Children’s Discovery MuseumBethany Thomas

Network-Wide MeetingJune 2015

UNITY Community Center Afterschool Program

Afterschool Audience•Multi-cultural family-based center •45 students in K-12th grade•100% low-income

CDM Program Supplement•1-hour program•twice a month throughout the school year• Integrate ISU university students in the development & implementation of the program

NanoWorld Program

•CDM obtained a NISE Net mini-grant to develop an 8-week program on Nanotechnology

•Incorporated some activities from the NISE Net Nanodays kits and website

•ISU science education students researched and developed additional activities

NanoWorld Program

Each session was a different theme and set of activities

•Intro to Nano

•Macro, Micro, Nano

•Nano in Nature

•Nano in the Medical Field/

Biology

•Working at the Nano Scale

•Nano Products

•Nano Future

•Nano Showcase

NanoWorld Program

Nano Showcase at Summer Camp

Nano Continued

How do we continue to integrate Nano?•Additional Afterschool Programs•Day Camps•Summer Camps•Innovation Station: Lab and Makerspace•Homeschool Programs•Early Childhood Programs•NanoDays•Nano Exhibit