1. Building Relationships with Researchers Kevin Dilley, Sciencenter Neetha Khan, Carnegie Mellon University Lisa Porter, Carnegie Mellon University Michelle Kortenaar, Sciencenter Nora Moynihan, Port Discovery Children’s Museum

2. Session Format Introductions Discussion tables What researchers can provide and why they would want to. Partners in nano Working with early childhood cognition researchers Wrap-up

3. Kevin Dilley Education Project Manager Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY Develop programs for NISE Net (Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network) Previously Outreach Coordinator for the Cornell Center for Materials Research

4. Neetha Khan Lisa Porter Suze Nihn Clayton Stein Carnegie Mellon University

5. Partners in Nano Nora Moynihan nmoynihan@portdiscovery.org Donna Hammer dhammer@umd.edu

6. The 3 Musketeers Nora Moynihan: Brings in the partners and keeps everyone on track. Sarah Zimmerman: Coordinates the efforts between the museum and partners. Dona Hammer: Contact at community partner, UMD- MRSEC

7. Our Newest Project: How Do You Nan-know?

8. Research at the Museum Michelle Kortenaar Director of Education Sciencenter, Ithaca

9. Early Childhood Cognition Lab Cornell University

10. Session Format Introductions Discussion tables What researchers can provide and why they would want to Partners in nano Working with early childhood cognition researchers Wrap-up

11. Session Format Introductions Discussion tables What researchers can provide and why they would want to. Partners in nano Working with early childhood cognition researchers Wrap-up

12. Resources http://risepartnerguide.org/ RISE (Researcher – Informal Science Educator) partnership guide

13. THANK YOU!

14. This presentation is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this presentation are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.