Exploring Properties - Invisibility (NanoDays 2013)

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Overview

Exploring Properties - Invisibility (NanoDays 2013)

Description:

"Exploring Properties - Invisibility" is a hands on activity in which visitors investigate how glass objects can be "hidden" in some liquids. They learn that researchers can use nanotechnology to engineer new materials that interact with light in special ways.

Objectives

Big Idea:

The way a material behaves on the macroscale is affected by its structure on the nanoscale.

Learning goals:

The way a material behaves on the macroscale is affected by its structure on the nanoscale.
Technologies and society influence each other.

NISE Net Content Map:

Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.

Nanotechnologies have costs, risks, and benefits that affect our lives in ways we cannot always predict.

Universal design:

Repeat and reinforce main ideas and concepts.

Provide multiple entry points and multiple ways of engagement

Provide physical and sensory access to all aspects of the program. Visitors can touch, see and hear different elements of the program.

Credits

Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

Owning institution:

Sciencenter

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed

Peer reviewed? check_reviewed

Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Permissions

Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Standards

Physical science:

K-4: Properties of objects and materials

5-8: Properties and changes of properties in matter

9-12: Structure and properties of matter

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:

K-4: Science and technology in local challenges

5-8: Risks and benefits

5-8: Science and technology in society

9-12: Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges

Resources

Download all files (ZIP)

Files:

Activity guide

Sign

Nanotechnology Mirage reference sheet

Spanish files:

Activity guide - Spanish

Sign - Spanish

Nanotechnology Mirage reference sheet - Spanish

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Comments

Glass pendants

Submitted by KC on Fri, 03/08/2013 - 09:15.

Make sure that you have:
- 1 stick with a colorless glass borosilicate pendant

and

- 1 stick with BOTH a colorless borosilicate glass pendant and a red borosilicate glass pendant

A few materials may have been packed incorrectly, so be sure to check your activity in advance of your NanoDays event. If you are missing anything, or have the incorrect number of glass pendants, please let us know. We will be sure to get you the appropriate replacements.