Exploring Fabrication - Self-Assembly

TYPE: Short Activities
AUDIENCE: Ages 4 - Adult
TOPIC: Nanotechnology
In this activity, learners will play several full-body interactive games to model the process of self-assembly in nature and nanotechnology.
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"Exploring Fabrication - Self-Assembly" includes several full-body interactive games visitors can play to model the process of self-assembly in nature and nanotechnology. Visitors learn that self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.

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  • Ready Set Self Assemble children holding hands
  • Ready Set self assembly activity with children holding hands in a group
  • Illustrated instructions for one of the self-assembly games
  • Illustrated instructions for one of the self-assembly games
  • Illustrated instructions for one of the self-assembly games
  • Ready Set Self Assemble children holding hands
  • Ready Set Self Assemble children holding hands
  • Ready Set self assembly activity with children holding hands in a group
  • Illustrated instructions for one of the self-assembly games
  • Illustrated instructions for one of the self-assembly games
  • Illustrated instructions for one of the self-assembly games

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Fabrication - Self-Assembly" includes several full-body interactive games visitors can play to model the process of self-assembly in nature and nanotechnology. Visitors learn that self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.

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OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

Self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.

LEARNING GOALS

  • Self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.

  • Researchers in the field of nanotechnology are studying self-assembly in order to create new materials and technologies.

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.

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TYPE:
Educational Resources
AUDIENCE:
Ages 4 - Adult
LANGUAGES:
English Spanish
ADDITIONAL TOPICS: Engineering and Technology Nanotechnology Life Sciences Health and Medicine
KIT: Purple NanoDays logo - the Biggest Event for the Smallest Science Browse kit
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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2009
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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