Exploring Nano & Society - You Decide! (NanoDays 2013)

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Exploring Nano & Society - You Decide! (NanoDays 2013)

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"Exploring Nano & Society - You Decide!" is a hands-on activity in which visitors sort and prioritize cards with new nanotechnologies according to their own values and the values of others. Visitors explore how technologies and society influence each other and how people’s values shape how nanotechnologies are developed and adopted.

Objectives

Big Idea:

Nano is part of our society and our future.

Learning goals:

Technologies and society influence each other.
People’s values shape how nanotechnologies are developed and adopted.

NISE Net Content Map:

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.

Universal design:

Repeat and reinforce main ideas and concepts.

Provide multiple entry points and multiple ways of engagement

Provide physical and sensory access to all aspects of the program. Visitors can touch, see and hear different elements of the program.

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:

Sciencenter

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Creative Commons
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Standards

Science and Technology:

K-4: Understanding about science and technology

5-8: Understanding about science and technology

9-12: Understanding about science and technology

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:

K-4: Science and technology in local challenges

5-8: Populations, resources, and environments

9-12: Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges

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Activity guide

You Decide game cards

Spanish files:

Activity guide - Spanish

Exploring Nano & Society - You Decide! (NanoDays 2013)

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