NEWS
RELEASE – For Immediate Release
July 2,
2012
Contact: Kristie Maher
Phone:
605-280-3289
E – mail: kristiemaher@sd-discovery.com
Local
science center granted a new exhibition.
The SD Discovery
Center in Pierre
Nano – Imagine and
discover a world you can’t see! is
now on permanent display. The Center
applied to the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net) to be
selected to become of the home of one of fifty Nano exhibits. The exhibit development, building and
delivery was funded by the National Science Foundation.
“We have
built exhibits, rented exhibits and purchased used exhibits. This is the first time in my tenure that we
have received a complete, turn-key exhibit delivered at no charge to our
doorstep.” Say executive director,
Kristie Maher. Through this NSF grant,
the NISE Network is making this very hot science topic available to audiences
all over the country.
Maher
encourages families to visit to get their kids thinking about what the “nano”
in “i-pod nano” really means. And to
learn about the many, many other nano applications that are already all around
them.
The Center
will soon be adding a Nanotechnology Family Science Night kit to its “Science
to Go” loan kit program this fall.
Schools, afterschool programs, scouts, churches and other organizations
will be able to rent it to put on a fun, simple family night.
This new,
engaging exhibition for family audiences is about nanoscale science,
technology, and engineering (nano).
Visitors explore the exhibit to imagine and discover the nanoscale world
– a world so tiny it’s too small to see!
This 400-square foot exhibition includes hands-on, interactive exhibits
that invite exploration of nano phenomena and real world applications and
implications.
At the Small, Smaller, Nano exhibit, you can
play with magnets to explore how material behaves differently at different
sizes. At the Build a Giant Carbon Nanotube exhibit you can use foam construction
pieces to make a large model of a tiny structure call a carbon nanotube. There are plenty of examples of nano in
nature, technology, and your own home. Where Can You Find Nano? lets you
listen, look and touch to discover nano all around you. At Balance
Our Nano Future, a variety of blocks represent the challenge of trying to
create a stable nano world – can you balance all the blocks on the tippy
table? Throughout the exhibition,
interactive panels provide information on tiny solutions for big problems,
exciting technologies inspired by nature, and different perspectives on
nanotechnology. The Nano exhibition
includes a seating area with comfortable furniture and additional reading
material about this important topic.
Visit whatisnano.org, for more information via digital
media, video, podcasts, and more! An
audio description for blind and low vision museum visitors is available at whatisnano.org/ad, which may be downloaded any
time.
Nano is
produced by the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Network)
with funding from the National Science Foundation.
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| These visitors are exploring the behaviors exhibited by different sizes of magnetic material. |
