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Elementary school - Module 1: Phosphors Lesson Plan
Teaching Materials | 30 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s):: CIAN ERC
Phosphors lesson plan
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Elementary school - Module 2: Science of Nano
Teaching Materials | 30 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s):: CIAN ERC
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Elementary school - Module 3: Take a 3D group photo!
Teaching Materials | 30 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s):: CIAN ERC
Take a 3D group photo!
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Elementary school - Module 4: Diffraction of light (making a monochrometer)
Teaching Materials | 30 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s):: CIAN ERC
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Elementary school - Module 5: Scaling My Community
Teaching Materials | 30 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s):: CIAN ERC
This lesson introduces the use of scale to examine images. Particularly students will begin with familiar locations or areas generated using satellite maps (e.g. Google maps) to relate scale and magnification of a particular image. What happens to the scale when we zoom in on an image? What if...
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Embedding science and technology education into students' lifestyles and technology choices
Online Presentations | 06 Dec 2005 | Contributor(s):: Krishna Madhavan
Learning experiences of the future will be multi-sensory, engage technologies and significant computational power continuously and invisibly, and will be completely engaging. The emergence of highly cross-disciplinary fields like nanoscale science and technology, bioinformatics, and...
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Encapsulación y Liberación Controlada: Macro Cápsulas (Encapsulation & Controlled Release)
Teaching Materials | 30 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, James J Marti, Kyle Forgette, Rodfal Alberto Rodriguez (editor), María Teresa Rivera (editor)
Este módulo introduce el proceso de la formación de macro cápsulas y el concepto de autoensamblaje. Formar cápsulas a escalas macro, micro y nano tiene aplicaciones muy importantes en la liberación de medicamentos, cosméticos, tecnología de...
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Encapsulation & Controlled Release
Teaching Materials | 05 Feb 2020 | Contributor(s):: James J Marti, Kyle Forgette, Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
This module introduces the process of forming macrocapsules and the concept of self-assembly. Forming capsules at the macro, micro, and nano levels have very important applications in drug delivery, cosmetics, food technology, and cleaning up environmental toxins. The module includes a...
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Engineering Career Profiles
Teaching Materials | 10 May 2017 | Contributor(s):: Tamecia Raishaun Jones
Although there are many programs and curriculum opportunities for students to do engineering projects, surveys from middle and high school students have said that they are interested in what engineers do from day to day. We have interviewed scientists and engineers who do...
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EngrTEAMS Curricular Units
Series | 20 Jun 2022 | Contributor(s):: Tamara J. Moore
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Exploring Factors Effecting Deposition, Morphology, and Thickness of Thin Metallic Layer of Copper
Teaching Materials | 08 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Berkil Alexander, NNCI Nano
Students will create thin layers of copper and nickel in an electrochemical reaction to understand how an electric current passed through an ionic solution will result in a chemical reaction which will separate materials.
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Exploring Nanotechnology through Consumer Products
Teaching Materials | 14 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Robert Ehrmann, Nancy Healy, NNCI Nano
This lesson should begin with the Introduction to Nanotechnology PowerPoint or use any of the videos on YouTube that introduce nanoscale science. Students then extend their knowledge by exploring consumer products that have been developed with nanotechnology.
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Exploring Powers of Ten
Teaching Materials | 03 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s):: Joyce Allen, NNCI Nano
Through a series of activities, students will understand why the use of exponents is important in science mathematics, and engineering as well as everyday jobs. The lesson serves as an introduction to the Powers of Ten Notation or Scientific Notation. Included is a homework assignment focused...
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Exploring Surface Energy of Polymers by Contact Angle Estimation
Teaching Materials | 03 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s):: Fred Okoh, NNCI Nano
Students will qualitatively and quantitatively estimate contact angles of polymers and compare their surface energy. They will use a variety of polymer sheets onto which they will place drops of water. After observing the shape of the drop, they will take digital photographs of the drop, print...
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Exploring the Properties of Magic Sand
Teaching Materials | 13 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Amy Brunner, Nancy Healy, NNCI Nano
This lesson uses a hydrophobic material called Magic Sand to: 1. Explore the properties of molecular bonding; 2. Introduce students to the engineering of hydrophobic surfaces; and 3. Demonstrate the concepts of hydrophobic and hydrophilic behavior. It is suitable for high school students in...
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Exploring Thin Film Interference Colors through Simulation
Teaching Materials | 04 Nov 2014 | Contributor(s):: Tanya Faltens
This resource will guide instructors and independent learners through the process of simulating the reflections off of a thin film using the S4: Stanford Stratified Structure Solver simulation tool. Examples of a freely standing thin film (a soap bubble) and a thin film of silicon dioxide...
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Fabrication of a MOSFET within a Microprocessor
Animations | 16 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: John C. Bean
This resource depicts the step-by-step process by which the transistors of an integrated circuit are made.
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Feasibility of Molecular Manufacturing
Animations | 14 Mar 2005 | Contributor(s):: EPICS LSPM Team
Martin and Laura have an interesting debate about the feasibility of Molecular Manufacturing. Can molecular assemblers be developed to create new materials, new devices, and even macroscopic objects? Find out... If Martin ever wakes up!
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Flood Rescue Mission: An EngrTEAMS Curricular Unit
Teaching Materials | 20 Jun 2022 | Contributor(s):: David Rafferty, Elizabeth Scheidel, Emily Dare, Felicia Leammukda, Kerrie Douglas, Tamara J. Moore
Flood Rescue Mission is an engineering design-based STEM curricular unit. The unit aims to facilitate the learning of major science and mathematical concepts and skills within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards (CCSS) respectively. The unit includes...
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Food Web Differences in Primary Versus Secondary Growth in a Lowland Tropical Rainforest
Online Presentations | 31 Aug 2023 | Contributor(s):: Patricia Juarez Swan, Annie Finneran, Rice University
Biodiversity of wildlife can be seen in interactions between species, such as predation. One way to understand predation between animals such as mammals and birds are food webs, which documents which animals eat each other. Understanding how humans can impact these food webs, and therefore the...