Exploring Materials - Stained-Glass Windows

TYPE: Short Activities
AUDIENCE: Ages 4 - Adult
TOPIC: Nanotechnology
In this activity, learners use contact paper and colored tissue paper to create a "nanoparticle stained-glass" window.
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DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Materials - Stained-Glass Windows" is a hands-on activity in which visitors use contact paper and colored tissue paper to create a "stained-glass" window. They learn that real stained-glass windows use nanoparticles to create some of the colors in the glass. "Explore Science - Zoom info Nano Stained Glass Art" (2016) version designed for groups and community outreach.

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  • Stained Glass Window activity components like signs, contact paper, guides, and craft supplies.
  • Girl looking at stained glass craft using NanoDays Exploring Materials - Stained-Glass Windows
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.
  • Two learners and one facilitator look at gold nanoparticles suspended in a solution which makes a red color
  • Stained Glass Window activity components like signs, contact paper, guides, and craft supplies.
  • Girl looking at stained glass craft using NanoDays Exploring Materials - Stained-Glass Windows
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.
  • Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Materials - Stained-Glass Windows" is a hands-on activity in which visitors use contact paper and colored tissue paper to create a "stained-glass" window. They learn that real stained-glass windows use nanoparticles to create some of the colors in the glass. "Explore Science - Zoom info Nano Stained Glass Art" (2016) version designed for groups and community outreach.

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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 Societal Topics Art, Music, and Literature
KIT: Explore science zoom into nano logo in full color with leaf, atom, and Saturn logo Browse kit
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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2015
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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