Links to Nanotechnology Education Resources

• NNIN Education Portal Educational materials for K-12 and college students and teachers
• Nanosense  Excellent high school curriculum modules. Lesson plans, student handouts, PowerPoint presentations.
  • Size Matters Size and scale, unusual properties at nano scale.
  • Clear Sunscreen: How light interacts with matter
  • Clean Energy: Converting Light to Energy

• Wisconsin at Madison's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

• NCLT's NanoEd Resource Portal a repository for information dissemination, research and collaborations among the community of nanoscale science and engineering education (NSEE) learners, teachers and researchers.

• NISE The Museum of Science, the Exploratorium, and the Science Museum of Minnesota have joined together with a group of partners and advisors to develop a Nanoscale Informal Science Education (NISE) Network

• Northeastern University Information about a Nanotechnology Research Experience for Teachers

• Rice University This web site provides information about nanotechnology and the related scientific concepts and processes through the use of a number of images and animations.

• Table of k-12 nanotechnology institutes

• The NanoTechnology Group Inc The NanoTechnology Group Inc. a Texas non-profit corporation supports Global Nano Science Education as Virtual Classrooms online for student access as distance learning anywhere in the world

• Nanooze: The Science Web Magazine for Kids    Great for kids and great for teachers who are mystified by nano-science!

• National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a federal R&D program established to coordinate the multi-agency efforts in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology.

• Harvard's Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSCE) This site describes Nanoscale activities in addition to the NNIN partnership activities.

Powers of ten web resources  

• http://www.powersof10.com/

• http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersoften/

• http://www.wordwizTenz.com/pwrsof10.htm

• http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/Microcosm/P10/english/welcome.html

• http://www.themathpage.com/ARITH/powers-of-10.htm

• http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info/datapowers.html

• http://www.miamisci.org/ph/hextend1.html

Ultraviolet light resources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet  

• http://www.who.int/globalchange/ozone_uv/en/  

• http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/TG/HH/ozhlthhm.html  

• http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/Ozone/  

• http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v404/n6777/abs/404484a0.html

Surface Area to Volume Ratio Websites