Posted: March 31, 2008 | |
UC Santa Barbara to host 'Nanodays' activities for local youth |
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(Nanowerk News) UC Santa Barbara will host special education activities and exhibits, designed to educate and engage the local Santa Barbara community in the growing fields of nanoscale science and nanotechnologies, at UCSB’s Elings Hall on Saturday, April 5, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. These activities are hosted by the California NanoSystems Institute and the NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UCSB, and are part of the first annual “NanoDays,” sponsored by the Nanoscale Informal Science Education (NISE) Network, as a national education effort during the week of March 31 – April 6, 2008. Interactive education activities are designed for ages 8+. All are welcome to attend this free event. | |
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Other sites participating in the NISE Nano Days are the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Discovery Center (Springfield, Missouri), the Science Works Museum (Southern Oregon), and the Bradbury Science Museum (Los Alamos, NM). | |
All NanoDays exhibits and activities are free and open to the public. Parking is available for $3.00 in UCSB’s Parking Lot 10. Campus maps are available online: http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/toosmalltosee/directions/index.php. | |
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Meredith Murr CNSI Education Coordinator (805) 893-3360 Valerie Walston CNS Communication Coordinator (805) 893-8850 |
Source: UC Santa Barbara |