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Nano Bite: November 2009
Welcome to the November Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network. What's new in the network? → The Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston is just around the corner (November 30 - December 4). We're
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Working with Researchers
November 6, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Photo from the NISE Net Annual Meeting by Emily Maletz Graphic Design At the NISE Net Annual Meeting last September, we asked participants about their favorite nano educational experiences. Many talked about how exciting it is when researchers connect with...
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Partnering Tips
November 5, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Jayatri Das of the Franklin Institute with a demo about using nano-iron to clean up groundwater, created in partnership with the Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science. Photo by Emily Maletz Graphic Design. Some tips from informal science education people...
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Nano Haiku: Dancing Molecules
November 5, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Just beyond our reach, vibrating perpetually, the molecules dance. by Mike Falvo of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Nano Haiku: Fingernail
November 5, 2009
Vrylena Olney
After you read this Your finger nail will have grown a nanometer by Troy Dassler , first grade teacher at the Aldo Leopold School in Madison, WI, and a MRSEC RET Fellow .
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Nano 101 Adaptation for Seniors
October 20, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Greta Zenner of the University of Wisconsin- Madison MRSEC recently adapted her Nano 101 presentation for a workshop with a group of about 50 seniors. The workshop attendees were members of PLATO (Participatory Learning and Teaching Organization) , a University...
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Fall Mixers for Prospective Partners
October 19, 2009
Carol Lynn Alpert
We've already had snow in Boston, and the fall conference season is upon us, with some excellent opportunities for those interested in learning more about researcher - ISE partnership craft. First up on the schedule, the Association of Science-Technology Centers...
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Senior (Nano) Science Mondays
October 19, 2009
Vrylena Olney
I wrote about this in the February 2009 Nano Bite e-newsletter, but it didn't make it onto the Nano Bite blog until now. The Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, PA hosted two Senior Science Monday workshops last January using...
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Nano Bite: October 2009
Welcome to the October Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new in the Network? October Holidays! → Metric Day Metric Day is October 10 th (10/10), and Keith Ostfeld from the
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Celebrate Halloween Nano-style
October 6, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Anders Liljeholm gets scary in the Intro to Nano video Halloween is October 31st, and if you're looking to celebrate nano-style, here are some links for activities or costume ideas: The Science Theater play Nano Dreams and Nano Nightmares The...
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Annual Meeting Photos!
October 5, 2009
Vrylena Olney
NISE Net members prototyped a new twister-style game about scale at our recent Annual Meeting in San Francisco. We'll have it at the ASTC Conference so you can test your knowledge of macro, micro, and nano scales as well as...
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Annual Meeting Photos!
October 1, 2009
Vrylena Olney
The NISE Net recently had our Annual Meeting in San Francisco, and we were joined by some of our partners from around the country. Meeting attendees spent some time helping us think of new, innovative nano programming. In the photo...
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Materials Research Society Fall 2009 Meeting
October 1, 2009
Vrylena Olney
If you weren't able to join us at the Association of Science Technology Centers Conference at the end of October , perhaps you can catch up with the NISE Network at the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston at...
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NISE Net Folks at the S.Net Conference
September 8, 2009
Larry Bell
Six members of the NISE Net programs team and four members of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society presented tabletop and stage programs at the Pacific Science Center yesterday and at the S.Net conference today. Jamey Wetmore and Ira Bennet...
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Nano Bite: September 2009
Welcome to the September Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new in the Network? ASTC Conference! The Association of Science-Technology Centers Annual Conference is coming up at the end of October
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NISE Net at the ASTC Annual Conference
August 27, 2009
Vrylena Olney
The Association of Science-Technology Centers Annual Conference is coming up at the end of October and the NISE Net will have a bunch of stuff going on there. Here's a preliminary list of what's happening: Welcome Reception Meet us for...
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NISE Net ASTC Sessions
August 27, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Here's a full list of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Annual Conference sessions that will be featuring NISE Net work or findings from our work, sorted by date and time. Please keep in mind that session descriptions are taken from...
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2009 Annual Meeting Sessions
DAY 1, MONDAY, SEPT. 14 WHAT'S GOING ON...
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Nano Haiku: Star Trek and Nanites
August 12, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Vicki Coats of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry recently wrote her first nano haiku, inspired by a Star Trek episode that featured nanites: Before Borg attack Make nanites ahead of time Locutus will fail Here's the clip:
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Nano Bite: August 2009
Welcome to the August Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new in the Network? → Sunblock! Now that the weather has gotten a bit more summer-like on the east coast, I've
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More Nano Haikus: Surface Area
August 4, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Untitled 1 By Keith Ostfeld of the Children's Museum of Houston Nano, oh nano With surface area so Small, but big impact And here's an activity about surface area: Exploring Properties: Surface Area
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Nano Poetry Boundaries Broken!
August 4, 2009
Vrylena Olney
I knew the NISE Net was special. But even I did not expect this. Only one day after the Nano Bite e-newsletter went out, I am happy to announce that we have our first ever nano sestina. I am verklempt...
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First Ever Nano Limerick!
August 3, 2009
Vrylena Olney
As promised in the August Nano Bite e-newsletter, the First Ever Nano Limerick by Anders Liljeholm of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry : There once was a science named Nano, which led to new products by Wham-O. It's...
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Washington DC Nano News - Learning Informal Science in Congress: People, Places, and Policy
July 27, 2009
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass The National Academies report Learning Science in Informal Environments can provide our field a more identifiable and meaningful place at the table of education policy - if we learn how to use it for that purpose...
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Changes Afoot at NIH - More $$$ for Science Education?
July 27, 2009
Carol Lynn Alpert
The National Institutes of Health maintains a 30 billion dollar portfolio of health and biomedical research, a yearly budget that roundly trumps that of the National Science Foundation (about 7 billion) and the National Nanotechnology Initiative (1.6 billion). Although NIH...
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