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Liquid Body Armor

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Liquid Body Armor

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Overview
Liquid Body Armor
Aaron Guerrero [4]
NISE Network product
image/jpeg iconwebsite_pic_2.jpg [5]

Description: 

Visitors will learn how nanotechnology is being used to create new types of protective fabrics. The classic experiment “Oobleck” is used to demonstrate how scientists are using similar techniques to recreate this phenomenon in flexible fabrics.
Objectives

Big Idea: 

Nanotechnology can be used to create new protective fabrics with unique properties.

Learning goals: 

  • 1. Explore and learn about the molecular behavior which gives Oobleck its unique properties.
  • 2. Learn how nanotechnologists and material researchers are applying these properties to protective fabrics.

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 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:

Children's Museum of Houston [6]

Checklist

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

Adaptable Formats

Cart demonstration [2]
Classroom activity [7]
Facilitated activity [8]
Stage presentation [9]

Nano Topics

[10]

Audience

[11]

Tags

[12], [13], [14], [15], [16]

Permissions

Creative Commons license image [17]
Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section: 

Programs

What kind of program?: 

Cart demonstration

Adaptable formats: 

Cart demonstration
Classroom activity
Facilitated activity
Stage presentation

Nano topics: 

Materials, tools, and applications

Audience: 

7 and up

Content keywords: 

Ooleck
Liquid Body Armor
Sheer Thickening Fluid
Sheer Thickening Fabric
Non-Newtonian Fluid

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

0

K-12: 

This product would be useful for K-12 teachers.
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
9-12: Abilities of technological design
9-12: Understanding about science and technology

Physical science: 

K-4: Properties of objects and materials
5-8: Motions and forces
5-8: Properties and changes of properties in matter
5-8: Transfer of energy
9-12: Interactions of energy and matter
9-12: Motions and forces
9-12: Structure and properties of matter
9-12: Structure of atoms

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: 

5-8: Risks and benefits
Resources
Download zip file [3]

Download all files (ZIP) [3]

Files: 

application/pdf iconliquid_body_armor.pdf [18]

Links: 

Mr. O video: Liquid Body Armor [19]
Comments
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[4] http://nisenet.org/users/aaron_guerrero
[5] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/images/catalog/8379/website_pic_2_0.jpg
[6] http://nisenet.org/community/organizations/childrens-museum-houston
[7] http://nisenet.org/catalog/programs/classroom_activity
[8] http://nisenet.org/catalog/programs/facilitated_activity
[9] http://nisenet.org/catalog/programs/stage_presentation
[10] http://nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/materials-tools-applications
[11] http://nisenet.org/category/audience/7
[12] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/ooleck
[13] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/liquid_body_armor
[14] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/sheer_thickening_fluid
[15] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/sheer_thickening_fabric
[16] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/non-newtonian_fluid
[17] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
[18] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/8379/liquid_body_armor.pdf
[19] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efH1UzolOZM