Futurists predict that nanotechnology will be the next major scientific revolution—one with an even greater impact than the Industrial Revolution. Nanoscale Science will help your middle and high school students understand the big implications of tiny technology.Using guided inquiry with open-ended exploration where possible, the book’s 20 investigations teach students about the unique properties and behavior of materials at the nanoscale—one-billionth of the size of a meter. The activities are organized around five themes: scale, tools and techniques, unique properties and behaviors, nanotechnology applications, and societal implications.All activities use readily available materials and provide clear background, instructions, and formative assessments. They also explore questions sure to engage both students and you, such as:• Just how small is one in a billion?• How might manipulating matter at the nanoscale lead to everything from stain-resistant fabrics to improved means to clean water to tumor-targeting nanoshells?• And how will society change when we use nanolabels to track where people, animals, and materials move around the world?For the first time in human history, we have the ability to manipulate and build materials from the atom up. NanoScale Science—written by experts at developing effective ways to teach about nanotechnology—is a pioneering instructional guide to this important subject. Use it as a fascinating supplement to studies of biology, physics, chemistry, math, and the environment.
Author(s): Jones M.G., Falvo M.R., Taylor A.R.
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 167
Contents......Page 5
The Authors......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
Ch 1-Fact or Fiction: Exploring the Myths and Realities of Nanotechnology......Page 17
Ch 2-That’s Huge!......Page 25
Ch 3-One in a Billion......Page 35
Ch 4-Nano Shapes: Tiny Geometry......Page 43
Ch 5-Biological Nanomachines: Viruses......Page 47
Ch 6-What’s in Your Bag? Investigating the Unknown......Page 57
Ch 7-NanoMagnets: Fun with Ferrofluid......Page 65
Ch 8-Scanning Probe Microscopy......Page 69
Ch 9-It’s a Small World After All: Nanofabric......Page 79
Ch 10-Biomimicry: The Mystery of the Lotus Effect......Page 87
Ch 11-How Nature Builds Itself:Self-Assembly......Page 93
Ch 12-Physics Changes With Scale......Page 99
CH 13-Shrinking Cups: Changes in the Behavior of Materials at the Nanoscale......Page 105
Ch 14-Limits to Size: Could King Kong Exist?......Page 111
Ch 15-NanoMaterials: Memory Wire......Page 125
Ch 16-Nanotech, Inc.......Page 131
Ch 17-NanoMedicine......Page 141
Ch 18-Building SMALL: Nano Inventions......Page 149
Ch 19-Too Little Privacy: Ethics of Nanotechnology......Page 155
Ch 20-Promise or Peril: Nanotechnology and the Environment......Page 159
Appendix-Other Resources about Nanoscience for Teachers......Page 165
Index......Page 169
