Exploring Materials - Nano Gold (NanoDays 2012)

Overview
Standards
Resources
Evaluations
Comments

Overview

Exploring Materials - Nano Gold (NanoDays 2012)

Description:

"Exploring Materials - Nano Gold" is a hands-on activity in which visitors discover that nanoparticles of gold can appear red, orange or even blue. They learn that a material can act differently when it’s nanometer-sized.

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.

NISE Net Content Map:

Nanometer-sized things are very small, and often behave differently than larger things do.

Universal design:

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.

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed

Peer reviewed? check_reviewed

Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Permissions

Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Standards

History and nature of science:

9-12: Historical perspectives

Earth and space science:

K-4: Properties of earth materials

Physical science:

K-4: Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism

K-4: Properties of objects and materials

5-8: Properties and changes of properties in matter

9-12: Interactions of energy and matter

9-12: Structure and properties of matter

Science and Technology:

K-4: Abilities of technological design

5-8: Abilities of technological design

9-12: Abilities of technological design

Resources

Download all files (ZIP)

Files:

Exploring Materials Nano Gold - Guide

Exploring Materials Nano Gold - Guide

Exploring Materials Nano Gold - Sign

Exploring Materials Nano Gold - Stained Glass Sheet

Spanish files:

Exploring Materials Nano Gold - Sign (Spanish)

Exploring Materials Nano Gold - Guide (Spanish)

Exploring Materials Nano Gold - Stained Glass Sheet (Spanish)

Evaluations

NanoDays 2012 Report

The NanoDays 2012 Report summarizes NISE Network partner activities related to NanoDays 2012 events. Participant responses will be used by the NanoDays team to improve future NanoDays materials and resources. Other Network workgroups, such as the community workgroup, will also use this report to improve partner communication, products, and resources. Read more

Comments

Ordering more nano gold

Submitted by KC on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 13:47.

When ordering more nano gold from NanoComposix, you'll be asked which capping agent you want to use. The gold supplied in the 2012 kits used Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as the capping agent.