Exploring Nano & Society - You Decide!

TYPE: Short Activities
AUDIENCE: Ages 4 - Adult
TOPIC: Science and Society
In this activity, learners sort and prioritize cards with new nanotechnologies according to their own values and the values of others.
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"Exploring Nano & Society - You Decide!" is a hands-on activity in which visitors sort and prioritize cards with new nanotechnologies according to their own values and the values of others. Visitors explore how technologies and society influence each other and how people’s values shape how nanotechnologies are developed and adopted. "Explore Science - Zoom info Nano You Decide!" (2016) version designed for groups and community outreach.

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  • An overhead shot of a learner holding and comparing different theoretical technologies summarized on sheets of paper
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  • Photo of the You Decide! activity cards.
  • An overhead shot of a learner holding and comparing different theoretical technologies summarized on sheets of paper
  • photo of the components to the You Decide! activity
  • Photo of the You Decide! activity cards.

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Nano & Society - You Decide!" is a hands-on activity in which visitors sort and prioritize cards with new nanotechnologies according to their own values and the values of others. Visitors explore how technologies and society influence each other and how people’s values shape how nanotechnologies are developed and adopted. "Explore Science - Zoom info Nano You Decide!" (2016) version designed for groups and community outreach.

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OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

Nano is part of our society and our future.

LEARNING GOALS

  • Technologies and society influence each other.

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

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Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren't possible before.

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: Explore science zoom into nano logo in full color with leaf, atom, and Saturn logo Browse kit
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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2012
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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