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Exploring Size - Tiny Ruler (NanoDays 08, 09, 10)

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Exploring Size - Tiny Ruler (NanoDays 08, 09, 10)

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Overview
Exploring Size - Tiny Ruler (NanoDays 08, 09, 10)
Rae Ostman [4]
NISE Network product
image/jpeg iconMeasRuler_cutting_Dec08.jpg [5]
image/jpeg iconMeasRuler_photo2wafer_01Dec09.jpg [6]

Description: 

"Exploring Size - Tiny Ruler" is a hands-on activity investigating just how small a billionth of a meter is. Visitors attempt to cut a paper ruler down to a nanometer-sized sliver. They learn that nano is too small to see, and certainly too small to cut with a pair of scissors!
Objectives

Big Idea: 

A nanometer is a billionth of a meter.

Learning goals: 

  • A nanometer is a billionth of a meter.

NISE Net Content Map: 

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

Universal design: 

  • 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.

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed
Peer reviewed? check_reviewed
Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Adaptable Formats

Classroom activity [7]

Nano Topics

[8]

Audience

[9]

Tags

[10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17]

Permissions

Creative Commons license image [18]
Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section: 

Programs

What kind of program?: 

Facilitated activity

Adaptable formats: 

Classroom activity

Nano topics: 

Fundamentals

Audience: 

All ages

Content keywords: 

nanometer
nano
ruler
cut
cutting
scissors
scale
nanodays

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

This is a NanoDays product.

K-12: 

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Standards

Science and Technology: 

K-4: Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans
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

Physical science: 

K-4: Properties of objects and materials
5-8: Properties and changes of properties in matter
9-12: Structure and properties of matter
Resources
Spanish
Download zip file [3]

Download all files (ZIP) [3]

Files: 

application/msword iconExploring Size Tiny Ruler - Guide [19]
application/pdf iconExploring Size Tiny Ruler - Guide [20]
application/pdf iconExploring Size Tiny Ruler - Sign [21]
application/pdf iconExploring Size Tiny Ruler - Ruler template [22]
application/msword iconExploring Size Tiny Ruler - Sources [23]

Spanish files: 

application/pdf iconExploring Size Tiny Ruler - Sign & Guide (Spanish) [24]
application/msword iconExploring Size Tiny Ruler - Guide (Spanish) [25]
application/pdf iconExploring Size Tiny Ruler - Ruler template (Spanish) [26]
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Source URL: http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/exploring_size_-_tiny_ruler_nanodays_08_09_10

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[1] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs
[2] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/facilitated_activity
[3] http://www.nisenet.org/node/1988/filefield_compress/all
[4] http://www.nisenet.org/users/rae_ostman
[5] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/MeasRuler_cutting_Dec08.jpg
[6] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/MeasRuler_photo2wafer_01Dec09.jpg
[7] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/classroom_activity
[8] http://www.nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/fundamentals
[9] http://www.nisenet.org/category/audience/all_ages
[10] http://www.nisenet.org/category/catalog-exhibits/nanometer
[11] http://www.nisenet.org/category/catalog-exhibits/nano
[12] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/ruler
[13] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/cut
[14] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/cutting
[15] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/scissors
[16] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/scale
[17] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/nanodays
[18] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
[19] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/1988/sizeruler_guide_15nov10b.doc
[20] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/1988/sizeruler_guide_15nov10b.pdf
[21] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/1988/sizeruler_sign_15nov10.pdf
[22] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/1988/sizeruler_ruler_15nov10.pdf
[23] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/1988/sizeruler_materialssources_dec09-1.doc
[24] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/1988/17_sp_sizeruler_guide_fb_15feb2011.pdf
[25] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/1988/sp_sizeruler_guide_20feb2011.doc
[26] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/1988/sp_sizeruler_ruler_15nov10.pdf