Exploring Nano & Society - Flying Cars

TYPE: Short Activities
AUDIENCE: Ages 4 - Adult
TOPIC: Science and Society
In this activity, learners imagine and build a flying car out of small foam pieces while having conversations about future technology.
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"Exploring Nano & Society - Flying Cars" is a hands-on activity in which visitors imagine and build a flying car out of small foam pieces. Conversations around this process lead visitors to explore how technologies and society influence each other and how nanotechnologies are part of a bigger system.

Also see the related Flying Cars stage presentation.

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  • Two girls discuss their ideas for flying cars with toy car props to a facilitator
  • A flying car model made out of small foam pieces
  • Two boys discuss their ideas for flying cars with toy car props to a facilitator
  • Three flying car models made out of small foam pieces
  • Two girls discuss their ideas for flying cars with toy car props to a facilitator
  • A flying car model made out of small foam pieces
  • Two boys discuss their ideas for flying cars with toy car props to a facilitator
  • Three flying car models made out of small foam pieces

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Nano & Society - Flying Cars" is a hands-on activity in which visitors imagine and build a flying car out of small foam pieces. Conversations around this process lead visitors to explore how technologies and society influence each other and how nanotechnologies are part of a bigger system.

Also see the related Flying Cars stage presentation.

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OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

Nano is part of our society and our future.

LEARNING GOALS

  • Technologies and society influence each other.

  • Nanotechnologies are part of bigger systems.

NANO CONTENT MAP

Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren't possible before.

Nanotechnologies—and their costs, utility, risks, and benefits—are closely interconnected with society and with our values.

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TYPE:
Educational Resources
AUDIENCE:
Ages 4 - Adult
LANGUAGES:
English
ADDITIONAL TOPICS: Engineering and Technology Nanotechnology Societal Topics Science and Society
KIT: Purple NanoDays logo - the Biggest Event for the Smallest Science Browse kit
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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2012
PROJECT
OWNING INSTITUTION

Sciencenter

FUNDING

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.

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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