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Alice In NanoLand

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Overview
Alice In NanoLand
Leigha Horton [3]
NISE Network product
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Description: 

What is Nanoland, and what kinds of curious things will Alice find there? Follow Alice down the rabbit hole into a land smaller than small, where crazy nano pants and cabbage abound! Based on Lewis Carroll's beloved classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, this exciting romp explores the nano in nature and how phenomena at the very small scale affect our very big world. Suitable for reading areas, story-times, or to augment a program. This children's book is available in hardcover and digital download via www.lulu.com. See Resources tab for links.
Objectives

Big Idea: 

Alice in Nanoland aims to explain the basics of nanoscale science by using examples accessible to early elementary students.

Learning goals: 

  • Nanoscale effects occur in many places. Some are natural, everyday occurrences; others are the result of cutting-edge research.
  • Many materials exhibit startling properties at the nanoscale.
  • Nanotechnology means working at small size scales, manipulating materials to exhibit new properties.

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.
  • 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 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:

Science Museum of Minnesota [5]

Checklist

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

Nano Topics

[6], [7]

Audience

[8]

Tags

[9], [10], [11], [12], [13]

Permissions

Creative Commons license image [14]
Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section: 

Media

What kind of media?: 

Print media

Nano topics: 

Art and nature
Fundamentals

Audience: 

All ages

Content keywords: 

text
book
nano
Alice in NanoLand
reading

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

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K-12: 

This product would be useful for K-12 teachers.
Resources
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Files: 

application/pdf iconAlice In NanoLand [15]

Links: 

"Alice in Nanoland" - Hardcover - $23 via Lulu.com [16]
"Alice in Nanoland" - Digital Download - $.99 via Lulu.com [17]
Comments
Source URL: http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/media/alice_nanoland

Links:
[1] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/media
[2] http://www.nisenet.org/node/5526/filefield_compress/all
[3] http://www.nisenet.org/users/leigha_horton
[4] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/images/catalog/5526/screen_shot_2010-12-17_at_12.41.48_pm.png
[5] http://www.nisenet.org/community/organizations/science-museum-minnesota
[6] http://www.nisenet.org/category/nano-topics/art-nature
[7] http://www.nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/fundamentals
[8] http://www.nisenet.org/category/audience/all_ages
[9] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/text
[10] http://www.nisenet.org/category/catalog-exhibits/book
[11] http://www.nisenet.org/category/catalog-exhibits/nano
[12] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/alice_nanoland
[13] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/reading
[14] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
[15] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/5526/aliceinnanoland_text_dec10.pdf
[16] http://www.lulu.com/product/hardcover/alice-in-nanoland/14252616?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1
[17] http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/alice-in-nanoland/14252615?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/2