Nano At Home

• Biomimicry: Synthetic Gecko Tape Through Nanomolding (NISEnet activity, ages 7+)
• How mimicking nature inspires new inventions lesson plan (PBS NewsHour Extra, grades 9-12)

• Art Conservation and Nanotechnology: A Wonderful Confluence of Arts and Sciences (Sustainable Nano)
• Art Integration: Easy Ideas Combining Science and Art (Scholastic.com)
• The Chemistry of Pottery by Stephen Breuer (Education in Chemistry)
• The Joy of Color in Ceramic Glazes with the Help of Redox Chemistry by Allen Denio in Journal of Chemical Education
• There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom… for Art! (Sustainable Nano)
• UCLA Sci/Art Nanolab summer program (high school)
• Using Nanoparticles in Glazes (Sustainable Nano)
• When Art’s A Craft Classroom Activity by Alison Zimbalist (New York Times Learning Network, grades 9-12)

• Bacteria, Microbes and Germs….Oh my! (Colorado School of Mines, grades 3-5)
• Bacteria in the Shell: A Nano-bio Hybrid for Solar Energy Capture (Sustainable Nano)
• Bacteria Virtual Lab Lesson Plan: Gram Staining Simulation (BrainPop Educators, grades 6-12)
• Graphene Oxide: A new tool in the war against bacteria (Sustainable Nano)
• Grow Your Own Bacteria activity(Science Kids, grades 6-12)
• How Can You Tell if Bacteria are Alive or Dead? (Sustainable Nano)
• How Do Nanoparticles Stick to Bacteria? Or, How Are Cell Membranes Like Velcro? (Sustainable Nano)
• What is in that Water? Bacterial Load and Water Quality Experiment (University of Florida)
• Why do Scientists Care about Bacterial Replication? (Sustainable Nano)

• A New Road (activity on battery technology, Discovery Education)
• Analysis of 787 Dreamliner battery fires (National Transportation Safety Board)
• Battery Behavior in the Biosphere: How We Probed Nanoscale Battery Materials Interacting with Bacteria (Sustainable Nano)
• Batteries Lesson Plan: How Does a Battery Work? (BrainPop Educators, grades 3-8)
• Battery University (free educational website offering hands-on battery information)
• Explore the Secret Life of Batteries (Call2Recycle)
• How Many AA Batteries Would it Take to Power a Mercedes? (Sustainable Nano)
• Open-source technical article about the mechanisms of battery failure related to the cathodes (Science Direct)
• Teacher’s guide for “Drained: the Search for Long-Lasting Batteries” (original article is print only, ChemMatters, 2017)
• What’s With All Those Flaming Cell Phones? A Primer on Battery Safety (Sustainable Nano)

Carbon

• Carbon dots: a modular activity to teach fluorescence and nanotechnology at multiple levels (Pham et al. in Journal of Chemical Education, 2017. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00995)
• Carbon Quantum Dots: A Safe Tool to Learn about Quantum Phenomenon in Nanomaterials: classroom activity for making your own carbon dots (Cruz et al. in Journal of Laboratory Chemical Education, 2017. DOI: 10.5923/j.jlce.20170503.02)
• Have you ever seen colorful “carbon”? (Sustainable Nano)
• Sulfuric acid carbon snake classroom demonstration (UC San Diego)

Click Chemistry

• How Click Chemistry is Like Playing with LEGOs (Sustainable Nano)
• Nobel Laureate K. Barry Sharpless lecture on “New Developments in Click Chemistry“ video (Oak Ridge National Laboratory Eugene P. Wigner Distinguished Lecture Series in Science, Technology and Policy)

Elements

• Aqua Regia (Chemistry in its Element Podcast)
• Element Math Game (Jefferson Lab)
• What is Aqua Regia, and what makes it royal? (Sustainable Nano)

Enzymes

• “Toothpickase” enzyme activity (Sciencegeek.net)

Fire

• 14 Fun Facts About Fireworks by Helen Thompson (Smithsonian)
• A Safer “Rainbow Flame” Demo for the Classroom video
• Burning to Learn: An Introduction to Flame Retardants (Journal of Chemical Education classroom activity, may need subscription)
• Carbon Nanotubes as Flame Retardants: Is the Cure worse than the Cold? (Sustainable Nano)
• On Fire virtual lab (NOVA)
• Why do certain elements change color over a flame? (Scientific American)

Mole Day

• Happy Mole Day 2016! (Sustainable Nano)
• High school Mole Day activities & resources (American Chemical Society)
• Introduction to the Mole (Pennsylvania Department of Education)

Reactions

• LEGO Atoms and Molecules: Chemical Reactions Teacher’s Guide (LEGO Group & MIT Edgerton Center)
• What’s New, CO2? Get to Know A Chemical Reaction Presenter’s Guide (American Chemical Society)

