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Exploring Materials - Hydrogel (NanoDays 12, 13)

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Exploring Materials - Hydrogel (NanoDays 12, 13)

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Overview
Exploring Materials - Hydrogel (NanoDays 12, 13)
Rae Ostman [4]
NISE Network product
image/jpeg iconhydrogel.jpg [5]

Description: 

"Exploring Materials - Hydrogel" is a hands-on activity in which visitors discover how a super absorbing material can be used to move a straw. They learn that hydrogels can be used on the nanoscale in a similar fashion to manipulate tiny structures.
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.

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.

Checklist

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

Adaptable Formats

Cart demonstration [6]
Classroom activity [7]

Nano Topics

[8]

Audience

[9]

Tags

[10], [11], [12]

Permissions

Creative Commons license image [13]
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

Audience: 

All ages

Content keywords: 

Sodium polyacrylate
super absorber
polymer

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

This is a NanoDays product.

K-12: 

0
Standards

Science and Technology: 

K-4: Abilities of technological design
5-8: Abilities of technological design
9-12: Abilities of technological design

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 iconExploring Materials Hydrogel - Sign [14]
application/msword iconExploring Materials Hydrogel - Guide [15]
application/pdf iconExploring Materials Hydrogel - Guide [16]

Spanish files: 

application/pdf iconExploring Materials Hydrogel - Sign (Spanish) [17]
application/pdf iconExploring Materials Hydrogel - Guide (Spanish) [18]

Video: 

Evaluations
Comments
Source URL: http://nisenet.org/catalog/programs/exploring_materials_-_hydrogel_nanodays_12_13

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[3] http://nisenet.org/node/8882/filefield_compress/all
[4] http://nisenet.org/users/rae_ostman
[5] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/images/catalog/8882/hydrogel.jpg
[6] http://nisenet.org/catalog/programs/cart_demonstration
[7] http://nisenet.org/catalog/programs/classroom_activity
[8] http://nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/materials-tools-applications
[9] http://nisenet.org/category/audience/all_ages
[10] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/sodium_polyacrylate
[11] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/super_absorber
[12] http://nisenet.org/catalog/topics/polymer
[13] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
[14] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/8882/materialshydrogel_sign_31oct11.pdf
[15] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/8882/materialshydrogel_guide_17jul2012.doc
[16] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/8882/materialshydrogel_guide_17jul2012.pdf
[17] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/8882/materialshydrogel_sign_sp_08nov11_0.pdf
[18] http://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/8882/materialshydrogel_guide_sp_08nov11.pdf