Global Nano Science Education Resources
These resources are available by Internet Globally
National Nanotechnology Initiative Education Center
Materials and resources for teachers and students K-12
http://www.nano.gov/html/edu/eduk12.html
Download PDF "Big Things from a Tiny World"
2008 Annual Meeting Nano2Life Presentation Videos are available online
List:
Closing Address
Industrial Presentation: Liposomally encapsulated tumor targeted drugs: from inception to phase Ill
Industrial Presentation: Knowledge Discovery using literature mining
Industrial Presentation: Diabetes Care Technologies
Sensors and Microsystems for Bioanalytical Applications: Research activities at NCSR Demokritos
Protein-Polymer bioconjugates - Novel synthetic approaches and applications
Acoustic Biosensors: a Powerful Tool for Bioanalytical and Biophysical Studies
Microfluidics and microarrays on smart,plasma processed, polymeric substrates
Material Nano-structuring with Ultrafast Lasers
Multicolor fluorescence molecular tomography
N2L Mobility Stories: NIL-assisted contact printing applications: micro-patterning of nanoparticles and proteins
Using Stress-responsive Genetically Engineered Bioreporter Bacteria to Assay the Toxicity of Luminescent Lanthanide-based Nanocrystals
DNA, Nanoslits & Electrical Fields
Bioluminescent whole-cell biosensor for on-line water toxicity detection
On going projects Session: Bioengineered Nanomaterials for Research and Applications
On going projects Session: Integrated Technologies for In-vivo Molecular Imaging
On going projects Session: Cellular Interaction and Toxicology with Engineered Nanparticles
Welcome Address
A Primer to Top-down Micro and Nano Patterning of Materials for Lab on a Chip applications
Novel Optical Tools in Biology
MIT Professor teaches physics his way.
Watch video at: http://thoughtware.tv/videos/show/1618
More video lectures at:
More: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/VideoLectures/index
MIT professor and Web star Walter Lewin swings from pendulums and faces down wrecking balls to show students the zany beauty of science. Science teachers in high school can stimulate student's desire to learn physics from these lectures and videos.
Online Nanotechology Courses are developed in Thailand...
The second course which is still in the process of development has been offered by the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. The lectures are in place and there will be lessons, tests etc., Keep an eye on this one and check back often. Dr. Joydeep Dutta has offered to make these courses available to encourage nano science education globally. The NanoTechnology Group Inc. is very honored to have them as a working partner which strengthens our group efforts in nano education development. http://www.nano.ait.ac.th/
Fractal Geometry Program from the Netherlands
Fractal Growth Video on YouTube:
http://uk.youtube.com/julesruis
Fractal Imaginator (Fi)
The Fractal Imaginator Fi is very suitable for scientific research and education and can be the base for developing new fractal geometry courses for K-12, along with university courses.
A new fractal software program for navigating and creating Mandelbrot Sets, Julia sets and Julius Ruis sets has been released. The new program is named 'Fractal Imaginator (Fi)'. It was designed by Jules Ruis (The Netherlands) and programmed by Terry W. Gintz (USA). Terry is among the top ten in the world of programmers in the field of fractal software.
The Fractal Imaginator is an innovative new program for generating fractal images, which are very helpful for measuring wavy surfaces at the nano scale of science. Based on Fractal Zplot, parts of this program have been in continuous development since 1989. New additions to Imaginator are drawn from Jules Ruis' program "Fractal Awareness" algorithms. Fractal Imaginator currently supports Julius Ruis sets of Julia basins, orbit-traps, level sets, Newton's method, and Phoenix curves, as well as the standard Mandelbrot and "warped" Mandelbrot sets. 3D fractal types include quaternion, hypercomplex, cubic Mandelbrots, cquat and octonions.
The Julius Ruis set is a smart presentation of 400 Julia sets, showing that the Mandelbrot set is the parameter basin of all closed Julia sets.
The fractals can be created in 3D format. The output can be saved as bmp-file, jpg/gif-file, obj-file or stl-file. The stl-filing makes it possible to create real products, manufactured on rapid prototyping machines like 3D color printers of Z-corporation.
