self-assembly

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Ready, Set, Self-Assemble

"Ready, Set, Self-Assemble" is a full-body program which introduces visitors to the concept of self-assembly in a fun and energetic way. Through the use of three full-body, interactive games, visitors explore the phenomena of self-assembly and its possible uses in...
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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exhibit image
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Regenerating Tissues exhibit

Visitors see how nanomaterials are able to form tiny structures called nanoscaffolds that help the body repair damaged muscle, bone, and nerve tissues. In the interactive, an injured nerve is unable to communicate messages. After injecting nanoparticles, visitors can watch...

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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NanoDays logo
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NanoDays 2010 Digital Kit

These files contain the complete NanoDays 2010 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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Linked product

Modeling Self-Assembly (High School curriculum lesson)

There are two activities in this lesson, the Fly Prison and the Water Maze. The Fly Prison is a hands-on modeling activity designed to introduce students to the area of nanotechnology and give them a basic understanding of how researchers...
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Linked Products
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Linked product

Modeling Self Assembly (Middle School curriculum lesson)

There are two activities in this lesson, the Fly Prison and the Water Maze. The fly Prison is a hands-on modeling activity designed to introduce students to the area of nanotechnology and give them a basic understanding of how researchers...
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Linked Products
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water droplet
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The Water Race: Hydrophobic & Hydrophilic Surfaces (High School curriculum lesson)

This activity developed by NNIN explores how nanotechnology can be used to change the properties of a copper surface so that it either attracts or repels water. It is appropriate for middle school and high school students. Nonpolar molecules that...
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Linked Products
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NISE Network product

Self-Assembly in Crystals

In this activity, visitors watch as a crystal self-assembles instantly! During this activity visitors learn what crystals are and how they grow. They also discover that self-assembly is an important process for many naturally occurring systems.
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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Gummy capsules
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Exploring Fabrication - Gummy Capsules (NanoDays 12, 13)

"Exploring Fabrication - Gummy Capsules" lets visitors make self-assembled polymer spheres. They learn that self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures, and that self-assembly is used to make nanocapsules that can deliver medication...

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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
Kit
Explore Science: Zoom into Nano kit
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Linked product

NNIN Outreach Demonstration Guide - encapsulation

Demonstrations that the NNIN Education Office at Georgia Institute of Technology uses with visiting groups A demo that introduces encapsulation, diffusion and osmosis is on page 17.
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Linked Products
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NISE Network product

Sweet Self-Assembly

The "Sweet Self-Assembly" program focuses on the creation of macrocapsules using self-assembly techniques. Participants make edible macrocapsules using techniques similar to those being used in laboratories to make nanocapsules or "smart drugs".
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NISE Network product

Exploring Fabrication - Self-Assembly (NanoDays 10)

"Exploring Fabrication - Self-Assembly" includes several full-body interactive games visitors can play to model the process of self-assembly in nature and nanotechnology. Visitors learn that self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
Kit
NanoDays kit
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test
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Snowflakes: Nano at its Coolest

"Snowflakes" is a public presentation that introduces nanoscale science through the subject of snowflakes. Visitors learn that the complex structure of snowflakes results from the nanoscale arrangement of water molecules in an ice crystal, and that snowflakes are examples of...

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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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