NanoDays Physical Kit Contents

A NanoDays kit is approximately 1.5' x 1.5' x 2.5'. It is a container packed with several hands-on activities (with all supplies needed), resource materials, marketing materials, and more. With this kit you have everything you will need to hold a NanoDays event.

Physical kits for 2010 have been distributed, but the digital kit is still available for download.

What's in the kit?

I. A set of guides and tools for engaging the public in nanoscale science:

• NanoDays Planning Guidebook
• Bringing Nano to the Public: a Collaboration Opportunity for Researchers and Museums
• Public Forums Manual
• Science Cafe Guide

II. Instructions, graphics, and supplies to deliver twelve hands-on nano activities to 80-100 visitors each:

• Exploring Measurement—Ruler
• Exploring Measurement—Human Body
• Exploring Tools—SPM
• Exploring Forces—Gravity
• Exploring Properties—Surface Area
• Exploring Materials—Liquid Crystal
• Exploring Materials—Ferrofluid
• Exploring Structures—Buckyballs
• Exploring Measurement—Molecules
• Exploring Fabrication—Self-Assembly
• Exploring Measurement—StretchAbility
• Exploring Materials—Nano Fabric

III. Additional products for engaging the public in nano:

• "Zoom into the Human Bloodstream" poster
• "Scale Ladder" poster
• "Zoom into a Human Hand" interactive media piece (on CD)
• "Zoom into a Nasturtium Leaf" interactive media piece (on CD)
• DECIDE Nanotechnology Game
• DVD of two 10-minute plays about societal implications of nano: Let's Talk About It by Richard W. Rousseau and Same Sides by Stacey Parshall
• "I'm Made of Atoms" temporary tattoos

IV. A large (3' x 5') NanoDays Banner

V. A CD with electronic templates for the following marketing materials:

• News release
• Nano clip art
• NanoDays logo in various sizes and colors
• Ready-to-print poster
• Ready-to-print banner
• Ready-to-print t-shirt art
• Labels in sizes for nametags & business cards
• Letterhead
• Envelope