Exploring Forces - Gravity (NanoDays 08, 09, 10)

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Overview

Exploring Forces - Gravity (NanoDays 08, 09, 10)

Description:

"Exploring Forces - Gravity" is a hands on activity in which visitors discover that it’s easy to pour water out of a regular-sized cup, but not out of a miniature cup. They learn that size can affect the way materials like water behave.

Objectives

Big Idea:

A material can act differently when it's nanometer-sized.

Learning goals:

A material can act differently when it’s nanometer-sized.
Different physical forces dominate when things get very, very small. For example, gravity is very apparent to us on the macroscale, but it’s hardly noticeable on the nanoscale.

Universal design:

Provide multiple entry points and multiple ways of engagement

Credits

Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement #ESI-0532536. 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:

Sciencenter

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Scientist reviewed check_reviewed

Peer reviewed check_reviewed

Visitor evaluation check_reviewed

Nano Topics

Fundamentals

Audience

All ages

Permissions

Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Standards

Physical science:

K-4: Properties of objects and materials

5-8: Properties and changes of properties in matter

9-12: Motions and forces

9-12: Structure and properties of matter

Science and Technology:

K-4: Abilities of technological design

Science as inquiry:

K-4: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

5-8: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

Resources

Files:

Exploring Forces Gravity - Guide

Exploring Forces Gravity - Guide

Exploring Forces Gravity - Sign

Exploring Forces Gravity - Sources

Exploring Forces Gravity - Teacup Fobs

Spanish files:

Exploring Forces Gravity - Sign (Spanish)

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