Public engagement resources for the Monday April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse
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Exploring Nano & Society - Invisibility Cloak
In this activity, learners explore how refraction can be used to make a glass stir rod "disappear" in a cup of baby oil, while having conversations about new technologies.
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Butterfly Blues video
In this O Wow Moments video, Mr. O talks about iridescence and Blue Morpho butterflies.
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Exploring Structures - Butterfly
In this activity, learners investigate how butterfly wings get their color and that some wings get their color from the nanoscale structures on the wings instead of pigments.
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Exploring Materials - Nano Gold
In this activity, learners discover that nanoparticles of gold can appear red, orange or even blue.
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Exploring Products - Sunblock
In this activity, learners compare sunblock containing nanoparticles to ointment.
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