Nano+Institute+and+Classroom+Ideas

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Additions by Becky are in GREEN :)

It might be interesting, if we have time, to develop a team building event that has "nano" components. Something to get people out of their chairs and talking/working with one another. It might be a nice way to start building relationships between people.

Baseball game questions:

The height of Mount Everest = 8.9 km. How many nanometers? 8.9 x 10E12 nm

Distance between Sun and Earth = 150 x 10E9 km. How many nanometers? 1.50 x 10E23 nm

The size of an atom = 2.0 x 10E-10 m. How many nanometers? 2 x 10E-1 nm (also 1 Angstrom)

The diameter of the head of a pin = 1.5 mm. How many nanometers? 1.5 x 10E6 nm

The size of a proton = 1.6 x 10-17 m. How many nanometers? 1.6 x 10-8 nm

The size of a living cell = 10 x 10E-6 m. How many nanometers? 1.0 x 10E4 n m

Perhaps we could invite the other fellows and lead teachers to give a quick 10 minute presentation on ENVIRO, ASTRO, and BIO. Just so that the K-12 teachers can really get a feel for what NDeRC is all about, and what we are doing. (or we could have this component in our own presentation of NDeRC Goals.)

Another outside-of-the-box idea is to invite outside grad students and/or faculty to a lunch so that K-12 Teachers, grad students and faculty can mingle and start to get to know one another.

Additions by Michael are in BLUE. Some of these additions are from from recent discussions with fellows and from discussions with teachers during bi-weekly meetings. Additons by Sharon are in purple Additons by Val are in hot pink. Can we make a DVT movie about scale? Additions by Pat are in red....Nanohub website can be used to get help regarding scale. >>>
 * __Date of Institute this Summer__
 * July 12 - July 16 (Grades 7-12)
 * July 26 - July 30 (Grades K-6)
 * __Institute Activities__
 * Introduction and explanation of NDeRC Goals
 * Creating a strong STEM community
 * Why our workshop will meet this specific goal
 * Encourage everyone to really meet and talk with one another and spend some time getting to know the grad fellows.
 * Pre and post surveys
 * Discuss on how STEM community can help teachers and schools:
 * Volunteers in the classroom
 * Science Fair help
 * Development of engaging lessons
 * Ideas for unused equipment
 * Support system
 * Enhancing modern science understanding
 * grab bag - ways that cannot be predicted
 * Modern Experiments
 * Surface Chemistry
 * Nano-scopes
 * Simulation
 * Fabrication?
 * Materials?
 * Nano-electronics and Architectures?
 * Pedagogy Topics
 * Introduction to Scale
 * Microscopes and Telescopes (Optics)
 * Review of Classroom Activities
 * SEM/AFM/STM
 * Scale
 * Ferro fluids
 * Common Misconceptions
 * Connections to Standards
 * Followup questions
 * Careers and applications of nano-science
 * "Testimonials"
 * K-12 Student - Improvement in student attitudes and interest in science
 * K-12 Teacher - Value of having such activities in the classroom
 * Tour of Labs/Open House?
 * Stepan Science
 * Graduate Student Research Posters
 * Nano DVT?
 * Fitzpatrick Engineering
 * Stinson-Remick Engineering
 * Organization of some kind of ND open house during the year, or visitation of K-12 Teachers through labs with grad students?
 * __ Required Equipment __
 * Summer Institute
 * AFM Tips?
 * Repair of SEM/AFM/STM?
 * Classroom Activities
 * AFM Tips?
 * __Classroom Activities__
 * High School Level
 * Discussions of Scale
 * Use the NSF Scale picture to demonstrate range.
 * Activities about Scale
 * Coffee cup AFM, graphing, resolution
 * TIME LAPSE MOVIE
 * STM (Analog?) Experiments
 * Demonstration of portable instruments
 * Mid High Level
 * Discussions of Scale
 * Make a linear pictorial to show large (galaxy size) and small (atom size).
 * Activities about Scale
 * Determine the estimated width of a single stand of hair.
 * SEM (Analog?) Experiments
 * AFM (Analog?) Experiments
 * Braille letter cells to demonstrate topography, mapping, team building
 * A box with legos inside to demonstrate use of a stylus, measuring heights, graphing
 * STM (Analog?) Experiments
 * Demonstration of portable instruments
 * AFM, measure the width of a single strand of hair.
 * Primary Level
 * Discussions of Scale
 * Make a linear pictorial to show large (galaxy size) and small (atom size).
 * Activities about Scale
 * Big and Small, Near and Far = Observe how object "appear" to get smaller as the distance between object and observer increases. Chalk lines can be placed on the ground if outside, and colored masking tape can be place on floor if inside. The object can be a beach ball, softball, and a small super ball. Predictions should be discussed, distances can be measured, recorded.
 * SEM (Analog?) Experiments
 * AFM (Analog?) Experiments
 * Braille letter cells to demonstrate topography, mapping
 * A box with blocks inside to demonstrate use of a stylus, measuring heights.
 * STM (Analog?) Experiments
 * Demonstration of portable instruments

