Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network

科学博物馆（MOS）寻求建立一个网络，这是一个国家基础设施，旨在促进公众对纳米科学与工程（NSE）的认识、参与和理解。作为这项工作的一部分，MOS将创建一套基于NSE的交互式、基于媒体和基于话语的教育产品；产生关于学习设计的新知识，并建立一个包括非正式教育工作者和研究人员的可持续网络。核心合作伙伴是明尼苏达探索博物馆和科学博物馆。该项目将首次建立一个开放的国家网络，连接全国各地的科学中心，该奖项的重点是开发和交付解决NSE跨学科内容领域的展览和计划。此外，该网络将与包括MRSEC和NSEC在内的大学NSE研究中心建立联系和合作关系。教育研究和发展部分将解决公众理解一个难以掌握的新兴领域的挑战。项目可交付成果将主要在三个地点创建。探索馆的NISE研究中心将收集、发展和传播有关如何与目标受众沟通的知识。MOS的NISE公众参与中心将开发一个网络媒体框架，用于向其他科学中心传播，网络广播（与WBUR一起），并创建与成人观众对话和审议的论坛。位于SMM的NISE展览和节目制作和传播中心将开发交互式展览、用于分发的展览包和沉浸式媒体环境项目。可交付成果的开发将涉及以下科学技术中心合作伙伴：俄勒冈州科学与工业博物馆（OMSI）；纽约科学馆，纽约；得克萨斯州沃斯堡科学与历史博物馆；生命与科学博物馆，北卡罗来纳州；Sciencenter,纽约;科技中心协会（ASTC）。NSE的研究伙伴包括Main Street Science、康奈尔大学；材料研究学会；威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校MRSEC跨学科教育小组；普渡大学Envision数据感知中心。由此产生的网络和从这个项目中获得的知识，旨在在质量和数量上显著提高科学中心领域参与和教育公众关于NSE的能力。到第5年，预计将在全国100多个地点举办NSE展览和活动。此外，NSE研究界应该更深刻地认识到科学中心作为向公众传达科学研究的中介所能发挥的作用。

The Museum of Science (MOS) seeks to establish a Network, a national infrastructure designed to foster public awareness, engagement and understanding of nanoscale science and engineering (NSE). As part of this undertaking, MOS will create a set of interactive, media-based and discourse-based educational productes based on NSE; generate new knowledge about design for learning and produce a sustainable network that involves inromal educators and researchers. Core partners are the Exploratorium and the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM).This project will establish for the first-time an open national network that links science centers across the nation, focusing for this award on the development and delivery of exhibits and programs addressing the interdisciplinary content areas of NSE. In addition, the Network will establish ties and collaborative relationships with university-based NSE research centers, including MRSEC's and NSEC's. An educational research and development component will address the challenges of public understanding of a difficult-to-grasp emerging field.Project deliverables will be created primarily at three sites. The Center for NISE Research at the Exploratorium will collect, develop and disseminate knowledge about how to communicate to target audiences. The NISE Center for Public Engagement at MOS will develop a network media framework for dissemination to other science centers, network radio (with WBUR), and produce forums for dialogue and deliberation with adult audiences. The NISE Center for Exhibit and Program Production and Dissemination at SMM will develop interactive exhibits, exhibition packages for distribution, and immersive media environments programs.Development of deliverables will involve the following science-technology center partners: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), OR; New York Hall of Science, NY; Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, TX; Museum of Life and Science, NC; Sciencenter, NY; and Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC). NSE research partners include Main Street Science, Cornell University; Materials Research Society; University of Wisconsin Madison, MRSEC Interdisciplinary Education Group; and Purdue University, Envision Center for Data Perceptualization.The resulting Network and the knowledge gained as a result of this project are intended to produce a dramatic improvement in the capacity of the science center field to engage and educate the public about NSE, both in quality and quantity. By Year Five, there are expected to be NSE exhibits and activities at some 100 sites across the nation. In addition, the NSE research community should gain a deeper appreciation of the role that science centers can play as intermediaries in conveying scientific research to the public.