Wednesday 6 July 2011
The ' new geography' of the 21st century
Exploration and mapping of details in nanospace awaits our 21st century adventurers. In the late 1400's through to the 1700's Europeans set sail in their wonderful new ships to explore the new world with sextant and cartography equipment in hand. In the 20th century astronomers, astronauts and cosmonauts ventured to discover what lies out beyond our little planet in space to explore the other moons, planets, star systems and galaxies. Today as a global society we are just setting out on humanity's next big exploratory adventure. The world of the molecule and the atom has been described as the 'new geography' of the 21st century. What wonderful new worlds will we find 'down there' at the nanoscale? And how well will we choose to use our new found treasures? This exploration is already progressing at an ever accelerating pace. At this stage many fear that in nanotechnology 'there be dragons'.
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The Powers of Ten resource is wonderful for students and teachers alike. Zooming in and out of the universe through the amazing imagery gives a new perspective to the way you look at the world! (:
ReplyDeleteWe found that the Molecularium Project was highly interactive and an easily comprehensible resource for primary school children. We loved how there were animations to explain the molecule that the kids had just built. We will definitely be using this in our future teaching. Thanks heaps Cheryl :)
ReplyDeleteAnnie, Laura, Sudha
We had great fun exploring the Molecularium interactive website and feel that it would be a fantastic educational tool for primary aged students. What a fantastic surprise and an absolute treat to stumble across such an innovative online learning experience. The new breed of budding chemists are on their way!
ReplyDeleteDani and Ed and Elly
We explored the Molecularium interactive website and found it engaging, accessible and empowering for the exploration of a "big" science idea.
ReplyDeleteFrom looking at this website we decided that it would be important to give students the time to engage in substantive discussion while interacting with the resources on the website. Developing language to support this exploration would make an excellent teaching/learning interaction in a primary classroom.
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James & Arma.
The Molecularium Kidsite is a fabulous, interactive site for primary school students. Unfortunately, it appears to be blocked by the Dept of Education Ultranet. I see this as putting children at state schools at a disadvantage. Unblocking the Molecularium Kidsite would give all children access.
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