Research & Evaluation

Exploring Materials: NanoFabrics

 

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General Description: 

The Nano Fabrics activity was presented April 19th and 30th, 2009 at the Science Museum of Minnesota. 15 visitors completed surveys that assessed how well they understood the learning goals of the activity.

Major Findings: 

Most visitors understood the nanotechnology aspect of the activity though none specifically identified the use of "whiskers" in materials made with nanotechnology. A quarter of visitors explained the activity as having to do with nanotechnology in general, and a third identified aspects of the two learning goals in their answers. Almost all of the visitors thought that the activity was interesting, enjoyable, and easy to understand. Some visitors had questions about how material with nano properties is made. A third of the visitors identified the materials created using nanotechnology as the activity's relation to nano, and a quarter pointed out the size or that the activity explained what nanotechnology is as its relationship.

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