• Cutting it Down to Nano.
• How Small are Nanotubes?.
• NanoSolutions.
• NanoSugar.
• NanoWeights.
• Nanotechnology Mitten Challenge.

• Ferrofluid: NanoMedicine.
• Giant Magnetoresistance.
• Liquid Crystal Sensors.
• Nanoarchitecture: Forms of Carbon.
• "Smart" Papers.
• Nano-Tex: Testing New Nano Fabrics.

• NanoCommunity.
• Rocks and Nanobots.
• Technology and Public Policy: Nanoville.

• Amorphous Metal.
• Ferrofluid.
• LEDs.
• Memory Metal.

• General Information.
• Advanced Materials.
• Applications of Nanotechnology.
• Nanotech in Industry.
• Nanotechnology Articles.
• Nanotechnology Journals.
• Seeing Atoms.
• University Nanotech Programs.

Nanoscale Activity: NanoSugar

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Audience: High school students; non-science adults
Time Needed: 2-3 minutes

Objectives:

• To introduce the idea of the nanometer

Activity Materials:

• Sugar cubes
• Metric rulers with millimeters

Supplemental Materials:

• None

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