Exploring Materials - Nano Gold

TYPE: Short Activities
AUDIENCE: Ages 4 - Adult
TOPIC: Materials Science
In this activity, learners discover that nanoparticles of gold can appear red, orange or even blue.
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DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Materials - Nano Gold" is a hands-on activity in which visitors discover that nanoparticles of gold can appear red, orange or even blue. They learn that a material can act differently when it’s nanometer-sized.

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  • Child holding squares of red stained glass colored by nano gold
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.
  • Nano is different slide showing gold, nano gold, and stained glass
  • Child holding squares of red stained glass colored by nano gold
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.
  • Nano is different slide showing gold, nano gold, and stained glass

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Materials - Nano Gold" is a hands-on activity in which visitors discover that nanoparticles of gold can appear red, orange or even blue. They learn that a material can act differently when it’s nanometer-sized.

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OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

A material can act differently when it’s nanometer-sized.

LEARNING GOALS

  • A material can act differently when it’s nanometer-sized.

NANO CONTENT MAP

Nanometer-sized things are very small, and often behave differently than larger things do.

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TYPE:
Educational Resources
AUDIENCE:
Ages 4 - Adult
LANGUAGES:
English Spanish
ADDITIONAL TOPICS: Engineering and Technology Nanotechnology Physical Sciences Light and Optics Materials Science
KIT: Purple NanoDays logo - the Biggest Event for the Smallest Science Browse kit
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YEAR CREATED
2011
PROJECT
OWNING INSTITUTION

Sciencenter

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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