DESCRIPTION
"Shrinking Robots!" explores the possibility of nanobots. Visitors learn what a robot is and how small real robots are today. They also learn that nanobots don't exist (yet) and consider some of the challenges in creating nano-sized robots. In the second part of the program, visitors design and build a robot toy from recycled and craft materials.
DESCRIPTION
"Shrinking Robots!" explores the possibility of nanobots. Visitors learn what a robot is and how small real robots are today. They also learn that nanobots don't exist (yet) and consider some of the challenges in creating nano-sized robots. In the second part of the program, visitors design and build a robot toy from recycled and craft materials.
TRAINING VIDEOS
OBJECTIVES
BIG IDEA
Right now, nanobots don't exist. There are many challenges related to creating a nano-sized robot.
LEARNING GOALS
A robot is a machine that can sense, plan, and act.
The smallest robots that exist today are the size of the width of a human hair.
Nano is very, very small.
Nanobots (nano-sized robots) would be robots as small as cells or molecules.
Nanobots don't exist today.
There are significant challenges related to building, powering, and controlling nanoscale robots.
Nanotechnology means working at small size scales, manipulating materials to exhibit new properties.
No one knows what nanoscale research may discover, or how it may be applied.
NANO CONTENT MAP
Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren't possible before.
DOWNLOAD FILES
- Shrinking Robots - Lesson Plan (DOC)
- Shrinking Robots - Lesson Plan (PDF)
- Shrinking Robots - Cards (DOC)
- Shrinking Robots - Cards (PDF)
- Shrinking Robots - Sign (DOC)
- Shrinking Robots Presentation (PPT)
- Shrinking Robots Presentation - with Video (Needs Reader & Flash-for free download see FAQ link below) (PDF)
- Nano Books 2008 Formative Evaluation (PDF)
Credits
Sciencenter
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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