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Exploring Products - Liquid Crystal Displays (NanoDays 2013)

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Exploring Products - Liquid Crystal Displays (NanoDays 2013)

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Overview
Exploring Products - Liquid Crystal Displays (NanoDays 2013)
Rae Ostman [4]
NISE Network product
image/jpeg iconlcds.jpg [5]

Description: 

"Exploring Products - Liquid Crystal Displays" is a hands-on activity in which visitors investigate temperature-sensitive liquid crystal sheets and liquid crystal displays from a calculator. They learn that liquid crystals change color as a result of nanoscale shifts in the arrangement of their molecules.
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.
  • The liquid crystals in this activity change color as a result of nanoscale shifts in the arrangement of their molecules.

NISE Net Content Map: 

  • Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.
  • Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren't possible before.

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], [15]

Permissions

Creative Commons license image [16]
Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section: 

Programs

What kind of program?: 

Facilitated activity

Adaptable formats: 

Cart demonstration
Classroom activity

Nano topics: 

Fundamentals
Materials, tools, and applications

Audience: 

All ages

Content keywords: 

nanodays
liquid crystals
LCDs
liquid crystal displays

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

This is a NanoDays product.

K-12: 

0
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
Resources
Spanish
Download zip file [3]

Download all files (ZIP) [3]

Files: 

application/pdf iconActivity guide [17]
application/pdf iconSign [18]

Spanish files: 

application/pdf iconActivity guide - Spanish [19]
application/pdf iconSign - Spanish [20]

Video: 

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[9] http://nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/fundamentals
[10] http://nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/materials-tools-applications
[11] http://nisenet.org/category/audience/all_ages
[12] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/nanodays
[13] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/liquid-crystals
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[17] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/11084/productslcds_guide_06nov2012.pdf
[18] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/11084/productslcds_sign_16nov2012.pdf
[19] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/11084/productslcds_guide_sp_15nov2012.pdf
[20] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/11084/productslcds_sign_sp_16nov2012.pdf