• Machine Learning Exercises for High School Students (Columbia University, high school)
• Molecular Workbench open source software with many educational simulations, activities, etc. (The Concord Consortium)
• Series of (mostly unplugged) activities about algorithms and computational thinking (Teaching London Computing)
• The Sweet Learning Computer activity (build a “computer” using cups and candy, Teaching London Computing)
• What is Machine Learning and How is it Changing Physical Chemistry and Materials Science? (Sustainable Nano)

• Art Conservation and Nanotechnology: A Wonderful Confluence of Arts and Sciences (Sustainable Nano)
• Black History Month (ScienceNetLinks)
• Careers in Science and Technology (videos of women talking about their jobs, PBS Learning Media)
• Celebrating Black History Month with Science (Sustainable Nano)
• How outstanding women in STEM fields overcame obstacles lesson plans (PBS NewsHour)
• What is the “Matilda Effect,” and How Can We Improve Recognition of Women Scientists? (Sustainable Nano)
• Women on the March: A Lesson Plan on Imagining the Future of Feminism (New York Times)

• Are transistors getting too small? (How small is too small?) (Sustainable Nano)
• Moore’s Law instruction guide (STEMRobotics)
• Transistorized! teacher’s guide (Milwaukee PBS)

Electrocuting a Pickle

• Electrocute a Pickle classroom demo lesson plan (James Madison University)
• Electrocuting a Pickle: Demonstrating Major Concepts in Science (Sustainable Nano)

Climate

• Climate Generation Middle School Curriculum
• Greenhouse gas emission data that you can use to generate charts and tables of your choice (The World Bank)
• Nanotechnology and Climate Change: Finding Connections (Sustainable Nano)
• Studying CO2 from Pole to Pole activity (UCAR Center for Science Education)

Energy

• 5 geothermal energy activities (U.S. Department of Energy)
• Mapping Renewable Energy Around the World interactive (Smithsonian Magazine)
• The National Energy Authority in Iceland (Orkustofnun)

Oil

• “Can Nanotechnology Help Us Clean Up Oil Spills…?” ferrofluid activity (Science Buddies)
• Using Nano/Micromachines to Help Clean Up Oil Spills (Sustainable Nano)

Sustainability

• A greener gameday (NCAA)
• Game Day Green: Sustainability in College Football (Sustainable Nano)
• How Green is Iceland? (Sustainable Nano)
• Why Do Parks Care What Sunscreen We Use? (Sustainable Nano)

• DNA to Protein Lab: students can enter a DNA sequence & watch animation of its transcription to RNA and then translation to proteins (Concord Consortium, middle school+)
• Gene Expression Essentials (interactive Java simulation, PhET)
• Human Genome Project lesson (PBS Learning Media, grades 9+)
• Ice Cream Sundae Gene Expression (CPALMS, grades 9-12)
• The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) and the CSN (Sustainable Nano)
• Using Gene Expression to Learn About Nanoparticle Toxicity (Sustainable Nano)
• What Darwin Never Knew: Switching Genes On and Off video (NOVA, grades 8+)

Antibiotics

• E-bug Antibiotics young adult resource pack (Public Health England)
• Stopping Superbugsclassroom activity (Science Buddies)

Blood

• Blood Glucose Monitor activity (National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network)
• Teeny Tiny Motors That Fit in Your Body (Sustainable Nano)
• The Blood-Brain Barrier: “Keep Out” (Neuroscience for Kids, University of Washington)

Cancer

• “Cancer Warrior” lab activity (NOVA, grades 5-12)
• Battling Cancer with Nanotechnology video (NISE Network, ages 11+)
• Magnetic Nanoparticles in Cancer Treatment (Sustainable Nano)
• Nanomedicine: Problem-Solving to Treat Cancer (UW-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, middle school)

Cells

• Cell activities by Ellen McHenry, including a fluid mosaic model, human membrane group activity, and 3D membrane paper model
• How Do Nanoparticles Stick to Bacteria? Or, How Are Cell Membranes Like Velcro? (Sustainable Nano)
• Insights into cell membranes via dish detergent-Ethan Perlstein (TedEd animation)
• The Cell Membrane: The Gatekeeper of the Cell lesson plan (Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, grade 7)

Ears

• Anatomy of the Cochlea video (HHMI BioInteractive)
• Hair Cell Classroom Demonstration: Loud Sounds Can Damage Hair Cells video (National Institutes of Health)
• Helping Classmates Understand Hearing Loss (Cochlear Implant Online)
• Nano in your ear! Nanotechnology and hearing (Sustainable Nano)

Immune System

• Fighting Infections with Your Immune System (Science Buddies)

