Examples of Nanotechnology Education Resources

At the DragonflyTV’s NANOSPHERE web site you can use the Dance, Type, Show, or Topics options can be used to select a PBS nanotechnology episode.

• http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/nano/index.html.

The NNIN Education Portal provides Educational materials for K-12 and college students and teachers.

• http://www.nnin.org/nnin_edu.html

The Nanosense web site at: http://nanosense.org/index.html provides curriculum materials that include the following curriculum units.

• Size Matters: Introduction to Nanoscience
• Clear Sunscreen: How Light Interacts with Matter
• Clean Energy: Converting Light into Electricity
• Fine Filters: Filtering Solutions for Clean Water

The University of Wisconsin Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center’s web site provides a wide range of nanotechnology educational resources.

• http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/IPSE/index.html

NISE: The Museum of Science, the Exploratorium, and the Science Museum of Minnesota have joined together with a group of partners and advisors to develop a Nanoscale Informal Science Education (NISE) Network.

• http://www.nisenet.org/

The Rice University web site provides information about nanotechnology and the related scientific concepts and processes a variety of resources, including NANOOZE.

• http://cohesion.rice.edu/naturalsciences/nanokids/

The NanoTechnology Group Inc. is a Texas based non-profit corporation supports Global Nano Science Education as Virtual Classrooms online for student access as distance learning anywhere in the world

• http://www.tntg.org/

NNI is a Federal R&D program established to coordinate the multi-agency efforts in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology.

• http://www.nano.gov/index.html

The Materials World Module is a program developed at Northwestern University.

• The URL for the web site is: http://www.materialsworldmodules.org/
• The URL for the Nanotechnology Module:

http://www.materialsworldmodules.org/docs/product_sheet/Nanotechnology.pdf