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Exploring Nano & Society - Tippy Table

In this activity, learners have a conversation about additional blocks they can place on the tippy table component of the Nano Mini-Exhibition.

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Nano & Society - Tippy Table: is an open-ended conversational experience in which visitors have additional blocks to place on the tippy table component of the Nano Mini-Exhibition. Conversations around where visitors place these new blocks lead them to explore how technologies and society influence each other and how nanotechnologies are part of a bigger system.

JUMP TO BROWSE RELATED RESOURCES
  • Family of four arrange objects that represent different nano subjects on a balance table
  • a close up of two sets of hands moving different wooden blocks on the balance table
  • A mother and her toddler examine a red tractor toy that is balanced on the tippy table
  • two boys play with the balance of the tippy table by setting different wooden blocks on its surface
  • two adult learners try to balance the tippy table
  • Family of four arrange objects that represent different nano subjects on a balance table
  • a close up of two sets of hands moving different wooden blocks on the balance table
  • A mother and her toddler examine a red tractor toy that is balanced on the tippy table
  • two boys play with the balance of the tippy table by setting different wooden blocks on its surface
  • two adult learners try to balance the tippy table

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Nano & Society - Tippy Table: is an open-ended conversational experience in which visitors have additional blocks to place on the tippy table component of the Nano Mini-Exhibition. Conversations around where visitors place these new blocks lead them to explore how technologies and society influence each other and how nanotechnologies are part of a bigger system.

JUMP TO BROWSE RELATED RESOURCES

OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

Nano is part of our society and our future.

LEARNING GOALS

  • Technologies and society influence each other.

  • Nanotechnologies work because they’re part of systems.

NANO CONTENT MAP

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

Credits

YEAR CREATED
2012
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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DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

NISE Network products are developed through an iterative collaborative process that includes scientific review, peer review, and visitor evaluation in accordance with an inclusive audiences approach. Products are designed to be easily edited and adapted for different audiences under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license. To learn more, visit our Development Process page.