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 fundamental to learning about nanotechnology as size defines the nanoscale. It can be introduced into K–12 curriculum by discussing scientific measurement. Itis short activity taking only 15-20 minutes.

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Marilyn Garza

NNIN RET program at UC Santa Barbara NSF EEC 0908895 and NNIN NSF ECCS 0335765

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Marilyn Garza, NNCI Nano (2020), "What's in your Neighborhood: a size and scale activity," https://nanohub.org/resources/32361.

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1. elementary school
2. general science
3. high school
4. K-12
5. measurement
6. middle school
7. NNCI Educational Materials
8. size and scale