Exploring Nano & Society

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Overview

Exploring Nano & Society - Flying Cars

Kevin Dilley [4]

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Description:

"Exploring Nano & Society - Flying Cars" is a hands-on activity in which visitors imagine and build a flying car out of small foam pieces. Conversations around this process lead visitors to explore how technologies and society influence each other and how nanotechnologies are part of a bigger system.

Objectives

Big Idea:

Nano is part of our society and our future.

Learning goals:

Technologies and society influence each other.
Nanotechnologies are part of bigger systems.

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 [7]

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed

Peer reviewed? check_reviewed

Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Adaptable Formats

Classroom activity [8]
Facilitated activity [2]

Nano Topics

Society, policy, and economics [9]

Audience

All ages [10]

Permissions

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Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section:

Programs

What kind of program?:

Facilitated activity

Adaptable formats:

Classroom activity

Facilitated activity

Nano topics:

Society, policy, and economics

Audience:

All ages

Content keywords:

future

conversations

Nano & Society

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K-12:

This product would be useful for K-12 teachers.

Standards

Science and Technology:

K-4: Abilities of technological design

K-4: Understanding about science and technology

5-8: Abilities of technological design

5-8: Understanding about science and technology

9-12: Abilities of technological design

9-12: Understanding about science and technology

History and nature of science:

K-4: Science as a human endeavor

5-8: Science as a human endeavor

9-12: Science as a human endeavor

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:

5-8: Science and technology in society

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

Resources

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Files:

Flying Cars - Guide [15]

Flying Cars - Sign [16]

Evaluations

Comments

Cheaper supply alternatives [17]

Submitted by Anders Liljeholm [18] on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 16:58.

If you can't afford the Oriental Trading kit, you can still do this activity with construction paper, toilet paper tubes, and other recycle art materials.

Exploring Nano & Society - Flying Cars

Exploring Nano & Society - Flying Cars

Description:

Big Idea:

Learning goals:

NISE Net Content Map:

Universal design:

Owning institution:

Checklist

Adaptable Formats

Nano Topics

Audience

Tags

Permissions

Catalog section:

What kind of program?:

Adaptable formats:

Nano topics:

Audience:

Content keywords:

Highlight this product during NanoDays?:

K-12:

Science and Technology:

History and nature of science:

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:

Download all files (ZIP) [3]

Files:

Cheaper supply alternatives [17]