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.
Interactive puzzles and coloring activities introduce the concepts.
Using magnifying glasses, students "zoom in" to observe features on butterflies.
Using an optical microscope, students resolve increasingly small features--too small to be seen by eye!
Students visit our electron microscopy facility and see just how far they can zoom in!