NANO-TECH-NO-LO-GEE

__**VDOE RESOURCE LIST:**__

//Basic Concepts, Research, and Applications//

 * **TryNano.org** This site is designed as an introductory resource on nanoscience. It includes information on the science of nanotechnology, types of nanomaterials, real-world applications of nanotechnology, careers in the field, and classroom resources for middle and high school teachers.
 * **Nanotechnology: It’s a Small, Small, Small, Small World **Ralph C. Merkle presents nanotechnology concepts, advantages, applications, and predictions. (Originally published in //MIT Technology Review.//)
 * **FAQs: Nanotech**This National Nanotechnology Initiative page leads visitors to an overview and a visual representation of nanotechnology, as well as links to its benefits and applications, the importance of microscopy in nanoscale science, and other basic facts.
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 * Nanotechnology Now**This clearinghouse for nanotechnology information and issues contains links to nanotechnology basics, terms, current applications, and ethics, as well as important figures in its development.
 * **Nanotechnology: Society and Safety**Presents the broad implications of nanotechnology for society, namely its environmental, health, and safety implications and societal dimensions.
 * **Scientific American: Nanotechnology** The online Scientific American site provides current nanotechnology news through an RSS feed.
 * **Engineering Pathway: Nanotechnology and Society**This reference on nanotechnology includes links to topics such as nanohype, nanoethics, nanomedicine, nanoagriculture, environment, transportation, manufacturing, electronics, consumer products, and more.
 * **Nanoscience Technology**Scroll down on this Dakota County Technical College (Minnesota) site to find links to nanotechnology-related PowerPoint presentations delivered by Deb Newbury to Virginia Technology Education teachers.
 * **Understanding Nanotechnology**An introductory nanotechnology site, including applications of nanotechnology to a wide variety of fields and products, plus many other related resources.

//**Classroom Resources**//

 * **NanoEd Resource Portal** This site includes resources on nanoconcepts and simulations, nano lessons, and other nanotechnology resources for teaching and learning.
 * **When Things Get Small**This 27-minute online video on nanoscience by the University of California/San Diego presents a humorous look at “the real-life quest to create the smallest magnet ever known.”
 * **Nanofactory Animation**This video shows the operation of a factory on a molecular scale.
 * **Nanoforum.org: European Nanotechnology Gateway**This European site features numerous links of use in the classroom, including News, What Is Nano, and Education/Career.
 * **Exploring the Nano World**This University of Wisconsin/Madison site presents a series of classroom activities, lesson plans, and other educator resources.
 * **Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization at Penn State**
 * **Nanotechnology Video Modules**This site offers six online videos addressing topics such as Introduction to Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology Influence in Industry, and Career Choices in Nanotechnology.
 * **Amazing Creatures with Nanoscale Features—Part I**This animation introduces “microscopy, scale, and applications of nanoscale properties.”
 * **Quick Links** displays several videos about careers in nanotechnology.
 * **Nanotechnology Educational Activities for K-12 Teachers**This National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network site includes resources in nanotechnology curriculum, demonstrations, nanotechnology professional development for teachers, and NNIN Instructional units. (Note: To access units, click on //individual// unit titles.)
 * **The Mystery of the Sick Puppy**This nanoeducation instructional program from N.C. State University can be downloaded to your computer as as a zip file. Educators can use this presentation without charge for instructional purposes. It is copyright protected for all other uses.
 * **NanoTechnology: “A Step to the Future”**An introductory nanotechnology lesson for middle school students
 * **How Small Am I? The Science of Nanotechnology**This PBS lesson helps students gain “an understanding of nanoscale dimensions and nanotechnology.”
 * **Nanotechnology Lesson Plans**These lessons from UnderstandingNano.com provide an introduction to nanotechnology, encourage students to explore a wide variety of its applications, and help them explore possibilities of its future.
 * **Nanoscience Lesson Plans and Activities for High School Teachers**The University of Nebraska/Lincoln offers lessons and other resources for introducing high school students to the basics of nanotechnology.
 * **Nano Lessons**This page within the NanoEd Resource Portal provides nanoscience lessons for students in grades 7–12. Lessons contain a module summary, along with other resources (activities, simulations, videos, related seminars).
 * **Large- and Small-Scale Science and Math**The University of Massachusetts in Amherst has developed this sample lesson plan designed to teach middle school students in a summer institute how to classify sizes and order objects of various sizes.
 * **Nanotechnology Educator Guide**This KQED (California) Multimedia Series nanotechnology site gives teachers background links and information, introductory questions, focus questions, lesson plans, and resources.

__**NANO.GOV**__ Check out these links to learn more about the fun and interesting ways you can learn about nanotechnology. (You may need to install the [|latest version of Flash] to play some of the game.) [|Nanooze] is an online science magazine created by Cornell University. It has online games, articles, and a blog, and you can view it in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. [|It’s a nano world], seen in the picture to the right, is a rentable, traveling interactive museum exhibition that introduces 5-8-year-old children and their families to the biological wonders of the nano world. The exhibit is managed by Cornell University’s Sciencenter, and there are some materials, activities, photos, and book lists on the website. [|The strange new world of nanotechnology] is an absorbing and lively 17-minute video introduction to nanotechnology made at Cambridge University. It has wonderful real pictures of nanoscale materials so tiny they can’t be seen by a regular optical microscope. [|How Small is Nanotechnology]? offers an interactive, multimedia approach to learning about the nanoscale. It is part of the [|NanoZone] website run by the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley. [|NanoDays] take place for a week each year on the same days at over 200 science museums and other locations across the country from Puerto Rico to Hawaii. It teaches about the nanoscale in ingenious ways to people of all ages. In 2011, NanoDays will happen from March 26 through April 3. Check back with the website every so often to find out if your community is participating this year. The [|VizLab image collection] on the NISE Net educational website has amazing photos of the nanoscale, some with artists’ enhancements. [|NanoExpress] trailer designed and staffed by Howard University takes nanoscience to towns all over America with its “mobile science theme park.” [|Nanotechnology: Small Science, Big Deal] is an exhibit at the London Science Museum, with a lot of online information, too, and some fun stuff, like a game called [|Duckboy in Nanoland]! [|The Incredible Shrunken Kids] is a cool nanotechnology article in [|Science News for Kids], which is an award-winning weekly science newsmagazine and website that has fantastic stories spanning all fields of science. [|Exploring the Nanoworld with Lego® Bricks] has web-based materials from the University of Wisconsin that show how some physical and chemical principles related to nanotechnology can be demonstrated with LEGO® models. [|Dragonfly TV’s Nanosphere] is the nanotechnology part of a multimedia science education program that combines television, community outreach, print materials, science kits, and web-based information and activities. Boston’s [|Museum of Science Nanotechnology webpage] offers podcasts, cable TV news stories, presentation videos, and calendars of live activities. The museum helped to launch the annual nationwide nanotechnology event called NanoDays.
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 * Howard Univeristy's mobile nanoscience laboratory, the NanoExpress. ||