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Lesson Plans

Size and Scale:

• Cutting it Down to Nano
• How Small is a Pygmy Shrew?
• NanoSolutions
• NanoSugar
• NanoWeights
• The Mitten Challenge

Societal Implications:

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

Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM):

• Using SPM to Determine the Position of Atoms
• Inside the Black Box
• How Can We "See" What We Can Not See?

X-Ray Diffraction:

• Using Diffraction to Determine the Position of Atoms
• Determining the Structures of Metals and Ionic Metals Using Diffraction

Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots:

• Nano Stained Glass

Ferrofluids:

• Investigating Ferrofluids
• Ferrofluid: Nanomedicine
• Exploring the Nanoworld: Ferrofluid

Applications and Nanoscale Devices:

• NanoTex: Testing New Nanofabrics
• Smart Papers

Carbon Nanotubes and Buckyballs:

• NanoArchitecture: Forms of Carbon
• Using Vectors to Construct Carbon Nanotubes

Computers and Memory:

• Giant Magnetoresistance

Interdisciplinary Connections:

• Nano Stained Glass

Liquid Crystals:

• LC Sensors

Memory Metal:

• Exploring the Nanoworld: Memory Metal
• Using Shape Memory Metal in Simple Machines

Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs):

• Exploring the Nanoworld: LEDs

Magnetism:

• Exploring the Nanoworld: Magnetism

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under DMR Grant No. 0520527
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