Apples to Atoms

MODULE SUMMARY | RELATED SEMINARS

MODULE SUMMARY

"Apples to Atoms" is a collection of activities focused on important concepts underlying nanoscience, developed for middle school science and math students. Each of the four chapters (Size and Scale, Measurement, Microscopy, and Surface Area to Volume Ratios) contains a series of linked activities, and readings which provide context for the concepts developed in the activities. Suggested assessment items are also included. The chapters are inter-related, but are designed so they may be taught independently or in any order.

» Chapter 1: Introduction to the Nanoscale
» Chapter 2: Size and Scale
» Chapter 3: Measurements  |   Making Ruler Activity
» Chapter 4: Microscopy
» Chapter 5: Surface Area to Volume Ratios in Nanoscience  |   Assessments

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