DESCRIPTION
In the "Horton Senses Something Small" story time program young visitors listen to the Dr. Seuss book Horton Hears a Who. They look at small things using lenses and use their sense of smell to detect things that are too small to see. Visitors also make and decorate a craft.
DESCRIPTION
In the "Horton Senses Something Small" story time program young visitors listen to the Dr. Seuss book Horton Hears a Who. They look at small things using lenses and use their sense of smell to detect things that are too small to see. Visitors also make and decorate a craft.
TRAINING VIDEOS
OBJECTIVES
BIG IDEA
There are things too small to see. Some very small things can be detected by the sense of smell.
LEARNING GOALS
As a result of participating in this program, visitors will be introduced to the idea that there are very small things, too small for our eyes to see.
As a result of participating in this program, visitors will be introduced to the idea that our sense of smell can sometimes detect particles that are too small to see.
NANO CONTENT MAP
Nanometer-sized things are very small, and often behave differently than larger things do.
Credits
Sciencenter
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.
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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