Worthwhile applets featuring scale factor are proving illusive! Below is a working list of some interesting online activities. [] Website utilizing comparisons of distance and time to discuss scale factor. [] A PDF Educator's Guide provided by NASA featuring lessons on scale factor can be accessed here. [] NASA video for students on proportionality (use mpeg 1 or 2 format to view) [] Nanotechnology website for kids (hosted by Cornell) featuring articles and downloadable magazines [] Videos provided by the Univ. of Albany featuring how nanotechnology is being used. (Check out "how do we make/see things at the nanoscale")

=__Summer Institute Details__=

Intro Presentation: What is NDeRC? What is Nano? Who are we? || ===Optics Activity=== Presentation + Building simple telescope and microscope from lenses (Graphics, Imaging, Rasterization, etc.) || ===AFM Demonstration=== Presentation + Use the portable AFM to show how it is used and what it can view || ===STM Demonstration=== Presentation + Use the portable STM to show and it is used and what it can view || ===Wrap Up=== Questions, Survey, Applications || Presentation + Scale "Games" || ===SEM Demonstration=== Presentation + Use the portable SEM to show how it is used and what it can view || ===AFM Activity=== AFM Analog with colored building blocks in a box with unseen insides || ===STM Activity=== STM Analog with salt water and current measurement tool, with various metal objects in the water (metal balls/atoms) || ===Pre-Symposium=== Begin to talk about modern science considerations explored in this institute || Common misconceptions, Good followup questions, possible problems and pitfalls with classroom activities, alignment with standards || ===Lab Tours=== Currently is to include Becky and Val Labs, Jordan, Fitz?, S-R? DVT? Posters about Fellow's Research || ===Communications=== Learn about blogs, wikis, and web in general and learn to use them to build STEM community || ===Pre-Symposium=== Begin to talk about how NDeRC and the Nano activities will help students and teachers in science || ===Symposium=== Reflection on the institute ||
 * =-Monday-= || =--Tuesday--= || =---Wednesday---= || =-Thursday-= || =Friday= ||
 * ===Introduction and Survey===
 * ===Scale Presentation and Activities===
 * ===Standards and Curriculum Development===

Preparations Left To Make:
 * Presentations
 * Intro
 * Scale
 * Optics
 * Alternate (Non-Visible-Light Based) Scopes + SEM
 * AFM
 * AFM Analog?
 * STM
 * STM Analog?
 * Tools for Activities/Demos
 * Scale Game(s)
 * Lenses and cylinders, etc.
 * AFM Analog (box, blocks, etc.)
 * STM Analog
 * Other
 * Standards and Curriculum Preparation
 * Posters?
 * Talking points and questions for Symposium
 * Movies/Applets/Illustrations etc.
 * DVT Graphics?
 * Resources