Short Activities
Short activities are brief hands-on experiences lasting less than 15 minutes for small groups of people.
They are often presented at a table, cart, or demonstration space in a variety of settings such as a museum exhibit gallery, classroom, or other public or group setting. Multiple short activities can be combined to form a longer activity.
Battery Stack
In this activity, learners investigate how to make a voltaic pile, the first kind of battery.
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Build a Battery
In this activity, learners learn build their own batteries with metal and felt washers.
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Exploring the Solar System: Asteroid Mining
In this activity, learners imagine the challenges and opportunities of asteroid mining by drawing their own asteroid mining machines.
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What Makes Us Human
Explore what it means to be human and how humanlike machines might become.
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Exploring Forces - Static Electricity
In this activity, learners discover that electrostatic forces cause smaller balls to be suspended in a tube while larger ones fall to the bottom.
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Scientist Speed Dating
In this activity, learners and scientists are encouraged to speak with one another, ask questions, and explore specific areas of nanotechnology research and practices through a fun group exercise.
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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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Exploring Size - StretchAbility
In this activity, learners use a "hands and feet-on" game that explores the different sizes of things in the world.
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Exploring Properties - Surface Area
In this activity, learners compare the reaction rate of an effervescent antacid tablet that is broken in half with one that is broken into many pieces.
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Exploring Products - Nano Food
In this activity, learners explore how nanotechnology may be used in food products.
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