Exploring Size - StretchAbility

TYPE: Short Activities
AUDIENCE: Ages 4 - Adult
TOPIC: Nanotechnology
In this activity, learners use a "hands and feet-on" game that explores the different sizes of things in the world.
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DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Size - StretchAbility" is a hands and feet-on game that explores the different sizes of things in the world. Visitors learn that a nanometer is a billionth of a meter.

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  • two learners stretch across a large mat that have various icons related to nanotechnology
  • Image of the Stretchability spin board
  • A foot on the the DNA circle on the Stretch-ability mat
  • A small microchip lying on a person's fingertip.
  • two learners stretch across a large mat that have various icons related to nanotechnology
  • Image of the Stretchability spin board
  • A foot on the the DNA circle on the Stretch-ability mat
  • A small microchip lying on a person's fingertip.

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Size - StretchAbility" is a hands and feet-on game that explores the different sizes of things in the world. Visitors learn that a nanometer is a billionth of a meter.

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OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

Things come in different sizes - and size is important!

LEARNING GOALS

  • Things come in different sizes - and size is important!

  • A nanometer is a billionth of a meter.

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 Mathematics Measurement
KIT: Purple NanoDays logo - the Biggest Event for the Smallest Science Browse kit
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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2009
PROJECT
OWNING INSTITUTION

Children's Museum of Houston

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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