2013

NanoDays 2013 Digital Kit

These files contain the complete NanoDays 2013 digital kit. This includes all planning and promotional materials; the hands-on activity guides, facilitator guides, and associated graphics and information sheets; facilitator orientation materials; and pre-made marketing materials, as well as fonts, logos...

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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NanoDays kit
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Horton Hears a Who! Storytime

In this story time program, visitors actively listen to "Horton Hears a Who!" by Dr. Seuss. Before the story is read, children make paper "elephant ears" to wear. After the story, they use their sense of smell to explore scent...
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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Exploring Tools - 3D Imaging

"Exploring Tools - 3D Imaging" is a hands-on activity in which visitors use 3D glasses to discover what ordinary objects look like under magnification. They learn that researchers use special tools and techniques, including 3D imaging, to work on the...
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NanoDays kit
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Exploring Size - Moving Molecules

"Exploring Size - Moving Molecules" is a hands-on activity in which visitors use an air cannon toy to spin pinwheels. They learn that air is made up of molecules, which are tiny nanometer-sized particles.
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NanoDays kit
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LCD

Exploring Products - Liquid Crystal Displays

"Exploring Products - Liquid Crystal Displays" is a hands-on activity in which visitors investigate temperature-sensitive liquid crystal sheets and liquid crystal displays from a calculator. They learn that liquid crystals change color as a result of nanoscale shifts in the...

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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NanoDays kit
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Exploring Tools - Mystery Shapes

Exploring Tools - Mystery Shapes

"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...

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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NanoDays kit
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Exploring Properties - Invisibility

"Exploring Properties - Invisibility" is a hands on activity in which visitors investigate how glass objects can be "hidden" in some liquids. They learn that researchers can use nanotechnology to engineer new materials that interact with light in special ways.
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NanoDays kit
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Exploring Products - Computer Hard Drives

"Exploring Products - Computer Hard Drives" is a hands on activity in which visitors use floating ring magnets to store data. They learn that computer hard drives are one of the most common applications of nanotechnology.
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NanoDays kit
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Memory Metal

Exploring Materials - Memory Metal

"Exploring Materials - Memory Metal" is a hands on activity in which visitors compare the properties of a memory metal spring to an ordinary spring. They learn that the way a material behaves on the macroscale is affected by its...

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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
Kit
NanoDays kit
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Exploring Nano & Society - You Decide!

Exploring Nano & Society - You Decide!

"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...

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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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Explore Science: Zoom into Nano kit
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space elevator drawing

Exploring Nano & Society - Space Elevator

"Exploring Nano & Society - Space Elevator" is a open-ended conversational experience in which visitors imagine and draw what a space elevator might look like, what support systems would surround it, and what other technologies it might enable. Conversation around...

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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NanoDays kit
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