Nanoparticle Stained Glass (cart demo)

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Description:

“Nanoparticle Stained Glass” is a cart demonstration that introduces the connection between medieval stained glass artisans and nanotechnology. Visitors learn that the red and yellow colors in stained glass windows come from nanoparticles of gold and silver embedded in the glass. During the program, visitors listen to a short presentation, and then have the opportunity to participate in two hands-on activities: making a collaborative stained glass window with pre-made nanoparticle solutions containing silver or gold and making a take-away card that contains a small piece of nanoparticle stained “glass”.

Objectives

Big Idea:

Interesting properties of gold and silver nanoparticles have been used for centuries by stained glass artisans.

Learning goals:

Understand that nanoparticles of gold and silver behave differently than bulk gold and silver.
Appreciate the interconnection between science and art.
Learn that nanotechnology has been used since the Middle Ages, even though stained glass artisans did not know they were using this technology.
Realize that nanoscale effects occur in many places. Some are natural, everyday occurrences; others are the result of cutting-edge research.
Learn that many materials exhibit startling properties at the nanoscale.

NISE Net Content Map:

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

Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.

Universal design:

Repeat and reinforce main ideas and concepts.

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.

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Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Nano Topics

Audience

7 and up [11]

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Catalog section:

Programs

What kind of program?:

Cart demonstration

Nano topics:

Art and nature

Materials, tools, and applications

Audience:

7 and up

Content keywords:

nanoparticles

demonstration

stainded glass

cart

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K-12:

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: History of science

5-8: Nature of science

5-8: Science as a human endeavor

9-12: Historical perspectives

9-12: Science as a human endeavor

Physical science:

K-4: Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism

K-4: Properties of objects and materials

5-8: Properties and changes of properties in matter

9-12: Chemical reactions

9-12: Structure and properties of matter

9-12: Structure of atoms

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:

K-4: Personal health

5-8: Personal health

5-8: Risks and benefits

5-8: Science and technology in society

9-12: Personal and community health

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

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Nanoparticle Stained Glass Cart program Lesson Plan [17]

Nanoparticle Stained Glass program card (front) [18]

Nanoparticle Stained Glass program card (back) [19]

Nanoparticle Stained Glass Presentation Slides [20]

Nanoparticle Stained Glass Presentation [21]

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Demo Training Video (Glass Activity) [22]

Demo Training Video (Card Activity) [23]

Nanoparticle Stained Glass Cart Training Video [24]

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Evaluations

Comments

NanoDays--sculpture and demo of gold nanoparticle synthesis [26]

Submitted by Rae Ostman [27] on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 14:33.

For NanoDays this year, we did the the collaborative suspended sculpture extension to this program. It made a really striking installation for our lobby. During the day, we let kids add pieces of "stained glass" to the sculpture. In addition, we had a scientist demonstrating the process of synthesizing gold nanoparticles. Since the stock solutions were made up ahead of time, this was pretty easy to do on the floor. At all times, visitors could see the colorless solutions before we started, and could see the reddish-purple solution after the colloidal gold formed. We kept a couple flasks going at once, so that it would never be long before visitors could see the moment of the color change. If no one was around, we pre-warmed the solutions just to the point before the color would change and took it off the heat. Then, when a visitor arrived, we could quickly start the process. FAQ: How much is that worth? How much did the gold cost? We calculated the answer per flask.

Nanoparticle Stained Glass (cart demo)

Nanoparticle Stained Glass (cart demo)

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