Events
NanoDays: The Science of Small
March 24, 2012
1-4 pm, free
Westfield Gateway Mall, Lincoln
NanoDays celebrates the nanoscale by bringing together university researchers and science educators to create new and unique learning experiences for both children and adults to explore the miniscule world of atoms, molecules, and nanoscale forces. This event will combine fun hands-on activities with informal conversations on current research with UNL faculty and graduate students.
A range of exciting activities will demonstrate the special and unexpected properties found at the nanoscale. Visitors will make some of their own nanomaterials using scotch-tape, investigate super thin materials used in solar cell technology, and change the color of a butterfly’s wings! Other activities include an “I Spy Nano” game and an exploration of real nano gold.
There will be prizes for the first 100 attendees who visit all of the ten interactive demonstration tables, and a nanoscience prize for the elementary and middle school with the most attendees.
NanoDays is part of a nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering. In Nebraska, NanoDays is sponsored by Nebraska EPSCoR in collaboration with UNL’s Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience (NCMN) and the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).
Watch videos about the event here. |
