DESCRIPTION
Staff and Volunteer training materials for NanoDays including orientation slides and materials as well as videos on best practices for how to interact with museum visitors.
DESCRIPTION
Staff and Volunteer training materials for NanoDays including orientation slides and materials as well as videos on best practices for how to interact with museum visitors.
OBJECTIVES
NANO CONTENT MAP
Nanometer-sized things are very small, and often behave differently than larger things do.
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.
Nanotechnologies—and their costs, utility, risks, and benefits—are closely interconnected with society and with our values.
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- NanoDays Orientation Slides (PPT)
- NanoDays Orientation Slides (PDF)
- Tips for Engaging Visitors (DOC)
- Tips for Engaging Visitors (PDF)
- Tips for Visitor Conversations (DOC)
- Tips for Visitor Conversations (PDF)
- Tips for Engaging Girls reference sheet (PDF)
- Tips for Engaging Girls activity specific cards (PDF)
- NISE Net Key Concepts (PDF)
- NISE Net Learning Framework (PDF)
- Universal Design Guidelines for Programs (PDF)
- How TO and How NOT TO Interact with Visitors Video Guide (PDF)
- Science and Society Conversations Video Guide (PDF)
- Stage Presentations Video Guide (PDF)
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Credits
Science Museum of Minnesota and Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY
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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