Materials lists and info for obtaining more of the hard to find items from the NanoDays kit activities.
See resources tab for links to most commonly requested items.
The NanoDays Materials Package includes a planning guidebook, press release template, activity guide and sign templates, as well as logo on multiple templates, (letterhead, envelopes, T-shirts, etc).
This poster aligns zooms into three familiar objects - a human heart, a butterfly's wing, and a laptop computer. Using the conventions of visual perspective the image travels in one continuous “landscape” from the human scale at the top to the atomic scale in the foreground. As the scale gets smaller and smaller, these disparate objects resolve to individual atoms, highlighting the concept that everything is made of atoms.
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><font size="3">The Nanoawareness Study is designed to answer the question <i>What, if any, impact do NISE Net activities delivered at Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions have on the nanoawareness of the public audiences that experience those activities?</i> The Nanoawareness Study was initially conducted in Year 3 and then replicated in Year 4 with some methodological changes and a different sample of participants. The plan is to replicate the study in Year 5. The following report describes the Nanoawareness Study findings from Year 4 in comparison to findings from Year 3.</font></span><br> Read more
This illustration shows the circulatory system across 10 orders of magnitude. Using the conventions of visual perspective the image travels in one continuous “landscape” from the human scale at the top to the atomic scale in the foreground. Placing objects from the circulatory system in one frame clarifies the connections between components, highlighting the system’s reliance on structures at very different scales. This illustration won the NSF/Science Magazine Visualization Challenge in 2008.
This illustration is available as a poster with annotated text, a banner, a poster without annotations or a graphic file, and also appears on the "Everything is Made of Atoms" Poster with other parallel zooms into a butterfly wing and a computer chip.
Scale ladders are diagrams that can quickly convey the size of the nanoscale by showing how objects are related by size. Using existing research on understanding size and scale, the Visualization Laboratory carried out a series of experiments to develop effective scale ladders as well as guidelines for their design and use. This diagram can be dropped as is into an exhibition graphic or used as a template and adapted for different content or graphical contexts. To inform designers wishing to build a different scale ladder, guidelines gleaned from the research are also made available separately.
The Exploring Measurement – Human Body Nano Days activity was conducted in November 2008 at the Science Museum of Minnesota. A total of 15 visitors participated in a formative interview designed to measure their engagement with and comprehension of the activity. Read more
The Exploring Measurement – Human Body Nano Days activity was conducted in November 2008 at the Science Museum of Minnesota. A total of 15 visitors participated in a formative interview designed to measure their engagement with and comprehension of the activity. Read more
"Exploring Nano Fabric" is a hands-on activity exploring how the application of nano-sized whiskers can protect clothing from stains. Visitors investigate the hydrophobic properties of pants made from nano fabric and ordinary fabric.
"Exploring Structures - Buckyballs" is a hands-on activity in which visitors fold up a precut shape to make a model of a buckyball. They learn that buckyballs are tiny, soccerball-shaped molecules made of carbon.
