With NISENet’s (Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network) NanoDays 2013 coming up at the end of this month (Mar. 30 – April 7), the launch of a nano museum label series (as per the February 2013 issue of NISENet’s  Nano Bite newsletter) seems quite timely,

Sadly, I can’t manage to make a good copy to include here but I think this serves to give you an idea of what the series looks like.  Here’s how this label resource is described (from the Nano Museum Labels (Graphic Signs) (NanoDays 2013) webpage),

This series of museum labels are designed for general use in your museum or institution to highlight existing connections to nanoscale science, engineering, or technology. NISE Net partners are already coming up with creative ways to use these labels to showcase nano. For example, you can make a scavenger hunt or special tour to encourage visitors to find all the connections! Additional templates (.doc and .indd) are also provided so that you can create your own signage and content.

NISENet’s Online Brown Bag series which I mentioned in my Jan. 29, 2013 posting features two upcoming events while the first event is now available for viewing online,

→ Online Brown-Bag Conversations

The NISE Network has launched a series of online brown-bag conversations focused on helping NISE Network partners share their work and learn from others in the Network. The aim of the online brown-bag conversations is to increase the number of professional development opportunities available to NISE Net partners, create more channels for Network partners to learn from each other directly, and create ways for partners to follow-up on ideas or efforts that emerge at in-person meetings. You can find details for all of the NISE Network’s online brown-bag conversations on the nisenet.org events page. Details and sign-up links for the upcoming conversations before NanoDays are below:

• Bust Out the Tablet for NanoDays! Mobile Devices and Nanotechnology Conversations – Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 1-2 pm Eastern Time: If you’re using mobile devices on the museum floor and you’re holding a NanoDays event, why not combine the two!?  For this brown-bag, we’ll discuss ways to supplement and extend visitor interactions about nano using a mobile device like an iPad. We will discuss nano apps, facilitation strategies, and unconventional uses of mobile devices to reach your audience about nano. If you already use mobile devices for nano, we will also have time for you to share! For more details and to sign up for this conversation, please go to: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1141410/Bust-Out-the-Tablet-for-NanoDays-Mobile-Devices-and-Nanotechnology-Conversations-3-5-13
• The Science Behind NanoDays Activities – Part Two – Tuesday, March 19, 2-3 pm Eastern Time: Please join us for a second discussion of the science behind more NanoDays activities. Additional details will be posted to: http://www.nisenet.org/community/events/online_workshop/online_brown-bag_conversation_science_behind_nanodays_activities_-_
• For those who were unable to attend, a recording of the previous Science Behind NanoDays Activities is available at: http://www.nisenet.org/community/events/online_workshop/online_brown-bag_conversation_science_behind_nanodays_activities_re

Here’s the monthly nano haiku,

Nano is coming.
We’ll all die from grey goo,
But not from cancer.

This alternately foreboding and hopeful haiku form comes to us from Anders Liljeholm, formerly of the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry.

For anyone who wants to read the whole February 2013 issue of Nano Bite, go here.