Nanotechnology Summer Institute

Materials for the 2007 Summer Institute

Summer Institute Flyer

Application Form

Institute Resources

Institute Assignments

Institute Staff

Other UMass Nano Projects

Summer Institute Materials

Most materials below are Microsoft Word or PowerPoint files

Institute Agenda 7/20/07
Order Request form for Classroom Materials (Word Doc)
Introduction to Nanotechnology. PowerPoint. 7/23/07
Applications of Nanotechnology PowerPoint.7/27/07
Where to buy materials we have used 7/26/07

Nanotechnology Discussion Forums and Surveys for Participants

Forum login 7/07/07
Tutorial 7/07/07
Nanotechnology Summer Institute Pre-Workshop Survey 7/22/07

Gelatin Diffusion Experiment

Gelatin diffusion activity 7/20/07
Gelatin diffusion PowerPoint 7/23/07
Image J software Free image analysis programs for Windows, Mac, etc.
Software for this experiment 7/25/07
Analysis of the experiment PowerPoint 7/25/07

Oleic Acid Nanolayer Activity

Benjamin Franklin's experiment The first nanoscientist. PowerPoint 7/23/07
Student Guide 6/15/07
The Underlying Chemistry 6/15/07
Teacher's Guide 6/15/07

Size Matters

Powers of ten activity 7/18/07
Powers of ten teacher guide 7/18/07
Powers of ten web resources 7/18/07
Why size matters PowerPoint 7/15/07. Adapted from Nanosense
Two dimensional activity 7/05/07
Three dimensional activity 7/17/07

Larger Surface Area for Enhanced Chemical Reactivity. Alka-Seltzer reactivity 7/19/07

Surface to Volume Ratio web sites 7/22/07

Sunscreen and Nanoparticles

Sunscreen PowerPoint 7/22/07 Based on Nanosense PowerPoint
Sunscreen Activity 7/19/07 Modified version of Nanosense activity
Teacher's Guide 7/19/07. See Nanosense for a more extensive guide and additional materials

Atomic Force Microscope Activity

Building an AFM model PDF file. A LEGO project. 7/18/07

Atomic force microscopes PowerPoint presentation. 7/24/07

Nanomedicine and Ferrofluids

The nanomedicine design challenge activity 7/12/07

Synthesize a ferrofluid activity 7/08/07
Nanomedicine.ppt PowerPoint Neil Forbes 7/26/07

Nanoparticles and Biology PowerPoint Vince Rotello 7/26/2007

Materials from the University of Wisconsin Madison Interdisciplinary Education Group

Synthesis of Aqueous Ferrofluid Link to IEG website. Includes a video of the procedure

Student assessment

Teacher assessment

Teacher evaluation

Synthetic Opals

Making synthetic opals activity 7/18/07
Teacher Guide 7/19/07

Electroplating and Lithography

Student Activity Guide 7/17/07
Teacher Guide 7/17/07
Electroplating PowerPoint. 7/25/07

Data Storage PowerPoint. 7/25/07

Nanotechnology Social Policy Issues Jigsaw

Institute Social Issues Activity Guide

7/07/07

Earlier PowerPoint files from Mark Tuominen

Nanotechnology Introduction

Data Storage

Atomic Force Microscope Demo

PowerPoint files from Mark Tuominen's Fall, 2006 presentation

PowerPoint files from Mark Tuominen's Spring, 2007 presentation

Making a nanofilm with oleic acid