NanoLab exhibit

AUDIENCE: Ages 4 - Adult
TOPIC: Nanotechnology
An exhibit that was part of the Nanotechnology: What's the Big Deal? exhibition that explores how nanoscientists use special devices and laboratories to build and manipulate materials on the nanoscale
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DESCRIPTION

Nanolab is an immersive exhibit space, with activities and interactive components suitable for visitors of all ages. NanoLab explores how nanoscientists use special devices and laboratories to build and manipulate materials on the nanoscale. Visitors can dress up like a scientist, play with interactive exhibits, examine clothing and objects used in real labs, watch a video on nanoscale research, and explore the resource area for materials on nanotechnology and the basics of nanoscale science.

This exhibit was part of the Nanotechnology: What's the Big Deal? exhibition which toured the Arkansas Discovery Network beginning in 2010.

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  • NanoLab exhibit magnets being arranged into the work Nanolab
  • Little girl looking at a silicon wafer in the NanoLab exhibit
  • Little boy looking at a silicon wafer in the NanoLab exhibit
  • Little boy and girl looking using glove in an alcove in the NanoLab exhibit
  • A broad view of the NanoLab exhibit
  • NanoLab exhibit magnets being arranged into the work Nanolab
  • Little girl looking at a silicon wafer in the NanoLab exhibit
  • Little boy looking at a silicon wafer in the NanoLab exhibit
  • Little boy and girl looking using glove in an alcove in the NanoLab exhibit
  • A broad view of the NanoLab exhibit

DESCRIPTION

Nanolab is an immersive exhibit space, with activities and interactive components suitable for visitors of all ages. NanoLab explores how nanoscientists use special devices and laboratories to build and manipulate materials on the nanoscale. Visitors can dress up like a scientist, play with interactive exhibits, examine clothing and objects used in real labs, watch a video on nanoscale research, and explore the resource area for materials on nanotechnology and the basics of nanoscale science.

This exhibit was part of the Nanotechnology: What's the Big Deal? exhibition which toured the Arkansas Discovery Network beginning in 2010.

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TRAINING VIDEOS

OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

Some nanoscientists work in labs called clean rooms, where they learn about and make things that are too small to see.

LEARNING GOALS

  • In nano labs, scientists learn about and make things that are too small to see.

  • Many different scientists work in nano labs.

  • Some nano labs are clean rooms.

  • In clean rooms, scientists build with atoms.

  • Scientists who work in clean rooms use special tools and equipment.

  • Scientists who work in clean rooms wear special clothes.

  • Nano is very, very small.

NANO CONTENT MAP

Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.

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TYPE:
Exhibits
AUDIENCE:
Ages 4 - Adult
LANGUAGES:
English Spanish
ADDITIONAL TOPICS: Engineering and Technology Technology Nanotechnology Mathematics Measurement Physical Sciences Materials Science
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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2008
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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