Exploring Measurement Ruler 2008 Formative Evaluation

TYPE: Formative Evaluation
AUDIENCE: Informal Science Educators
TOPIC: Informal Science Education
Formative evaluation for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network.
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The Science Museum of Minnesota surveyed 16 museum visitors after they participated in the Exploring Measurement: Ruler Activity at NanoDays. This formative testing of the activity assessed the activity’s ability to convey the size of a nanometer, and that scientists need to use special tools when working at the nanoscale.

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The Science Museum of Minnesota surveyed 16 museum visitors after they participated in the Exploring Measurement: Ruler Activity at NanoDays. This formative testing of the activity assessed the activity’s ability to convey the size of a nanometer, and that scientists need to use special tools when working at the nanoscale.

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TYPE:
Evaluation and Research
AUDIENCE:
Informal Science Educators
LANGUAGES:
English
ADDITIONAL TOPICS: Engineering and Technology Nanotechnology Mathematics Measurement Informal Science Education
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YEAR CREATED
2010
PROJECT
OWNING INSTITUTION

Museum of Science

FUNDING

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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Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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