Online Workshop: Moon Adventure Game - An introduction to a new challenge-based game for science and children's museums (Recorded)

In the NISE Network's new Moon Adventure Game, players will work together to solve a series of challenges grounded in real science about living and doing research on the Moon. In this recorded workshop, members of the team that...

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Space and Earth Informal STEM Education Project
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Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit
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Earth & Space Solar System Trading Cards Training Games

All of the games included in this guide are designed to be played with NASA’s Solar System and Beyond Trading Cards (available from solarsystem.nasa.gov). For some, you may need to print and assemble additional decks based on the number of...

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Space and Earth Informal STEM Education Project
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Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit
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Moon Adventure Game logos

Logos and promotional sign for the Moon Adventure Game.  Logos are available in Adobe Illustrator (AI), JPG, PNG, and PEF formats.

The Moon Adventure Game is a hands-on collaborative experience for STEM learning in museums and planetariums. Players will work together to solve...

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Space and Earth Informal STEM Education Project
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Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit
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Let's Do Chemistry Train-the-Trainer Workshop Resources

The workshop will utilize the resources below and should be viewed in the following order.

Participant Packet – Start here!

This document provides a short overview of what the workshop is and what you’ll be doing. Inside you’ll find information...

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ChemAttitudes
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Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry kit
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Moon Adventure Game

TRAINING VIDEOS COMING IN NOVEMBER!

Living in an outpost on the Moon is dangerous. Survival on the Moon will require teamwork! Players will work together to solve a series of challenges grounded in real science about living and doing research on...

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Space and Earth Informal STEM Education Project
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Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit
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Online Workshop: Learn about how to get involved with a new community science project around heat waves, sea level rise, extreme precipitation, and drought

Tuesday, Dec 1, 2020
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2020
The NISE Network runs a series of free online workshops to increase the number of professional development opportunities available to our partners, and create more channels for partners to share their work and learn from each other directly. Online Workshop...
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ASTC Annual Conference 2020

Monday, Oct 19, 2020
Wednesday, Oct 21, 2020
ASTC 2020 took place virtually on October 19–21, 2020 with pre-conference intensives planned for the week of October 12–16, 2020.
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Newsletter: October 2020

Check out this month's NISE Network newsletter for the latest project and professional development opportunities, upcoming events, community announcements, science news, and much more.
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Partner Highlight: Finding Success in Virtual Sustainability Programming

October 7, 2020
Efforts to incorporate and promote sustainability in the age of COVID might look a bit different than they did last year, but that hasn’t slowed the progress and ideas of some dedicated museum professionals. In September, the third cohort of NISE Network's Sustainability Fellowship Program shared their progress implementing a sustainability project at their museums.
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The Moon Adventure Game - An All New Interactive Experience

October 6, 2020
​​​​​​​If you received the NISE Network’s 2020 Explore Science: Earth and Space toolkit Part A earlier this year, then you have recently been contacted about receiving Part B of this year’s toolkit in the coming months. These messages mention the inclusion of a “collaborative Moon game” with this toolkit, but just what is a collaborative Moon Game? The Moon Adventure Game is a hands-on collaborative experience for STEM learning in museums and planetariums.
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Online Workshop: Museum school outreach and fields trips in the time of COVID uncertainty (Recorded)

The 2020-2021 school year is bound to look different than it has in past years as some schools have already moved to online learning. Given the uncertainty of the next few months, what role can NISE Network partner organizations play...

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Space and Earth Informal STEM Education Project
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Partner Highlight: The Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco unveils an ongoing event series, Sustainability Challenges For Kids

October 4, 2020
The Children’s Creativity Museum unveils an ongoing event series focused on making sustainability accessible for young children, Sustainability Challenges For Kids, which is a collection of activities to be done at home centered around the important concept of sustainability-making choices that help people, communities, and environments be healthy now and in the future.
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Online Workshop: The Science behind the 2020 Explore Science: Earth and Space Toolkit B – Surviving in Space

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2020
As NASA plans its return to the Moon and further human exploration into the solar system, how will astronauts be protected from the hazards of space? This online workshop covers the science behind the Moon Adventure Game and several of the 2020 Explore Science: Earth & Space Toolkit B activities.
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Online Workshop: Lessons learned from a summer of physically distanced Earth and space public engagement (Recorded)

In light of the impact of COVID-19 on all of our communities, NISE Network partners were forced to re-imagine and create new ways to engage their audiences in Earth and space programming using the Explore Science: Earth and Space toolkit...

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Space and Earth Informal STEM Education Project
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Mars planet About 1000 Viking Orbiter red- and violet-filter images have been processed to provide global color coverage of Mars at a scale of 1 km per pixel - credited to NASA JPL-Caltech USGS

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Mars Perseverance rover The Mars Perseverance rover will seek signs of ancient life and collect rock and soil samples for possible return to Earth. Dates Launched: July 30, 2020 Landing: Feb. 18, 2021 About the Perseverance mission https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ NASA Mars...
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National Chemistry Week

National Chemistry Week is a community based program of the American Chemical Society (ACS). This annual event unites ACS local sections, businesses, schools, and individuals in communicating the importance of chemistry to our quality of life. ACS members and NISE...
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Partner Highlight: Hawaii Science and Technology Museum Working Hard to Bring STEM and NISE to the Big Island of Hawaii in Challenging Times!

September 2, 2020
The Hawaii Science and Technology Museum wanted to share our current and upcoming activities with all of you. Needless to say this is going to be an incredibly challenging school year as we deal with the effects of COVID-19 and how it has affected our society, economy, and educational infrastructure. We feel a duty to continue to serve Hawaii Island as best we can through our various educational and research programs and partnerships.
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Newsletter: September 2020

Check out this month's NISE Network newsletter for the latest project and professional development opportunities, upcoming events, community announcements, science news, and much more.
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Partner Highlight: Reopening the world’s largest children’s museum – examples of best practices from the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

September 1, 2020
With 472,900 square feet of space and 120,000 artifacts, re-opening the world’s largest children’s museum during a pandemic may seem next to impossible. Nonetheless, the intrepid staff of the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis did just that in July 2020. Currently, they are still going strong, and a quick look at their website can provide us all with some simple strategies to facilitate bringing audiences back through their doors.
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Child using the Braille book, called "Getting a Feel for Eclipses," features graphics that teach users about the interaction and alignment of the sun with the moon and Earth

Honoring the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

August 29, 2020
This summer marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To honor 30 years of progress in access and inclusion, the NISE Network takes a moment to highlight efforts we've made to engage our audiences without discrimination, and look forward toward continuing this work together as a Network.
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POSTPONED - Online Workshop: The Science behind the 2020 Explore Science: Earth and Space Toolkit B – Virtual tour of a NASA MoonLab

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020
How do engineers and scientists prepare to return to the moon? By placing 6 tons of simulated lunar regolith in one of the coolest "sandboxes" on Earth. This online workshop covers the science behind several of the 2020 Explore Science: Earth & Space Toolkit B activities that focus on the Moon followed by a virtual tour of NASA's MoonLab.
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