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Mixing Molecules

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Overview
Mixing Molecules
Catherine McCarthy [3]
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Description: 

Mixing Molecules is a full-body immersive simulation demonstrating the collision of molecules at the nanoscale. The digital interface allows visitors to use their shadows to “push” animated molecules that are projected onto a screen in a darkened room. Visitors can manipulate the collsion of the molecules, speeding or slowing the formation of new compounds. The piece demonstrates the connection between the nanoscale - where individual molecules collide with each other - and the macroscale where many small random collisions appear as one larger, consistent motion.
Objectives

Big Idea: 

Molecules are always in motion. When they happen to collide, they can react to form bigger molecules.

Universal design: 

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

This product is created by another institution or funding from another grant.

Owning institution: 

This product was created by Mine-Control working with the New York Hall of Science for the NISE Network Visualization Lab; contact www.mine-control.com

Nano Topics

[7], [8]

Audience

[9]

Tags

[10], [11], [12], [13], [14]

Permissions

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Catalog section: 

Exhibits

What kind of exhibit?: 

Exhibits

Nano topics: 

Art and nature
Fundamentals

Audience: 

11 and up

Content keywords: 

Chemistry
reactions
nanoscale
immersive
molecules

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

0

K-12: 

0
Resources
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Files: 

application/pdf iconMixing Molecules Evaluation [15]

Links: 

Mine-Control, Zack Booth Simpson video: [16]
Evaluations
Comments
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[1] http://nisenet.org/catalog/exhibits
[2] http://nisenet.org/node/1645/filefield_compress/all
[3] http://nisenet.org/users/catherine_mccarthy
[4] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/exhibit-components/diffusion_1.png
[5] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/images/catalog/about/DSC_3818.jpg
[6] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/images/catalog/about/DSC_3828.jpg
[7] http://nisenet.org/category/nano-topics/art-nature
[8] http://nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/fundamentals
[9] http://nisenet.org/category/audience/11
[10] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/chemistry
[11] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/reactions
[12] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/nanoscale
[13] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/immersive
[14] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/molecules
[15] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/1645/MixingMolecules_Eval_May10.pdf
[16] http://www.mine-control.com/diffusion.html