National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net) Science Museum of Minnesota - Monthly Status – February 2017 Need(s) or Areas to Watch Updates/Changes N/A Explore Science: Earth & Space 2017 toolkits shipped to 250 locations: http://bit.ly/2knWMcM Explore Science: Earth & Space 2017 digital toolkits available for download: www.nisenet.org/earthspacekit-2017 Recent one-hour online workshops: finding experts (61 attended live), solar eclipse event planning (73 attended live), what’s in your toolkit (63 attended live) Four-week online workshop (63 attending) Look Ahead Cross-Collaboration Status NASA SMEs presenting in four-week online workshop: Alex Young (Goddard), Lin Chambers (Langley), Chris McKay (Ames), Ian Fenty (JPL) Participated in External Product Review telecon Continue to cross-promote opportunities with JPL Museum Alliance, STAR_Net library network, GLOBE app and resources in toolkit Continue to participate in monthly 2017 Eclipse calls and Cross-Collaborative "Underserved" focus group calls Toolkit 2018 development cycle has begun Baseline evaluation survey sent to over 500 NISE Network professionals in museums and planetariums; looking forward to seeing responses Series of one-hour online workshops and four-week professional development online workshops: www.nisenet.org/events/online-workshop Continuing to work on exhibition development and prototyping