Integrating Technology: Seeing Atoms: STM

In this science worksheet, students calculate the size of different samples using the microscope as part of a formal lab assignment.

Extensive reading is done in order to learn about scanning probe microscopy and nanoscale. Afterward, individuals use a pencil to probe an unidentified object that is inside of a box so that they cannot see it. Using only what they could...

Seeing is believing! But, how can something as tiny as an atom be made visible? Explore the history of the atom with a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions playlist. Content includes early concepts of the atom, as well as...

A learning module with built-in interactive features where students can observe how electrons behave. Using a virtual scanning tunneling microscope (STM), they experiment with moving the electrons inside an atom around. The STM has two...

The microscopes covered in depth at this site include the phase-contrast microscope, the electron microscope, and the scanning tunneling microscope. This site includes in-depth information on the microscopes, microscope simulators,...

Find a description of the operation of Nanosurf Inc's "easyScan" scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Virtual reality is used to take apart the microscope and show how electron tunneling is used to measure the shape of sample surfaces...

Scroll down to research to find images of scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopes.

Get up close and personal with human cells with this lab worksheet. Learners use a microscope to examine their own cheek cells, drawing diagrams of the cells and identifying the parts when they have focused in on a visible specimen....

A learning module that investigates a powerful tool to observe and manipulate atoms called the scanning tunneling microscope.

Use a virtual scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to observe electron behavior in an atomic-scale world. Walk through the principles of this technology step-by-step.