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In partnership with local artists, the Center for Single Entity Nanochemistry and Nanocrystal Design is creating murals throughout the United States with the goal of educating the public about concepts of size and scale.
To complement these efforts, the Willets lab has designed a one day, on campus program called Magnifying Minds.
Exploring the basics.
Exploring the basics.
Interactive puzzles and coloring activities introduce the concepts.
Looking closer.
Looking closer.
Using magnifying glasses, students "zoom in" to observe features on butterflies.
Seeing the details.
Seeing the details.
Using an optical microscope, students resolve increasingly small features--too small to be seen by eye!
How small can we go?
How small can we go?
Students visit our electron microscopy facility and see just how far they can zoom in!
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