JINAs online Educational Gallery offers something for everyone! From movies, coloring sheets, and a slide show based on Harry Potter character names, to teaching materials and advanced course-based lectures.

Our Marble Nuclei project has been added to the Kraus Curriculum Development Library. http://www.kcdonline.com

A group of 45 middle school students with an interest in science visited NSCL on Saturday, October 11th. During the five-hour program they participated in marble nuclei activities, liquid nitrogen demonstrations, and a tour of the laboratory. About a dozen students who had visited previously set out to film a music video about the proposed Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) that NSCL is competing to build. PHOTOS

75 eighth graders from Edison Intermediate Center visited Notre Dame on Oct 20 and 21 to learn more about why it is important to investigate career options, determine their interests, and how to go about achieving their goals. PHOTOS

From Art to Science - Special needs classes and programs are invited to join us in igniting stellar imaginations.

Free tours of the NSCL at MSU are available to school classes at all levels. Groups of up to 50 visitors at a time will enjoy a walk-through of many parts of one of the world's leading superconducting cyclotron laboratories at MSU, interesting videos, and demonstrations. Call Zach Constan at 517-333-6363.

Cosmus is a group of scientists and science communicators interested in bringing current science - particularly (but not exclusively) astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology - to the public by providing visualizations that explain scientific concepts and data. Information about this program at the University of Chicago is available online at astro.uchicago.edu/cosmus, as well as from Randy Landsberg via e-mail: randy@oddjob.uchicago.edu.

High school physics classes can delve into the problem of cosmic rays with a hands-on experiment at NSCL. The "Catch a Cosmic Ray" program includes materials for teachers to use in class before and after visiting NSCL, turning it into a three-day lesson.

JINAs Mini-Grant Program is intended to help science teachers by providing a means to enhance their curriculum with classroom materials that might not otherwise be available to them. A limited number of mini-grants are awarded during the school year. Additional information and the mini-grant application form are available online at: http://www.jinaweb.org/html/jinaprograms.html.

Please share the information about our summer programs with students, colleagues, and parents.

PIXE-PAN 2009 @ ND

NSCL and JINA have committed to partnering with MSUs Math, Science, and Technology program beginning summer 2009. Lab faculty and staff will collaborate to offer a Nuclear Astrophysics course to middle school students who attend the two-week camp from July 12-25, 2009. JINA is also funding scholarships for interested students who demonstrate financial need.

PAN 2009 @ MSU --
Teachers (Aug 3 - 7) ; Students (Aug 10 - 14)

Sensing Our World Go GreeND

Grandparents' University at MSU - July 15-17

NISMEC (No Indiana Science, Mathematics & Engineering Consortium) - includes additional links to RETs and workshops

NDeRC (Notre Dame extended Research Community)

QuarkNet Center at Notre Dame

Saint Mary's College Summer Camps for Young Women

Spartan Youth Programs at MSU

In the last week in November and the first week of December 2008, the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, will be close together in the evening sky, forming a spectacular double. The two are closest together on Monday December 1st, with Venus lying about 2 degrees to the South (left) of Jupiter. On the same night the Crescent Moon will appear just beneath them, forming a "Smiley Face".

Downloadable SkyMaps are available online at www.skymaps.com/downloads.html.

Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Sky Map: www.pa.msu.edu/abrams/SkyCalendar

NSCL 'lab-branded' merchandise is now available online. http://shop.msu.edu/

"70 Years of Nuclear Physics at Notre Dame" hoodies are available at the Nuclear Science Laboratory (124 Nieuwland Science Hall) and via e-mail: JINAout@nd.edu.