Medicine

• Curriculum in Toxicology & Environmental Medicine (UNC School of Medicine)
• Get in My Body: Drug Delivery (Teach Engineering, grades 9-12)
• Nanomedicine in Healthcare Forum (NISEnet)
• Nanoparticles Delivering Drugs Through the Skin (Sustainable Nano)

Stomach

• Does Eating Turkey Make You Sleepy? (Answer: No, but tryptophan can teach us about nanotoxicology!) (Sustainable Nano)
• Metabolism: From Food to Fuel (University of Utah Health Sciences)
• What happens when we eat too much? video (Reactions)
• Will Ingesting Gold Nanoparticles Make Me Smarter? (Sustainable Nano)

Colors

• Coloring with Foods activity (ACS, grades 3-5)
• Discovering Color With a Prism lesson plan (NASA, grades 9-12)

Light

• Laser Science. Light Can Do Way More Than Just Bend (Sustainable Nano)
• Light Can Do Way More Than Bend: Part 2 (Sustainable Nano)
• Photolithography Laboratory Module To Explore Nanotechnology (Stelick et al. in Journal of Chemical Education, 2005. DOI: 1021/ed082p1361 ages 12+)
• Scattering of light & Tyndall effect (video by Mahesh Shenoy, Khan Academy)

Optics

• Exploring Properties – Invisibility (NISEnet, ages 4+)
• Science, Optics, & You (by Michael W. Davidson, Florida State University)
• The Original Double Slit Experiment video (Veritasium)

Aerogel

• Aerogel lesson (NISEnet, ages 7+)
• Aerogels: Nanotechnology to Space and Beyond (Sustainable Nano)

Bog Bodies

• Bog Bodies: Haunting questions from the depths of Europe (National Geographic)
• BOG MURDER MYSTERY (Morbid Minute), Ask a Mortician (Caitlin Doughty, Apr. 14, 2016)
• Bog bodies: the chemistry behind natural embalming (Sustainable Nano)

Carbon

• Turning Plastic Bags into Carbon Nanotubes (Sustainable Nano)
• World of Carbon Nanotubes (NISEnet, ages 4+)

Consumer Products

• Nano Waterproofing lesson plan (Teach Engineering, ages 8-18)
• Nanomaterials in bicycles???? Part 1 (Sustainable Nano)
• Nanomaterials in bicycles???? Part 2 (Sustainable Nano)
• Nanotechnology through Consumer Products (NISEnet, ages 11+)
• Nano-textiles: The Fabric of the Future (Sustainable Nano)

Minerals

• Exploring Materials – Graphene (NISEnet, ages 4+)
• Graphene Oxide: A new tool in the war against bacteria (Sustainable Nano)
• How can graphene nanotechnology improve smart contact lenses? (Sustainable Nano)
• Isolate Graphene from Graphite activity using pencil, paper, sticky tape, & tweezers! (UCSB Materials Research Laboratory)
• Making Paint with Minerals lesson plan (Royal Society of Chemistry)
• Making Simple Sustainable Paints with Natural Pigments and Binders (Journal of Chemical Education, 2017, 94 (2), pp 211–215 doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00591)
• Nanotechnology Revolution: Graphene (National Geographic, high school)
• The Effects of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles on Brine Shrimp: A Toxicology Study (NISEnet/National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, high school)
• The Power of Graphene lesson plan (Teach Engineering, ages 8-18)
• Thirsty for Gold hands-on activity on nanosensors (Teach Engineering, grades 7-12)

• Average Height of Class activity (Victoria, Australia Department of Education)
• Education Resources on the Metric System (SI) including info on how to order SI Teacher’s Kit (National Institute of Standards & Technology)
• Finding Averages as Means (PBS LearningMedia, grades 4-7)
• Landing Among the Stars: Averages in Society (Sustainable Nano)
• Popcorn, Anyone?  (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, may need membership)
• The SI system and nanoscale science teacher’s guide (NNIN Nanotechnology Education, middle school)
• What is a Nanometer? (TryNano.org, ages 8-11)

What’s in a Unit Anyway?

• • Part 1: From Protons to Galaxies (Sustainable Nano)
  • Part 2: When is a Kilogram Not a Kilogram? (Sustainable Nano)

• A Boy and His Atom: The World’s Smallest Movie – Friday Video (Sustainable Nano)
• An Introduction to Electron Microscopy (ThermoFisher Scientific)
• How Can We Photograph the Nanosized World? (Sustainable Nano)
• Project Micro classroom activities (Microscopy Society of America, middle school)
• Royal Rife’s Universal Microscope (and Why It Can’t Exist) (Sustainable Nano)
• Virtual Electron Microscope (Discovery Education, middle school)

