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Exploring Tools - Dress Up Like a Nanoscientist

In this activity, learners see what they would look like in a cleanroom suit and consider all the special gear that nanoscientists need to work in a very clean place.

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Tools - Dress Up Like a Nanoscientist" is a hands-on activity in which visitors see what they would look like in a cleanroom suit. They learn that to make tiny things, scientists need to work in a very clean place.

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  • Two learners and a facilitator wear white head to toe coverall cleanroom suits with gloves and safety goggles
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  • Father and child pose for a photo while wearing white head to toe cleanroom coveralls
  • Two learners and a facilitator wear white head to toe coverall cleanroom suits with gloves and safety goggles
  • Parent holding card to simulate child dressed as a nonscientist in Dress up like a Nanoscientist NanoDays activity
  • Father and child pose for a photo while wearing white head to toe cleanroom coveralls

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Tools - Dress Up Like a Nanoscientist" is a hands-on activity in which visitors see what they would look like in a cleanroom suit. They learn that to make tiny things, scientists need to work in a very clean place.

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OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

To make tiny things, scientists need to work in a very clean place.

LEARNING GOALS

  • To make tiny things, scientists need to work in a very clean place.

  • Special clothing must be worn in cleanrooms.

NANO CONTENT MAP

Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.

Credits

YEAR CREATED
2015
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.

PERMISSIONS

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