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The world too small to see is revealed in a traveling science museum exhibition, “It’s a Nano World,” which was on view at Innoventions at Epcot in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., earlier this year. It was the first exhibit at Innoventions to highlight nanotechnology.
Innoventions at Epcot is a unique attraction filled with hands-on, interactive exhibits for guests to discover how cutting-edge science and technology can simplify and enhance life today and in the future. This interactive playground allows guests to be among the first to experience new products and services and to understand how these new methods will change the way we live. The “It’s a Nano World” exhibit is part of a vibrant educational outreach program whose mission is to foster a lifelong interest in science and technology by teaching people of all ages about the nano world. Entering through the gateway of “It’s a Nano World,” visitors are transported into the wonders of biology at the nanometer scale, experiencing the scientific and technological discoveries of the Nanobiotechnology Center. The exhibition has a number of hands-on activities where visitors can view the nano world using a variety of tools. An important tool in nanobiotechnology, a cell sorter, is transformed into an interactive exhibit where visitors sort balls (representing cells) with a series of vacuum hoses and collect “cells” in hoppers. Scientific content was not the only driver of the exhibit. “One of the most important perspectives that the collaboration brought to the exhibition was the idea that it should be fun for kids and informative for adults,” said Anna Waldron, director of education for the Nanobiotechnology Center at Cornell. The exhibition began touring in winter 2003 and will continue for up to five additional years. —Cornell News Service |