• Animation video collection (PBS Learning Media)
• Computer Animation – lesson plan by Craig Russell (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, grades 9-12)
• Hair & fur advances in special effects (infographic) by Animation Mentor
• Pixar Reinvents Big Hair for Brave by Rachel Gross in Wired, 2012
• The Science Behind Pixar Exhibit: A Review (Sustainable Nano)

• How to Understand Nobel Science? Food! (Sustainable Nano)
• The Nobel Prize Educational Games

Crystals

• Directed Discovery of Crystal Structures (SERC at Carleton College, by David Mogk and Kent Ratajeski
• Growing “snowflake” crystals with borax (ScienceKids)
• Nano-Crystalline Metals and Sustainability (Sustainable Nano)
• SnowCrystals.com (Dr. Libbrecht’s website)

Phases

• Can gold melt at room temperature? Melting temperature depression! (Sustainable Nano)
• Exploring Properties of Heat Transfer (NISEnet, ages 4+)
• From Beer Bubbles to Nanoparticles: What is Nucleation? (Sustainable Nano)

Water

• Getting a grip on hydrogen bonds classroom activity (On the Cutting Edge geoscience teaching resources)
• Going for the Gold: The Science of Winter Sports (Science Buddies)
• How Do Skis Ski, and How Do Nanomaterials Make Skiing More Fun? (Sustainable Nano)
• The Science of Snow (Sustainable Nano)
• The Water Race: Hydrophobic & Hydrophilic Surfaces activity (National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network)
• Why does water expand when it freezes? (The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam)

Nano

• How Small are Nanotubes? (Materials Research Science and Engineering Center)
• The Structures and Properties of Carbon WebNews Digest (National Science Teachers Association)
• ZnO-Based Sunscreen: The Perfect Example To Introduce Nanoparticles in an Undergraduate or High School Chemistry Lab (by Guedens et al.)

Fun with Food

• Mentos and soda eruptions- lessons on explosive volcanic eruptions (National Association of Geoscience Teachers)
• Milk Vs. Dark Chocolate: The Ultimate Showdown video (ACS Reactions)
• Salad Dressing Science: Emulsions (American Association of Chemistry Teachers, elementary, middle, or high school)
• The Science Behind our Food – Using Freezing-Point Depression to Find Molecular Weight (University of Georgia Extension)
• The Science of Chocolate: Interactive Activities on Phase Transitions, Emulsification, and Nucleation (Rowat, et al. in Journal of Chemical Education, ages 6+)
• What Does Nanotechnology Have to Do with Chocolate? (Sustainable Nano)
• Why Does Old Ice Cream Get Crunchy? (Sustainable Nano)

• “The Great Plant Escape” activity on soil types (University of Illinois Extension)
• A Leaf in Time – A Popular Introduction to Photosynthesis (Science & Plants for schools book, middle school)
• Digging Deep: Celebrating the Gem Beneath Our Feet (Sustainable Nano)
• “Dirt: Secrets in the Soil” series of modules & resources (Utah State University Extension)
• Engineered Nanoparticles Change Shape in Soil and Groundwater (Sustainable Nano)
• Essential Oil lesson plan (high school)
• From Plants to St. Patrick’s Day, It’s Hard to Avoid the Color Green (Sustainable Nano)
• Photosynthesis – A Survival Guide for Teachers (Science & Plants for Schools, ages 11-14)
• Superhydrophobicity — The Lotus Effect (Teach Engineering, grades 10-12)

• Explore the Secret Life of Batteries (Call2Recycle)
• The Recycling Rates of Smartphone Metals (Compound Interest)
• Why Shouldn’t We Toss Lithium-Ion Batteries in the Trash? (Sustainable Nano)

US Green Building Council Learning Lab (K-12)

• • Powerful Public Spaces (US Green Building Council Learning Lab, grades 9-10)
  • Trash or Treasure (US Green Building Council Learning Lab, grades 3-4)

• Everything you know is wrong 2: Beliefs & Behaviors (Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics)
• Let’s Talk About Responsible Science Communication…(Sustainable Nano)
• Science vs. Pseudoscience lesson plan (CPALMS)

• Aerogels: Nanotechnology to Space and Beyond (Sustainable Nano)
• Technology for Studying Comets activity (JPL Stardust, grades 5-8)

• A DIY Groundwater Model (Science Friday)
• Carbon Nanotubes: the Next Generation of Global Water Purification? (Sustainable Nano)
• Curriculum in Toxicology & Environmental Medicine (UNC School of Medicine)
• Hands-on Activity: Make Your Own Water Filters (Teach Engineering, grades 3-5)
• Nano-Sensors: Small size, big impact (Sustainable Nano)
• Ocean Pollution (multiple activities & resources, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
• Scrubbing Water Clean! (National Park Service)
• Treatment of Water Teacher’s Guide (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, grades 5-8)