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Exploring Properties - Surface Area

Research & Evaluation

Exploring Properties - Surface Area

Report date: August, 2008

 

Overview

Evaluation Title: 

Exploring Properties - Surface Area

Date of report: 

08/2008

Contact: 

Sarah Cohn [1]

Permissions

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General Description: 

The Science Museum of Minnesota surveyed 17 museum visitors after they participated in the Exploring Properties: Surface Area activity at NanoDays 2008. This formative testing of the activity assessed the activity's ability to teach about the important role of surface area at the nanoscale.

Major Findings: 

The formative evaluation of the Exploring Properties: Surface Area Activity showed that the activity conveyed to most visitors that a relationship exists between surface area and speed of reactions. About half of the visitors who recognized a relationship understood that greater surface area leads to faster reaction times, and a few visitors came to the opposite conclusion. Almost all visitors found the activity interesting, enjoyable, and easy to understand.

Categorize

Evaluation type: 

  • formative/remedial
  • public

Type of product(s) studied: 

  • Program

Method(s) of data collection: 

  • surveys
Resources

Documents: 

application/pdf iconnanodaysreactionsrep.pdf [3]

Author(s): 

Sarah Cohn

Associated product(s): 

Exploring Properties - Surface Area (NanoDays 08, 09, 10) [4]
Source URL: http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/evaluation/exploring_properties_-_surface_area

Links:
[1] http://www.nisenet.org/users/sarah_cohn
[2] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
[3] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/eval/uploads/2010/12/1675/nanodaysreactionsrep.pdf
[4] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/exploring_properties_-_surface_area_nanodays_08_09_10