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Exploring Fabrication - Self-Assembly (NanoDays 10)

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Exploring Fabrication - Self-Assembly (NanoDays 10)

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Overview
Exploring Fabrication - Self-Assembly (NanoDays 10)
Rae Ostman [4]
NISE Network product
image/jpeg iconFabSA_photo1bubbles_01Dec09.jpg [5]
image/jpeg iconFabSA_photo2DNA_01Dec09.jpg [6]
image/jpeg iconFabSA_photo2snowflake_01Dec09.jpg [7]
image/jpeg iconFabSA_illus1_01Dec09.jpg [8]
image/jpeg iconFabSA_illus3_01Dec09.jpg [9]
image/jpeg iconFabSA_illus4_01Dec09.jpg [10]

Description: 

"Exploring Fabrication - Self-Assembly" includes several full-body interactive games visitors can play to model the process of self-assembly in nature and nanotechnology. Visitors learn that self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.
Objectives

Big Idea: 

Self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.

Learning goals: 

  • Self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.
  • Researchers in the field of nanotechnology are studying self-assembly in order to create new materials and technologies.

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.
  • Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren't possible before.
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 [11]

Checklist

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

Nano Topics

[12], [13], [14]

Audience

[15]

Tags

[16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21]

Permissions

Creative Commons license image [22]
Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section: 

Programs

What kind of program?: 

Facilitated activity

Nano topics: 

Art and nature
Fundamentals
Materials, tools, and applications

Audience: 

All ages

Content keywords: 

self-assembly
fabrication
snowflake
soap bubble
DNA
process

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

This is a NanoDays product.

K-12: 

0
Standards

Science and Technology: 

K-4: 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

Science as inquiry: 

K-4: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
5-8: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Resources
Spanish
Download zip file [3]

Download all files (ZIP) [3]

Files: 

application/msword iconExploring Fabrication Self-Assembly - Guide [23]
application/pdf iconExploring Fabrication Self-Assembly - Guide [24]
application/pdf iconExploring Fabrication Self-Assembly - Sign [25]
application/msword iconExploring Fabrication Self-Assembly - Sources [26]

Spanish files: 

application/pdf iconExploring Fabrication Self-Assembly - Sign & Guide (Spanish) [27]
application/msword iconExploring Fabrication Self-Assembly - Guide (Spanish) [28]
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Source URL: http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/exploring_fabrication_-_self-assembly_nanodays_10

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[3] http://www.nisenet.org/node/4129/filefield_compress/all
[4] http://www.nisenet.org/users/rae_ostman
[5] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/FabSA_photo1bubbles_01Dec09.jpg
[6] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/FabSA_photo2DNA_01Dec09.jpg
[7] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/FabSA_photo2snowflake_01Dec09.jpg
[8] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/FabSA_illus1_01Dec09.jpg
[9] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/FabSA_illus3_01Dec09.jpg
[10] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/FabSA_illus4_01Dec09.jpg
[11] http://www.nisenet.org/community/organizations/sciencenter
[12] http://www.nisenet.org/category/nano-topics/art-nature
[13] http://www.nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/fundamentals
[14] http://www.nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/materials-tools-applications
[15] http://www.nisenet.org/category/audience/all_ages
[16] http://www.nisenet.org/category/catalog-exhibits/self-assembly
[17] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/fabrication
[18] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/snowflake
[19] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/soap_bubble
[20] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/dna
[21] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/process
[22] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
[23] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/4129/fabricationsa_guide_15nov10.doc
[24] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/4129/fabricationsa_guide_15nov10.pdf
[25] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/4129/fabricationsa_sign_15nov10.pdf
[26] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/2009/12/3066/fabsa_sources_dec09.doc
[27] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/4129/1_sp_fabricationsa_guide_fb_21feb2011.pdf
[28] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/4129/sp_fabricationsa_guide_21feb2011.doc