The program is based on scientific research, done in The Netherlands at the Eindhoven University of Technology.
The Fractal Imaginator (Fi) has been developed for Science, Technology, Art and Design.
Features of Fractal Imaginator:
- Getting Started Tutorial
- Julius Ruis maps for easy navigating of Julia basins
- Choice of 441, 25 or one image to a draw window
- 22 examples of Fractal Growth, including beautiful 8-fold symmetry
- 190 Built in Formulas + FraSZle Formula set
- Detailed Parser information for creating your own custom formulas
- Import option for loading FraSZle parameter files [FSZ]
- 3D quaternion exports:
- Wavefront object format [OBJ]
- Stereolithography [STL]
- Triangle mesh [POV]
- Smooth Triangle mesh [POV]
- Mesh simplification for smaller OBJ and POV export files
- Virtual reality [WRL]
- AutoCad [DXF]
- Palette-based coloring methods (60000+ colors out of 16 million)
- Adjustable lighting model with Phong highlights
- Random image generators and random genetic formula generator
- Batch mode for unattended image creation
- Integrated video routines allow easy morphing and rotating between key frames
- AVI object options for exporting single frames as 3D object files
- Pilot for easy panning, zooming and rotating 3D fractals
- Separate user-defined folders for file types like palettes, videos, objects and drawings
- Context help for menu commands and dialog windows
- PDF (printable) Manual
What are fractals?
Fractals are mathematical objects (2-dimensional images as well as 3-dimensional real objects) constructed by iterating mathematical formulas. The results are presented as unique and very beautiful images consisting of repeating patterns.
Data-files
Using the program Fi you can input your own mathematical formulas and other relevant data. The created images are saved as bmp/jpg/png files or obj/stl/pov files. The image parameters are stored in separated data-files (.fim files). This way of storing can save much computer capacity.
After purchasing and installation of Fi on your own computer the Fi program will be automatically loaded and started by clicking the fim files on the internet page http://www.fractal.org (just like Adobe pdf files).
Visit the Fractal Science and Art Gallery
Thousands of fractal images have been constructed. Some are purely scientific, others look like colorful art. The results are placed in the Fractal Science and Art Galleries.
See: www.fractal.org/Julius-Ruis-Gallery/Index-Gallery.htm
For 'Fractalary: Fractals from Planet to Atoms’ see (downloading will take about 30 seconds):
www.fractal.org/Fractalary/Fractalary.htm
Fractal Tree Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Fractals are the language of Nature. Coastline, clouds and rivers are good examples. But also nature consists of fractal forms: trees, plants and human organs like brains, lungs and blood vessels. A special application for Tissue Engineering can be found on:
www.fractal.org/Fractal-tree-scaffold.htm
For some prototypes of Fractal Objects (e.g. blood vessels):
www.fractal.org/Prototype-Fractal-Geometry.pdf
For a trail version of the Fractal Imaginator:
http://www.mysticfractal.com/fractalimaginator_trial.htm
UK
Learning Nanotechnology :: NanoMission Education Game
Action Adventures in the Nano world.
NanoMissiontm the world's first scientifically accurate interactive 3d learning game based on understanding nano-sciences and nanotechnology.
More... http://www.playgen.com/home/content/view/30/26/
Germany
NanoReisen- Nano Journey, Adventures beyond the decimal
Takes you on an interactive video trip from the world of matter to the nano-cosmos
http://www.nanoreisen.com/english/index.html
Germany
Nano vidoes for students from nanoTruck, Germany
A journey to the nanocosmos-a world of minute proportions.
Starting in January 2004, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) sent the nanoTruck on its journey through Germany. The exhibit vehicle presents the complex, fascinating world of nanotechnology to the general public.
