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Teaching middle school or high school students? Use these resources to help kids understand what nanotechnology is and how it may impact their lives. You might start by watching Mark Ratner's seminar A Gentle Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscience. Check out the various animations that we have to explain nanoscience concepts. Try running a simple tool online, such as CNTbands.

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  1. Monica Marie Cortez Allain

    https://nanohub.org/members/60007

  2. NanoDays - Metamaterials, Transformation Optics and Cloaking

    Online Presentations | 13 May 2011 | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev

  3. NanoDays 2011

    Workshops | 05 May 2011

    Educational activities about nanoscale science and engineering for students in grades K-12.

  4. NanoDays - NanoTrees: Making Paper Stronger than Steel

    Online Presentations | 05 May 2011 | Contributor(s):: Robert J. Moon

  5. Nano*High: The Birth and Early Evolution of the Universe

    Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Alex Filippenko

  6. Nano*High: Got Plastic? What Saran Wrap & Renewable Energy Generation Have in Common

    Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Rachel Segalman, Eric Isaacs, Jeffrey B. Neaton

    Rachel Segalman is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UC Berkeley and a Faculty Scientist at LBNL. Nano*High The Molecular Foundry Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nano*High gratefully acknowledges QB3, the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences for...

  7. Nano*High: Looking for the Good News in Your Genome: Personalized Medicine--Science and Ethics

    Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jasper Rine

  8. Physics for Future Presidents

    Courses | 26 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall

    The purpose and goals of this course are to provide a liberal arts style education in physics that could be important for you to understand if you were the president of the United States (or any other executive job). In other words, you will learn real, advanced physics without employing any...

  9. PfFP Lecture 1: Energy and Power I

    Online Presentations | 26 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall

  10. PfFP Lecture 2: Energy and Power II

    Online Presentations | 26 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall

  11. PfFP Lecture 3: Energy and Power III

    Online Presentations | 26 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall

  12. Nano*High: Nature's Nasty Nanomachines: How Viruses Work, and How We Can Stop Them

    Online Presentations | 25 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s):: Carolyn R. Bertozzi

    The birth and growth of nanotechnology is only a few decades old, whereas Nature has been building nano-machines for millennia. Viruses are marvels of natural nano-engineering, but can pose a problem for human health. To combat these nano-machines, scientists are turning to recent developments...

  13. Nano*High: X-rays, Lasers, and Molecular Movies

    Online Presentations | 25 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s):: Roger W. Falcone

    X-ray imaging is an excellent method to make visible what would normally be invisible - who hasn't had an X-ray at the doctor or dentist's office before? At the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, the Advanced Light Source is a gigantic X-ray imaging machine. Dr. Roger Falcone discusses X-ray...

  14. Nano*High: Nanoscience for High School Students

    Series | 02 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Alexander S McLeod, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jeffrey C Grossman

    The Materials Sciences Division at the University of California's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory invites you and your students to Nano*High, a series of free Saturday morning lectures by UC Berkeley professors and LBNL senior scientists conducting research from nanoscience to molecular...

  15. Nano*High: From Atoms to Electricity: An Introduction to Nuclear Power, Its Promise and Challenge

    Online Presentations | 02 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Brian D. Wirth

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nano*High. Professor Brian Wirth from the UC Berkeley Dept. of Nuclear Engineering presents the basics of nuclear science, and discusses the technological challenges involved in generating nuclear power and dealing safely with the by-products.

  16. Nano*High: Superconductivity, Trains and SQUIDs

    Online Presentations | 02 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: John Clarke

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nano*High. Superconductivity is a unique phenomenon where the electric resistance of a material drops to zero. Until only a few decades ago, superconductivity was only observed at extremely low temperatures. Today however, a new class of exotic...

  17. Nov 03 2009

    NanoTeach 2009: A South Region Conference to Inspire K-12 Nanoscience Education

    If you are an innovative, K-12 teacher curious about emerging technology and want to know what the big deal is about nanotechnology this conference is for you. Join us in Danville, Virginia where...

    https://nanohub.org/events/details/253

  18. Building Capacity for Nano Education and Outreach through Partnerships with Science Museums: Overview and Case Study

    Online Presentations | 31 Mar 2009 | Contributor(s):: Carol Lynn Alpert, National Center for Learning & Teaching in Nanoscale Science & Engineering

    This session will present the background and theory behind these collaborations and activities, provide examples, and address evaluative aspects. We will also touch briefly on a range of other examples of nanoscale research center – informal science education institutional collaborations,...

  19. K-12: Introduction to Quantum Wells

    Teaching Materials | 24 Nov 2008 | Contributor(s):: David Beck, Mark M Budnik

    A lesson plan for a 20-30 minute exercise for 4th and 5th grade Gifted and Talented students to explore the concept of quantum wells. The objectives of the lesson are:* The students will be able to understand the basic functions and concepts of quantum wells and tunneling.* Students will be able...

  20. DragonflyTV Nano – Using the Power of Television to Introduce Middle School Children to Nanotechnology

    Online Presentations | 15 Jan 2009 | Contributor(s):: Richard Hudson, Joan Freese, Angie Prindle, Lisa Regalla

    DragonflyTV is a PBS science series for children, broadcast nationwide and on the internet. DragonflyTV models authentic science inquiry through its unique approach: In each episode, ordinary kids conduct their own inquiry-based investigations, modeling the inquiry process and communicating the...