Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Links
Nano-related Institutions
- National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)
- National Science Foundation
- Foresight Institute
- Center for Resposible Nanotechnology
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Education
Nanotechnology in K-12 Education
- The NanoSense Project
- National Nanotechnology Initiative for K-12 Students
- Integrating Nanotechnology into the K12 Classroom
- Exploring the Nanoworld K12 Modules
- Nanoscale Activities (Madison / IPSE)
Nanotechnology Art Galleries
Workshop Activities
- Unique Properties at the Nanoscale (see Lesson 3)
- Ferrofluid Activity Guide
- Build a Buckyball
- Molecular Modeling of Carbon Allotropes
- Carbon Nanotube Activity Guide
- Building Structures at the Nanoscale (using LEGOŽ bricks)
- Amorphous Metal Activity Guide
- Memory Metal Activity Guide
- Using Diffraction to Determine the Arrangement of Atoms
- Refrigerator Magnet Activity Guide
- Tools of the Nanosciences (see Lesson 4)
- Using Scanning Probe Microscopies to Determine the Arrangement of Atoms
- Applications of Nanoscience (see Lesson 5)
- Video Lab Manual for Nanoscale Science and Technology (includes ferrofluid, gold nanoparticles and solar cell laboratory exercises)