Nanoscale Science and Technology Outreach
- Overview
- National Nanotechnology Day - October 9
- NanoDays Activities at BNC
- NanoDays Planning Materials
- Communicating Science
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Overview
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Overview
This community is a place to share information on teaching nanoscale science and technology as outreach, which includes informal education venues such as museums and after school programs. Resources on nanoHUB that are geared towards nanoscale science and technology outreach will be highlighted, and links provided to good material outside nanoHUB.
Be sure to check out the pages listed in the left side menu.
Those who join this group can communicate with one another via the discussion forum to share strategies that have worked for you or ask questions of others in the community.
There are also Outreach group collections, which are assemblages of content related by a topic, that any member of this group can create and add to. Collections allow you to assemble and share material including external links. There are currently collections for many of the NanoDays activities, where past activity facilitators have shared notes and observations.
You can also post notices for events on the group calendar.
This group contains the following:
Resources on nanoHUB for Nanoscale Science and Technology Outreach
Database of Nano Education Resources
This database lists the 9 Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and Engineering along with the Learning Goals associated with each Big Idea, from the NSTA Publication, "The Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, A Guidebook for Secondary Teachers: (c) 2009 NSTA Press.
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Database of The Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
This database lists the 9 Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and Engineering along with the Learning Goals associated with each Big Idea, from the NSTA Publication, "The Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, A Guidebook for Secondary Teachers: (c) 2009 NSTA Press.
NISE Net's NanoDays Kit Contents Database
This is a searchable, filterable database of the NISE Net NanoDays Kits, through 2014. Some additional content, for example training videos, has been created since then, but this contains all of the well-loved "classic" NanoDays activities and is very useful for finding content if you just remember a few key words.
Using nanoHUB to Introduce Elementary and Middle School Students to Models and Simulations
Purdue University (2014)
Instructions for an activity that combines the use of physical models and the Crystal Viewer Simulation tool to make models and simulations more accessible to middle school students.
Introduction to Nanotechnology – An “Elementary” Education Program
By Mark Budnik
Valparaiso University
In this paper, we present how our community’s public school system and our college of engineering collaboratively developed and implemented a program on Nanotechnology for a group of forty 9-11 year olds on a completely self-sustaining basis.
Introduction to Nanotechnology— Implementation of a Cooperative Program for Gifted and Talented Elementary School Children
By Mark Budnik
Valparaiso University
In this paper, we present how our community’s public school system and our college of engineering collaboratively developed and implemented a program on Nanotechnology for a group of forty 9-11 year olds on a completely self-sustaining basis. The program’s objectives and outcomes are aligned with our state’s Core Science and Academic Standards. Modest student fees (US $30 per child) cover the training and salary for undergraduate students to serve as instructors, as well as the salary for the K-12 teachers/mentors to be present as additional support during the sessions. After completing the program, the children met over 90% of the objectives.
Building Capacity for Nano Education and Outreach through Partnerships with Science Museums— Overview and Case Study
Northwestern University (2009)
Taught by Carol Lynn Alpert, and NCLT
Selected Topics: NISE network, background and theory behind museum-research collaborations and activities, informal science education, evaluation, NSF broader impacts, partnerships, NISE Network resources, collaborative efforts.
Launch of a Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
Purdue University (2006)
By Larry Bell
Selected Topics: informal science education, public awareness, long-term efforts to educate, engineering, technology, educational deliverables, stimulate educational research
NanoDays Lectures for High School Students
NanoDays 2011 Workshop Series
Purdue University (2011)
Taught by Various Speakers
NanoDays – Artificial Photosynthesis with Biomimetic Nanomaterials, Self-Repairing Solar Cells
Taught by: Jong Hyun Choi
Selected Topics: photosynthesis, solar cells, photovoltaic technologies, photo-electrochemical technologies, electrolyte solutions, semiconductor nanomaterials, self-repair, decomposition, carbon nanotube
NanoDays – NanoTrees— Making Paper Stronger than Steel
Taught by: Robert J. Moon
Selected Topics: forest-based economies, forest products, nanocrystal cellulose, new composites
NanoDays – Metamaterials, Transformation Optics and Cloaking
Taught by: Vladimir M. Shalaev
Selected Topics: metamaterial, plasmonics, nanophotonics, electronic devices, photonic devices, optical antennae, nanolaser, transformation optics, distortion, invisibility, cloaking
NanoDays – Space Lab on Chip Technology The final frontier
Taught by: Marshall Porterfield
Selected Topics: nanobiosensors, biochips, microprobes, nanocubes, nanorods, gravitropism
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