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Exploring Nano & Society - Space Elevator (NanoDays 2013)

[1] : Facilitated activity [2]

Exploring Nano & Society - Space Elevator (NanoDays 2013)

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Overview
Exploring Nano & Society - Space Elevator (NanoDays 2013)
Kevin Dilley [4]
NISE Network product
image/jpeg iconspace_elevator.jpg [5]

Description: 

"Exploring Nano & Society - Space Elevator" is a open-ended conversational experience in which visitors imagine and draw what a space elevator might look like, what support systems would surround it, and what other technologies it might enable. Conversation around the space elevator lead visitors to explore how technologies and society influence each other and how people’s values shape the ways nanotechnologies are developed and adopted.
Objectives

Big Idea: 

Nano is part of our society and our future.

Learning goals: 

  • Technologies and society influence each other.
  • People’s values shape how nanotechnologies are developed and adopted.

NISE Net Content Map: 

  • Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren't possible before.
  • 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 [6]

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed
Peer reviewed? check_reviewed
Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Adaptable Formats

Cart demonstration [7]
Classroom activity [8]

Nano Topics

[9], [10]

Audience

[11]

Tags

[12], [13], [14]

Permissions

Creative Commons license image [15]
Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section: 

Programs

What kind of program?: 

Facilitated activity

Adaptable formats: 

Cart demonstration
Classroom activity

Nano topics: 

Materials, tools, and applications
Society, policy, and economics

Audience: 

All ages

Content keywords: 

carbon nanotube
Nano & Society
Space Elevator

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

This is a NanoDays product.

K-12: 

0
Standards

Science and Technology: 

K-4: Abilities of technological design
K-4: Understanding about science and technology
5-8: Abilities of technological design
5-8: Understanding about science and technology

History and nature of science: 

K-4: Science as a human endeavor
5-8: Science as a human endeavor

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: 

K-4: Science and technology in local challenges
5-8: Science and technology in society
Resources
Spanish
Download zip file [3]

Download all files (ZIP) [3]

Files: 

application/pdf iconActivity guide [16]
application/pdf iconSpace Elevator reference sheet [17]

Spanish files: 

application/pdf iconActivity guide - Spanish [18]
application/pdf iconSpace Elevator reference sheet - Spanish [19]

Video: 

Evaluations
Comments
Source URL: http://nisenet.org/catalog/programs/exploring_nano_society_-_space_elevator

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[1] http://nisenet.org/catalog/programs
[2] http://nisenet.org/catalog/programs/facilitated_activity
[3] http://nisenet.org/node/10913/filefield_compress/all
[4] http://nisenet.org/users/kevin_dilley
[5] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/images/catalog/10913/space_elevator.jpg
[6] http://nisenet.org/community/organizations/sciencenter
[7] http://nisenet.org/catalog/programs/cart_demonstration
[8] http://nisenet.org/catalog/programs/classroom_activity
[9] http://nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/materials-tools-applications
[10] http://nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/society-policy-economics
[11] http://nisenet.org/category/audience/all_ages
[12] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/carbon-nanotube
[13] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/nano_society
[14] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/space_elevator
[15] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
[16] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/10913/societyelevator_guide_06nov2012.pdf
[17] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/10913/societyelevator_images_29oct2012.pdf
[18] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/10913/societyelevator_guide_sp_15nov2012.pdf
[19] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/10913/societyelevator_images_sp_15nov2012.pdf