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An Overview of the NISE Network

The NISE Network is a national community dedicated to increasing public awareness and understanding of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology. Through educational products, partnerships, and outreach programs, the network engages the public in the exciting world of nano.

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An Overview of the NISE Network

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  1. An Overview of the NISE Network www.nisenet.org

  2. Presentation Overview NISE Network Network Community Educational Products Get More Involved

  3. NISENetworkNanoscale Informal Science Education NetworkThe NISE Net is a national community of researchers and informal science educators dedicated to fostering public awareness, engagement, and understanding of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology.

  4. Funding • Years 1-5: (2005-2010) • Building the network • Years 6-10: (2010-2015) • Engaging the public through the network

  5. What is Nano? • Nano is: • Small: 1 billion nanometers in a meter • Different properties at this scale • Manipulating matter in different ways can lead to exciting breakthroughs in: • Medicine • Computing • Energy • Materials technologies

  6. NISE Network: Goals • Network community: increase capacity in the field • Support partners in engaging the public in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology • Form partnerships among Informal Science Education institutions (ISEs) and research centers • Educational products: engage the public • Develop and distribute educational products • Raise public awareness and understanding of nano

  7. NISE Network: Strategy Outcomes Inputs Outputs • NISE Network • ISE organizations • Research centers Increase capacity in the field to engage the public in nano • Network community • partnerships • practices and knowledge • resources and materials • workshops and training • Educational products • programs • exhibits • media • tools and guides Engage the public, increasing awareness and understanding of nano

  8. NetworkCommunity

  9. Network Community

  10. Network Community: Structure Science Museum of Minnesota Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Sciencenter The Franklin Institute Lawrence Hall of Science Museum of Life and Science Children’s Museum of Houston INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUMS Children’s Museum of Houston Lawrence Hall of Science

  11. Network Community: Role of Regional Hubs • Share NISE Network resources with partners • Support the infusion of nano content into partner museum institutions—increasing public impact • Encourage further involvement in the network • Connect informal science educators and local researchers

  12. Network Community: Strategy Core PartnersTier 1~14 Nano-Infused PartnersTier 2~100 Broad Reach PartnersTier 3 >300

  13. ProfessionalDevelopment

  14. Network Community:Professional Impacts Pyramid more intense, greater impact Tier 1: 14 organizations 100 people active at a time funded partners Tier 2: 100 organizations 300 people active at a time intensive workshops & network wide meeting participants NanoDays presenters, online workshop attendees, conference session attendees, nisenet.org users, NanoBite newsletter recipients Tier 3: many organizations 5,000 people by year 10 less intense, lesser impact

  15. Network Community: Professional Development • Regional meetings (alternating years) • Network wide meetings (alternating years) • National & pre-conference workshops (1-2/yr) • Online workshops (1-2/yr) • Online catalog of tools, guides, and resources • Science communication and inquiry training for scientists and college students

  16. EducationalProducts

  17. Educational Products Strategy: Public Outreach Pyramid longer, more intense experiences thousands forums, summer camps cart demos, presentations tabletop exhibits, exhibits, NanoDays events millions partner products (DragonflyTV, NOVA Making Stuff) NISE Net public web portal page, videos on YouTube shorter, less intense experiences tens of millions

  18. Educational Products: Programs • Public programs (demonstrations presentations, videos) • Group programs (after school, school group, camps) • Adult programs (science cafes, media) • Training resources, tools, and guides for professional audiences

  19. Educational Products: Exhibits • Exhibits on display at OMSI, Museum of Science, and Arkansas Discovery Network • Mini-exhibition under development, copies will be distributed in 2012-13

  20. Educational Products: NanoDays • 200 physical kits, 470,000 visitors in 2010, 2011 • 225 physical kits for 2012 • Physical kit application: October • Materials available January

  21. Educational Products: Website • www.nisenet.org for professionals • www.whatisnano.org for the public • Professional site: • Catalog of educational products • New links to external products • News and events • Member directory • Social networking links

  22. Educational Products: Website Catalog > 200 products • Programs • Exhibits • Media • Tools and guides • Evaluation reports

  23. Public EngagementGoals Awareness and Understanding

  24. Content Map: 4 Big Ideas • Nanometer-sized things are very small, and often behave differently than larger things do. • Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale. • Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren’t possible before. • Nanotechnologies have costs, risks, and benefits that affect our lives in ways we cannot always predict.

  25. Public Engagement: Inclusive Audiences • Define audiences and learning strategies • Universal design • Spanish language translations • Resources for professionals

  26. Get More Involved

  27. How to Get More Involved Science Museum of Minnesota 1. Get in touch with your regional hub leader Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Sciencenter The Franklin Institute Lawrence Hall of Science Museum of Life and Science Children’s Museum of Houston INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUMS Children’s Museum of Houston Lawrence Hall of Science

  28. How to Get More Involved • 2. Use the Website networking tools • Update your profile on the website: www.nisenet.org/faq • Sign up for the monthly NanoBite newsletter • Connect with people in your region • Join our social networking sites:

  29. How to Get More Involved • 3. Host a NanoDays Event: March 24-April 1, 2012 • October: physical kit applications available • January: digital kit materials available online • Continue to use • your NanoDays • materials • throughout • the year

  30. How to Get More Involved • Participate in a professional development opportunity: • Online workshops (2 per year) • Future years: regional workshops • Future years: more national workshops

  31. How to Get More Involved • 5. Try something new: • Lots of different program formats and content in the Catalog • Mini-Grants beginning in 2012 to help you to integrate nano educational programming into your existing offerings • Collaborations between universities and museums

  32. How to Get More Involved • 6. Help us help you • Talk to us! • We listen and respond to your feedback and needs

  33. THANK YOU! To all our partners - we could not do this work without you!

  34. This presentation is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this presentation are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

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