Nanoscale Science : Activities for Grades 6-12.

Futurists predict that nanotechnology will be the next major scientific revolutionone 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, M. Gail
Other Authors: Falvo, Michael R., Taylor, Amy R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Arlington : National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Ch 1-Fact or Fiction: Exploring the Myths and Realities of Nanotechnology; Ch 2-That's Huge!; Ch 3-One in a Billion; Ch 4-Nano Shapes: Tiny Geometry; Ch 5-Biological Nanomachines: Viruses; Ch 6-What's in Your Bag? Investigating the Unknown; Ch 7-NanoMagnets: Fun with Ferrofluid; Ch 8-Scanning Probe Microscopy; Ch 9-It's a Small World After All: Nanofabric; Ch 10-Biomimicry: The Mystery of the Lotus Effect; Ch 11-How Nature Builds Itself:Self-Assembly; Ch 12-Physics Changes With Scale.