Three Quicktime movies to introduce students to nano science
http://www.nanotruck.de/en/frameset_gruss.htm
Germany
Scientific research school held in Saarbrucken Germany
Location: Saarbrucken Germany Date: 26-05-08
Nanosensors for SPM -Lecturer: Oesterschulze Date: Monday, 30 June 2008
AFM - Biofilms - (tooth surface botritis) -Lecturer: Chr. Muller Date: Monday, 30 June 2008
AFM - Biofilms - (tooth surface botritis) nanomodification and tissue engineering in vitro -Lecturer: Unterrgger Date: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Applied Nanotechnology in biomedical products- Lecturer: Rainer Hanselmann Date: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Ultrasound based detection of nanoscaled contrast agents- Lecturer: Robert Lemor Date: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Time Resolved Acoustic Mikoscopy- Lecturer: Eike, C , Wiess Date: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Blood group sensing- Lecturer: Sandra, Wolff Date: Thursday, 29 May 2008
Videos of these presentations at:
http://n2lvip.tau.ac.il/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=44:saarbrucken-2008&Itemid=55
Global Project now has lessons posted in 2008 for K-12 teachers and students
nanoHUB-Online simulations and more...
The nanoHUB is a web-based initiative spearheaded by the NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN). The NCN has a vision to pioneer the development of nanotechnology from science to manufacturing through innovative theory, exploratory simulation, and novel cyberinfrastructure.
The Network for Computational Nanotechnology is a network of universities that work together to define, develop, and support the nanoHUB. Collaborators and partners across the world have joined the NCN in this effort.
Join Us
Take a tour of the nanoHUB and see how you can use our infrastructure to further your own research and educational activities. Create your own account. It's free and will give you access to our online simulation tools, learning modules, and more.
CreativeCommons.org License for use
Virgina, USA
"The "UVA Virtual Lab" is an NSF sponsored science education website bringing microelectronics, nanotechnology, and the underlying science to college and pre-college students, as well as members of the general public. It replaces math and jargon with intuitive 3D animations. Microelectronics presentations explain how semiconductors and transistors work, and how they are fabricated in both university labs and billion dollar factories. Nanoscience presentations describe alternate forms of nanocarbon, the process of DNA self-assembly, and the inner workings of instruments used to see at the nanoscale (such as SEMs, AFMs and STMs). These pages link back to basic science presentations on electricity, magnetism and electrical circuits, including "X-ray vision" simulations of common classroom experiments and apparatus. Overall, the website contains over fifty presentations on micro and nanoscience, each illustrated with dozens of virtual reality animations."
UVA Virtual Lab Website: www.virlab.virginia.edu
"Hands-on to Introduction to Nanoscience" Class website
"Under NSF sponsorship, this class was developed to introduce early undergraduates to nanoscience and nanotechnology: The theme? In nanoscience, Newton’s sensible laws are replaced by the weirdness of quantum mechanics. The consequences? First, electrons begin to act like waves - but because all waves are similar, experiments with light and water waves offer insights into electron behavior. Second, at the nanoscale one can no longer use light-image-based microfabrication to make things directly. Instead one has to design the parts so they know how we want them to finally come together (the ultimate example of this self-assembly? DNA synthesis of protein). And finally, to confirm that things worked the way we planned, we need new instrumentation to see things at the nanoscale (such as scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopes). The class website provides a full set of PowerPoint lecture notes covering these topics (including figures, animations, readings and lists of demonstration equipment). It also includes full guides to student laboratory use of miniaturized STMs and AFMs. Both lectures and labs make use of 3D animations provided by the sister "UVA Virtual Lab" website focusing on microelectronics, nanotechnology, and their underlying science."
