Nanoscience Lesson Plans and Activities
for High School Teachers

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  • Adventures beyond the decimal

    Description with your perspective:
    Students click their way down to the nanoscale and beyond. There are many choices so the student can individualize their experience.

    Time Frame: 10-30 min.

 

  • Size Matters: Introduction to Nanotechnology

    Description with your perspective:

    Students will be able to define and relate nano to other powers of 10, express some of the unique properties associated with the nanoscale, and differentiate between optical, transmission electron, and scanning probe microscope imagery.

    Time Frame: From 1 to several 50 min. class periods

 

  • What is nano?

    Description with your perspective:

    Students kinesthetically and mathematically analyze powers from
    1 meter to 1 nanometer.

    Time Frame: 50 min.

 

  • How big are things?

    Description with your perspective:
    This is a printable comparison of common objects relative size that you construct as a cube.

    Time Frame: 5 min. to construct


  • “When things get small”

    Description with your perspective:

    Entertaining video on making the world’s smallest magnet.

    Time Frame: 28 min.


  • “Powers of 10”

    Description with your perspective:

    Classic images by Charles Eames take the student both up and down by powers of ten you can see the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i6B7HzijSo

    Time Frame: 10 min.

 

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