DESCRIPTION
"Exploring Tools - Mystery Shapes" is a hands-on activity in which visitors use their sense of touch to investigate hidden objects. They learn that researchers use special tools, including scanning probe microscopes, to detect and make images of nanoscale objects. "Explore Science - Zoom into Nano Mystery Shapes" (2016) version designed for groups and community outreach.
DESCRIPTION
"Exploring Tools - Mystery Shapes" is a hands-on activity in which visitors use their sense of touch to investigate hidden objects. They learn that researchers use special tools, including scanning probe microscopes, to detect and make images of nanoscale objects. "Explore Science - Zoom into Nano Mystery Shapes" (2016) version designed for groups and community outreach.
TRAINING VIDEOS
OBJECTIVES
BIG IDEA
Scientists use special tools and equipment to work on the nanoscale.
LEARNING GOALS
Scientists use special tools and equipment to work on the nanoscale.
NANO CONTENT MAP
Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.
DOWNLOAD FILES
- Mystery Shapes Activity guide (docx)
- Mystery Shapes Activity guide (pdf)
- Mystery Shapes Table Sign (pdf)
- Scanning Probe Microscopes reference sheet (docx)
- Scanning Probe Microscopes reference sheet (pdf)
- Scanning Probe Microscopes drawing card (docx)
- Scanning Probe Microscopes drawing card (pdf)
- Packing instructions for the Mystery Shapes activity from the Explore Science - Nano kit (pdf)
- Mystery Shapes Activity guide (Spanish) (docx)
- Mystery Shapes Activity guide (Spanish) (pdf)
- Mystery Shapes Table Sign (Spanish) (pdf)
- Scanning Probe Microscopes reference sheet (Spanish) (docx)
- Scanning Probe Microscopes reference sheet (Spanish) (pdf)
- Scanning Probe Microscopes drawing card (Spanish) (docx)
- Scanning Probe Microscopes drawing card (Spanish) (pdf)
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Credits
Science Museum of Minnesota
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.
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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