Microchips are a man-made wonder. Investigate the manufacturing wonder with a hands-on inquiry-based activity. Scholars simulate the process of pattern transfer using photoresist. Their conclusion identifies how their process replicates...

Can your classes solve the problem of the smelly sweat sock? Young scientists complete a lab investigation that begins by using electrochemistry to generate colloidal silver. They use their solutions to test the rate of microbial growth...

Ride the wave to an understanding of refraction! The first in a series of two inquiry-based lessons challenges learners to create transverse waves with two different types of springs. As their wave hits an object, they observe the change...

Sensor technology is amazingly accurate and useful. Combining the sensor technology and mathematical knowledge, scholars design experiments to answer a question they have developed. Questions may focus on light sensing, temperature...

High schoolers design bionic organs or limbs. In this medical technology lesson, students view a video about artificial organs and prosthetic limbs. They research the medical technology behind these advances and work to design a organ or...

Students build metal atomic models using styrofoam. In this chemistry lesson, students identify the different unique properties of metals. They explain how metal atoms bond.

Young scholars explore solar energy, why we use it and how we use it.  In this renewable energy lesson students compare active and solar techniques.

Young scholars explore the surface ratio of an object.  In this surface area to volume lesson students construct a data table, make calculations and create a graph. 

Students visit a website that takes them inside of a computer to see how it works. They investigate the people who contributed to computer technology.

Students examine the history of equal temperament, the modern standard of tuning a piano. Proportion calculations of octaves and perfect fifths are utilized to calculate the frequency of each note in a major scale.

Students analyze an article about fight traffic and answer questions.  In this investigative lesson students study flight and fill out a worksheet pertaining to the information that they just learned. 

Discover the potential that nanotechnology has for manufacturing. Find out how nanotechnology may affect medicine and even the military.

Twelve-page illustrated brochure describes what nanotechnology is in terms that nonscientists can understand. Discusses nanometers, nanoscale, and the kinds of nanotechnology-related innovations that are now available. Also discusses the...

A useful list of questions and answers related to the development and uses of nanotechnology.

The National Nanotechnology Initiative is a clearinghouse of information about what the U.S. government is doing to ensure continued U.S. leadership in the field of nanotechnology.

A description of how nanotechnology can manipulate tiny particles and have applications in sports, clothing, foods, electronics, pollution control, alternative fuels, crime fighting, wars, and healthcare.

Students are given a general overview of nanotechnology principles and applications, as well as nanomaterials engineering. Beginning with an introductory presentation, they learn about the nano-scale concept and a framework for the...

Through three teacher-led demonstrations, students are shown samplers of real-world nanotechnology applications involving ferrofluids, quantum dots and gold nanoparticles. This nanomaterials engineering lesson introduces practical...

Learn about an innovative use of nanotechnology involving viruses that manufacture a special kind of wire.

A resource bank of animations, courses, software downloads, teaching materials, publications and workshops about nanoscience technology. Resources are searchable and users can save their materials by registering for free.

A collection of simulations on nano materials, nano applications, and machinery at the nano level. Students can learn about carbon nanotubes, material strength, a conveyor belt made on the nanoscale, and sputttering.

Explore the study of all things very, very tiny. Where is nanotechnology used? How is it measured? Find out!

A video lecture from Dr. Richard Feynman exploring tiny machines. Webpage breaks down the lecture into twelve segments. Videos vary in length and explain the science behind nanotechnology. Understand computer chips, sound waves, and the...

Describes the promising applications of nanotechnology, which are expected to revolutionize how illness is diagnosed and treated.