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Partner Highlight: CNSE at the University of Albany
April 5, 2011
Vrylena Olney
Many NISE Net partners planned great NanoDays events at their museums or research centers, but a few went a little further afield. For instance, as part of a comprehensive line-up of events for NanoDays, the College of Nanoscale Science and...
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NanoDays Report - PDF version
April 4, 2011
Vrylena Olney
With many (but not all!) NanoDays events now over, it's time to fill out your reports! The report is available at this link ). However, if you're not quite ready to fill out the report just yet but want to...
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Nano Trivia for NanoDays!
March 31, 2011
Vrylena Olney
Looking for an icebreaker for the beginning of a science café? Or trivia to use on social media sites to help promote your NanoDays events? The NISE Net's Science Café Guide included a number of trivia questions, and with so...
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Nano is real! And it's not just silver and sunscreen.
March 26, 2011
Larry Bell
Sheets of carbon nanotube material 4 yards wide and 100 yards long! Two kilometer spools of carbon nanotube yarn! Mercedes adjustable tint sunroofs! Mobile phone charging shoulder bags. Powerplastic! All of these were featured at NanoDays in Boston today. Five...
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CAPITALIZING on your NanoDays Partnerships, Pt. 1
March 15, 2011
Carol Lynn Alpert
Have you forged a great partnership with a couple of local research centers for your NanoDays 2011 festivities? Plan now to keep the relationship alive and growing beyond April, continuing to serve your audiences, your partners and your home team...
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Nano Bite: March 2011
Welcome to the March Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? NanoDays is just around the corner! → Spanish Translations for NanoDays! The Spanish language translations of the 2011 NanoDays activities
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Partner Highlight: Arkansas Discovery Network
March 4, 2011
Vrylena Olney
Educators from seven museums in Arkansas recently gathered at the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock for a workshop focused on nano education. The attendees came from museums in the Arkansas Discovery Network, a regional network that has been involved...
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New NanoDays promotional video!
March 4, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
Our brand new NanoDays promotional video invites learners of all ages to "come see what's so big about the super small!" Invite your visitors to celebrate nano science, engineering, and technology at your NanoDays event! The 30 second video is...
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NanoDays materials available in Spanish!
March 3, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
NanoDays 2011 public materials are now available in Spanish! Please click here for these and other Spanish language materials.
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NanoDays 2011 events throughout the US!
February 18, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
Check out the list of 2011 NanoDays event partners by clicking here . If you are holding a NanoDays event and are not listed on this page, please contact [email protected] so we can add you to the list.
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Use your NanoDays activities all year long
February 7, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
Here are some ideas for incorporating nano content into seasonal and annual events all year long: http://www.nisenet.org/seasons Please let us know if you have other suggestions for additions to the calendar!
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Nano Bite: February 2011
Welcome to the February Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's New? → Valentine's Day (and the new seasonal activities calendar) Valentine's Day is February 14th. Haven't made plans yet? May we
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NISE Net on one page
January 17, 2011
Larry Bell
For NSF's Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantee Meeting last month, I put together a poster on the NISE Net. It's an overview of what the NISE Net. I find it useful to have this in my office. I can use...
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Nano Bite: January 2011
Welcome to the January Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's New? → NanoDays 2011 Kits are Packed! As the new year begins, staff at the Science Museum of Minnesota have completed
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NanoDays 2009 Digital Kit
Public programs, hands-on activities, and professional development resources about nanoscale science, engineering, and technology and their impact on society.
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2011 Digital Kit Download
PC & Mac Download of Full 2010 Digital...
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NanoDays 2010 Digital Kit
Public programs, hands-on activities, and professional development resources about nanoscale science, engineering, and technology and their impact on society.
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NanoDays 2011 kits shipped out!
January 11, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
On Friday the Science Museum of Minnesota shipped out 200 NanoDays 2011 kits to museums and research outreach centers throughout the United States! For those institutions awarded kits, your box should arrive shortly. Many thanks to all of those who...
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NanoDays kits packed up in Minnesota
December 23, 2010
Catherine McCarthy
Staff at the Science Museum of Minnesota have spent the last several months ordering, sorting, and packing materials to create 200 copies of the amazing NanoDays 2011 kits. Here are a few pictures of the final kit assembly process in...
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NanoDays kit applications closed December 10th, 2010
December 23, 2010
Catherine McCarthy
The NanoDays kit application closed December 10th. Regional Hub leaders will be notifying applicants whether or not they will received a kit. The good news is that we had more applicants than ever. The bad news, is that it made...
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Engines of Growth and Recovery
December 9, 2010
Larry Bell
Three Presidential Science and Technology Advisors opened the NNI Innovation Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, today. The Summit was a kind of 10th birthday party for the National Nanotechnology Initiative. I was surprised at how much of this opening discussion...
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Seven New NanoDays Activities for 2011
December 9, 2010
Vrylena Olney
NanoDays will be celebrating its fourth birthday this year, and the kit's gotten a bit of an update in honor of that birthday. In particular, this year's kit includes seven brand-new activities. All the materials to run the activities are...
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Even a computer generated avatar!
December 8, 2010
Larry Bell
Joan Straumanis of NSF's Science of Learning Centers program had a neat little slide in her presentation today at the NSE Grantee's meeting at NSF. She says that research in learning shows that if your goal is getting people to...
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Where has nano research money gone in 2010?
December 8, 2010
Larry Bell
This chart says it all (click on it to see a version large enough to read): This chart was part of Mike Roco's presentation at the 2010 NSF NSE Grantee Meeting.
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