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Exploring Fabrication - Gummy Capsules (NanoDays 12, 13)

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Exploring Fabrication - Gummy Capsules (NanoDays 12, 13)

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Overview
Exploring Fabrication - Gummy Capsules (NanoDays 12, 13)
Rae Ostman [4]
NISE Network product
image/jpeg icongummycapsules.jpg [5]

Description: 

"Exploring Fabrication - Gummy Capsules" lets visitors make self-assembled polymer spheres. They learn that self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures, and that self-assembly is used to make nanocapsules that can deliver medication.
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.
  • Self-assembly is used to make nanocapsules, which can deliver medication.

NISE Net Content Map: 

  • 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.

Universal design: 

  • Repeat and reinforce main ideas and concepts.
  • Provide multiple entry points and multiple ways of engagement
  • 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

Cart demonstration [6]
Classroom activity [7]

Nano Topics

[8], [9]

Audience

[10]

Tags

[11], [12], [13]

Permissions

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

Catalog section: 

Programs

What kind of program?: 

Facilitated activity

Adaptable formats: 

Cart demonstration
Classroom activity

Nano topics: 

Bio and medicine
Materials, tools, and applications

Audience: 

All ages

Content keywords: 

self-assembly
sodium alginate
nanocapsule

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

This is a NanoDays product.

K-12: 

0
Standards

Science and Technology: 

K-4: Understanding about science and technology
5-8: Understanding about science and technology
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: Chemical reactions
9-12: Structure and properties of matter

Life science: 

5-8: Structure and function in living systems
Resources
Spanish
Download zip file [3]

Download all files (ZIP) [3]

Files: 

application/msword iconExploring Fabrication Gummy Capsules - Guide [15]
application/pdf iconExploring Fabrication Gummy Capsules - Guide [16]
application/pdf iconExploring Fabrication Gummy Capsules - Sign [17]

Spanish files: 

application/pdf iconExploring Fabrication Gummy Capsules - Sign (Spanish) [18]
application/pdf iconExploring Fabrication Gummy Capsules - Guide (Spanish) [19]

Video: 

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[2] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/facilitated_activity
[3] http://www.nisenet.org/node/8879/filefield_compress/all
[4] http://www.nisenet.org/users/rae_ostman
[5] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/images/catalog/8879/gummycapsules.jpg
[6] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/cart_demonstration
[7] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/classroom_activity
[8] http://www.nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/bio-medicine
[9] http://www.nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/materials-tools-applications
[10] http://www.nisenet.org/category/audience/all_ages
[11] http://www.nisenet.org/category/catalog-exhibits/self-assembly
[12] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/sodium_alginate
[13] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/nanocapsule
[14] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
[15] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/8879/fabricationgummy_guide_31oct11.doc
[16] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/8879/fabricationgummy_guide_31oct11.pdf
[17] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/8879/fabricationgummy_sign_31oct11.pdf
[18] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/8879/fabricationgummy_sign_sp_08nov11_1.pdf
[19] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/spanish/8879/fabricationgummy_guide_sp_08nov11.pdf