"Hands-on Introduction to Nanoscience" Class Website: http://www.virlab.virginia.edu/Nanoscience_class/Nanoscience_class.htm
As a part of their "UVA Virtual Lab" and "Hands-on Nanoscience" curriculum development efforts, University of Virginia faculty are working with state public school teachers to develop K-12 nanoscience teaching resources. This includes an ongoing effort to identify materials already posted on, or available through, the World Wide Web. Their growing list, complete with descriptions and categorized by the type of teaching material, can be viewed at:
As a part of their "UVA Virtual Lab" and "Hands-on Nanoscience" curriculum development efforts, University of Virginia faculty are working with state public school teachers to develop K-12 nanoscience teaching resources. This includes an ongoing effort to identify materials already posted on, or available through, the World Wide Web. Their growing list, complete with descriptions and categorized by the type of teaching material, can be viewed at:
http://www.virlab.virginia.edu/Nanoscience_class/Nanoscience_K12_teaching_resources.htm
Virtal Lab tools/experiments for teachers/students
http://www.virlab.virginia.edu/VL/easyScan_STM.htm
http://www.virlab.virginia.edu/VL/easyScan_AFM.htm
http://www.virlab.virginia.edu/VL/SEM.htm
http://www.virlab.virginia.edu/VL/SPM_operation.htm
http://www.virlab.virginia.edu/VL/SPM_piezoelectric.htm
http://www.virlab.virginia.edu/VL/Nanocarbon.htm
http://www.virlab.virginia.edu/VL/DNA_close_up.htm
http://www.virlab.virginia.edu/VL/Semiconductor_crystals.htm
Visit the Nanopolis website for nano science graphic materials to enhance the development of your K-12 education courses.
NANOPOLIS™ World of Knowledge www.nanopolis.net
Nanopolis is a provider of multimedia education in Nano-biotechnology, mirroring in real-time the scientific and technological progress in the field of matter exploration at the atomic scale. Transposing the interaction between research, industry and education in to vivid, interactive, pedagogical multimedia since 1998, Nanopolis currently offers more than 3,000 screens through its online and offline resources.
Developers/Teachers
If you are looking for multimedia animations explaining nanotechnology concepts, the best site we have found is NANOPOLIS, the e-collaborative multimedia producer exclusively dedicated to nano-biotechnology knowledge. It offers more than 10,000 scientific validated animations and e-learning pages, available online (at their Online Multimedia Library) and offline (though the multimedia encyclopedic series, in CD-ROM or downloadable format).
These nanotechnology products might actually be useful in learning key technical concepts. Nanopolis has built a large collection of animated, annotated color graphics and accompanying text, with a ”Legend“ button that adds labels to the graphics whenever you need them. The combination of color and movement with both text and optional labels can really help in making these complex concepts easier to understand (and a lot less boring to learn).
For Virtual Classroom curriculum developers tools visit: www.imediasoft.com
New encyclopedia added to the Nanopolis multimedia 'saga'
The educational version of the "Exploring Nano-biotechnology" multimedia encyclopedia is available for purchase at the Nanopolis order page. All orders of this product before the official release date (expected release date is the end of 2008) will be honored at a 50% pre-release discount.
"Exploring Nanobiotechnology", the 4th volume of the Nanopolis multimedia encyclopedic series, reveals the influence of nanotechnology on clinical diagnosis and treatment, analysis of biologically relevant processes at single molecule level, and the development of biosensors. A special section dedicated to the research field of nanofluidics is also included. A description of the project, multimedia samples, and reviewers impressions are found at the recently launched project webpage.
Consisting of 300 multimedia animations, the project will be distributed either as offline multimedia resource on CD-ROM support or as downloadable software, or as online multimedia resource through the Nanopolis Online Multimedia Library.
Following launch, new pricing policy is announced
Following the launch, prices of complementary products, "Exploring Matter with Neutrons" and "Exploring Nanotechnology" multimedia encyclopedia, were decreased by 20% as part of Nanopolis" strategy of making advanced science and technology accessible to wider audiences (students, professionals, teachers) at cheaper prices.
"In the long term, as Nanopolis" Online Multimedia Library grows, we will decrease prices of multimedia to the level of 1 USD per unit. We pride ourselves with an excellent level of accessibility of our "scientific media" explaining state-of-the-art academic concepts and would like to accomplish the same accessibility in what concerns the prices of our products." Mr. Dan BOG, CEO of iMediaSoft Group
Visit www.imediasoft.net
UNITED STATES and 33 Countries
FIRST Robotics and NASA
The Robotics Alliance Project
Initiated 15 years ago by Dean Kamen...U.S. First is now in 33 countries.
