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Size and Scale Challenge Exercise
12 Jan 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Mariel Kolker, NACK Network
Scale and size challenge where the student should order given items by there size.
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What is Nanotechnology?/How Small is a Nanometer?
12 Jan 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Mariel Kolker, Robert Ehrmann, NACK Network
What is Nanotechnology? And why should I care about it? How Small is a Nanometer? Size & Scale
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A Look into the Nanoworld: An introduction to Nanoscale Science and Engineering
23 Aug 2021 | | Contributor(s):: NNCI Nano, Jackie Smith
This is a four-part lesson that has students explore the nanoscale. The lesson includes: size and scale, metric system and conversions, measurement, nanotechnology applications, and careers in nano-science. The activities can be done in groups of 2-4 and requires viewing of videos.
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Exploring Powers of Ten
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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MODULE 2 - Sizes: "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans: Going Atomic
13 Nov 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Rachel Altovar, Susan P Gentry
The next installment of Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans delves into the concept of size and how materials and their properties may change at the macro-, micro-, and nanoscale. Activities include viewing images from a microscope to determine...
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Nanofiltración (NanoFiltration)
30 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Sandra Weeks, Laura Arndt, Rodfal Alberto Rodriguez (editor), María Teresa Rivera (editor)
El suministro de agua contaminada se ha convertido en un problema local en las comunidades de los Estados Unidos y el mundo. Aunque las situaciones dramáticas en Flint, Michigan y Nueva Orleans después del huracán Katrina ocuparon los titulares noticiosos, los vecindarios y...
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Nanotratamiento del Agua (Nanotreatment)
30 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Sandra Weeks, Laura Arndt, Rodfal Alberto Rodriguez (editor), María Teresa Rivera (editor)
Este módulo se concentra en las tecnologías que utilizan fuerzas e interacciones en la nano escala para tratar el agua. Se le presenta a los estudiantes la oportunidad de seleccionar un problema de tratamiento del agua para determinar qué contaminantes están...
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Nano-concreto (Nanocrete)
16 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: kim Grady, Jim Marti (editor), Deb Newberry (editor), Rodfal Alberto Rodriguez (editor), María Teresa Rivera (editor), Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
Este módulo le presenta a los estudiantes la nanotecnología, procesos y métodos que están siendo probados por la industria para preparar productos y sistemas cementosos fuertes y livianos. El módulo lleva al estudiante a través del procesamiento de un...
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Understanding Nanotechnology Size and Scale
06 May 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Jody Jackson, Trevor Thornton, NNCI Nano
This first lesson will be interactive with a worksheet that students complete as they learn. They will be introduced to a ruler that compares centimeters, millimeters, nanometers, and inches. Using this ruler, the students will measure various items in their classroom and hear about the size of...
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Water Filtration and Purity of Water - Getting Down to the Nanoscale
13 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: David Mann, NNCI Nano
This is a three part lesson which begins with familiarizing students with SI prefixes and the nanoscale. In Lesson 2 students test a local water supply. It is designed to be used as an extension to classroom activities related to treating foul water for consumption. This activity should...
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What's the Smallest Thing You Know? A Size and Scale Activity
10 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Joyce Allen, NNCI Nano
This lesson is designed to have elementary level students develop an understanding of size and scale. It uses the book What’s Smaller Than A Pygmy Shrew? by Robert E. Wells to help students see that a pygmy shrew is among the tiniest of mammals and that a ladybug is even...
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NNCI Outreach Demonstration Guide
10 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nancy Healy, NNCI Nano
This compendium of demonstrations includes 17 activities that can be used to demonstrate topics to students and the general public. They are useful for science festivals, family science nights, and science cafes. ...
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What's in your Neighborhood: a size and scale activity
07 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Marilyn Garza, NNCI Nano
This activity gives students a sense of size and scale using their classroom and their neighborhood as a frame of reference. The activity focuses on measuring length, for this is the most common feature when presenting nanoscale structures or nanoscale science. Understanding size and scale is...
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Nanocrete
06 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: kim Grady, James Marti (editor), Deb Newberry (editor), Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
This module introduces students to the nanotechnologies, processes, and methods being tested by industry to prepare strong and lightweight cementitious products and systems. The module takes the learner through processing a material (called microgrinding or powder milling) to reduce its size...
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NanoFiltration
05 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Sandra Weeks, Laura Arndt, Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
Contaminated water supplies have become local problems in communities across the United States and the world. Though dramatic situations in Flint, Michigan, and in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina catch the headlines, neighborhoods, and communities across our country are facing water quality...
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NanoTreatment
05 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Sandra Weeks, Laura Arndt, Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
This is a module about nanotechnologies that use forces and interactions to treat water. Learners will select a water treatment problem, determine which contaminants are present in their water, and use the described nanotechnologies and their knowledge of intramolecular forces to identify the...
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The Metric System from Big to Small
29 Jan 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Joe Donahue, NNCI Nano
This interactive lesson will review the metric system and relate the size and scale of objects to various metric units, including the very small nano-scale. The activity is best done in groups of 3-4 students and requires the groups to make measurements and convert them to the metric system.
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Size and Scale: Learning about Measurement
28 Jan 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nancy Healy, NNCI Nano
Using images of objects and the SI unit of measurement, students will visualize the order of numerical properties of objects from the nanoscale to visible scale using exponents and decimals. Students will make size comparisons of objects. Students will develop an understanding of how small a...
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The Micro and Macro Worlds Around Us
23 Jan 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Marilyn Garza, NNCI Nano
This activity focuses on scale and the importance of using scale bars, for this is the most common feature when presenting nanoscale structures or nanoscale science. Understanding size and scale is fundamental to learning about nanotechnology as size defines the nanoscale . ...
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Noodling Around: Powers of Ten
21 Jan 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Marilyn Garza, NNCI Nano
This activity develops a K–12 student’s skills in measurement by using a pool noodle to measure objects. The activity encourages students to consider features that are useful when developing or using a measurement tool. This lesson introduces scale by demonstrating scales as factors...