whatisnano.org website

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Description:

The NISE Network has created a website for public audiences featuring links to videos, audio material, podcasts, games, DIY activities, and NanoDays information for the public. The site also features information about the Nano mini-exhibition including audio description files in both English and Spanish. The Spanish version of the website includes links to Spanish language resources when available.

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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 have costs, risks, and benefits that affect our lives in ways we cannot always predict.

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Repeat and reinforce main ideas and concepts.

Provide multiple entry points and multiple ways of engagement

Credits

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.

Owning institution:

Science Museum of Minnesota

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Art and nature, Bio and medicine, Energy and environment, Fundamentals, Information Technology, Materials, tools, and applications, Society, policy, and economics

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All ages

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Creative Commons
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LInk to whatisnano.org (in both English and Spanish)

Promotional posters and cards for Whatisnano.org and DIY Nano App

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