It’s the little things: Nanotechnology and Kids
Posted May 10th, 2012
Remember what it was like to be a little kid and having to look up at everything that passed your way?
What if you gave a child confidence that there is more to this world than what meets the eye?
Introducing your child to nanotechnology would be a step in the right direction. This would give them an outlet to be the giant looking in at an entire world that surrounds them. Nanotechnology allows a person to manipulate matter at an atomic and molecular scale.
How do you get the kids interested in the fascinating world of science, in particular nanotechnology?
Take them over to sites like Nanooze.org where there are hundreds of science-related articles that might pique an interest. Nanooze has articles on things like Nanobots, or Nanites, which are little “machines” that do things like clean out arteries and eat some of the toxins in your blood. They can learn more about what these microscopic machines do and who found out about them on the website.
Teaching kids things like this might encourage them to delve deeper into what it means to be human. Some people might be small, some people might be large, but we are all comprised of these microscopic elements that help us function.
Not interested in the goings-on of the body? Never fear, nanotechnology goes further than just the intricacies of the human genome.
There’s a difference between liquids and solids, no? Blow their mind by telling them that there is a compound known as “liquid armor” that does things like help protect soldiers in combat. This liquid armor could make all the difference for our soldier friends. And what do you know? The liquid armor is comprised of many, many small molecules.
Nanotechnology, and science in general, are great things to introduce to kids when they’re younger because it invigorates the need to know more and learn things that are downright cool.
And you never know, you might have just opened the doors to a life-long passion.
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