Exploring Nano & Society - Tell a Nano Story

TYPE: Short Activities
AUDIENCE: Ages 4 - Adult
TOPIC: Science and Society
In this activity, learners are inspired by picture cards to tell a story about nanotechnologies in the future.
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"Exploring Nano & Society - Tell a Nano Story" is a hands-on activity in which visitors are inspired by picture cards to tell a story about nanotechnologies in the future. Visitors explore how technologies and society influence each other and how people’s values shape how nanotechnologies are developed and adopted.

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  • Learners discuss a picture card from the activity together

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Nano & Society - Tell a Nano Story" is a hands-on activity in which visitors are inspired by picture cards to tell a story about nanotechnologies in the future. Visitors explore how technologies and society influence each other and how people’s values shape how nanotechnologies are developed and adopted.

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OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

Technologies and society influence each other.

LEARNING GOALS

  • Technologies and society influence each other.

  • People’s values shape how technologies are developed and adopted.

  • Technologies affect social relationships.

  • Technologies work because they are part of larger systems.

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Nanotechnologies—and their costs, utility, risks, and benefits—are closely interconnected with society and with our values.

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TYPE:
Educational Resources
AUDIENCE:
Ages 4 - Adult
LANGUAGES:
English Spanish
ADDITIONAL TOPICS: Engineering and Technology Nanotechnology Societal Topics Science and Society
KIT: Purple NanoDays logo - the Biggest Event for the Smallest Science 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.

PERMISSIONS

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