Wheel of the Future

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Overview

Wheel of the Future

Stephanie Long [4]

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Description:

Museum visitors are contestants in a game show that encourages them to learn more about nanotechnology. The three rounds included here cover an introduction to nanotechnology; provide information on nanoparticle solar cells; and express the concerns people have for nanotechnology. New rounds of information can be plugged in as needed. The show is also designed to work with other hot topics, such as .....(genetically modified food, perhaps.) Other museums have used the title Wheel of Nanoscience.

Objectives

Big Idea:

Nanotechnology is an emerging, rapidly developing field.

Learning goals:

To encourage the visitor to learn more about nanotechnology.
To introduce the visitor to manufactured nanomaterials and how these products may already be affecting their lives.
To explain the importance of being informed about nanotechnology.

NISE Net Content Map:

Nanometer-sized things are very small, and often behave differently than larger things do.

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.

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

Universal design:

Provide multiple entry points and multiple ways of engagement

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.

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed

Peer reviewed? check_reviewed

Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Nano Topics

Society, policy, and economics [9]

Audience

All ages [10]

Permissions

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Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section:

Programs

What kind of program?:

Museum theater

Nano topics:

Society, policy, and economics

Audience:

All ages

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K-12:

Standards

Science and Technology:

K-4: Understanding about science and technology

5-8: Understanding about science and technology

9-12: Understanding about science and technology

History and nature of science:

K-4: Science as a human endeavor

5-8: Science as a human endeavor

9-12: Science as a human endeavor

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:

5-8: Risks and benefits

5-8: Science and technology in society

9-12: Natural and human-induced hazards

9-12: Personal and community health

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

Resources

Spanish

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Wheel of the Future

Wheel of the Future

Description:

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NISE Net Content Map:

Universal design:

Checklist

Nano Topics

Audience

Permissions

Catalog section:

What kind of program?:

Nano topics:

Audience:

Highlight this product during NanoDays?:

K-12:

Science and Technology:

History and nature of science:

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:

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Files:

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