Set up under the sports and entertainment model to develop Superstars in Science, Technology and Engineering...FIRST celebrates innovators and thinkers challenging them with robotics as an appealing and fun sport...encouraging the next generation of Superstars that may choose a career in Science, Technology and Engineering.
Nanotechnology game project for FIRST Lego Leagues for students ages 9-14 was chosen for the 2007 Competition. Each year, teams across the world are assigned a project to complete in addition to building and programming a robot. The 2007 theme was on Nanotechnology and was very successful.
First Robotics Competition Regional Webcasts **2007**
RAP webcasts from some of the FIRST Robotics Competition Regionals from all over the country.
http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/webcasts/regionals_2007.php
Resources for the FIRST kids introduced to nanotechnology in the Lego group were provided by:
University of Wisconson Interdisciplinary Education Group
Exploring the Nanoworld with LEGO® Bricks
The purpose of this website and booklet is to show how various physical and chemical principles related to nanoscale science and technology can be demonstrated with LEGO® models. Three-dimensional models are excellent tools for grasping structure-function relationships.
There are a number of reasons to consider using LEGO® bricks for this purpose. First, many people are familiar with LEGO® bricks, and most models can be built with a level of mechanical sophistication that does not intimidate or frustrate the user. Second, LEGO® bricks typically have many connection points, allowing tremendous flexibility in the structures that can be built. A set of bricks can be used to model structures of matter and the techniques used to study them.
The authors are grateful to the National Science Foundation, through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces, and to LEGO® Dacta® for support of this project. We invite your comments on this booklet and website.
http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/LEGO/index.html
Carnegie Mellon University
The National Robotics Engineering Center
Robotics Academy
Outreach programs...We're building engineers one child at a time.
K-12 Robotics Education, Teacher Training, Robocamps, competition, Clubs, Classes
http://www-education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/
Get more information about FIRST from http://www.usfirst.org
and visit Dean Kamen's site at: http://www.dekaresearch.com/
EDC’s Center for Science Education, a division of Education Development Center, Inc., is focused on improving and supporting science education, from preschool through grade 12. For more information about our work, visit http://cse.edc.org/
Argonne National Laboratory Welcomes you to engage in a Journey of Exploration, Office of Science, U.S Department of Energy.
Welcome to the Division of Educational Programs (DEP), Argonne National Laboratory's link to the educational community. On this site you will find information about the various programs offered at DEP. Whether you are graduate student, undergraduate, K-12 student, or faculty member, DEP has a program that will engage you in a scientific learning experience.
Select the user choice at the link below that best describes your interest on the left menu bar and either click to enter the user menu page or select the program you want directly by clicking on the popup menu.
Be sure to check our Ask-A-Scientist Archive page for answers to any question in Chemistry
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem98.htm
For More information on Programs contact:
Harold Myron
Division Director
Division of Educational Programs
(630) 252-4114
Understanding Nanotechnology
The site focuses on clearly explaining the concepts behind nanotechnology applications in areas such as energy, medicine, and consumer products. In line with Earl Boysen's experience as co-author of Nanotechnology For Dummies, He attempt to make the concepts of nanotechnology understandable by anyone.
www.understanding-nanotechnology.com
New Site:Chinese International school
Yew Chung education foundation believes in developing the complete personality of the children by providing international quality education.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute provides many resources for educators and studentsEducation resources include:
Teacher Professional Development
Search for Science Opportunities
Offered by HHMI-funded colleges and universities
ONLINE LEARNING
BioInteractive
Virtual labs, animations, and other interactive resources
Holiday Lectures on Science
Lectures by leading scientists
Ask a Scientist
Get an answer to your biology questions.
Cool Science for Curious Kids
Projects for K-4
http://www.hhmi.org/resources/educators.html
Laboratory Safety—Practicing Safe Science
An on-line course
http://www.hhmi.org/resources/educators.html
GrantsNet and Funding Directory also located on the main website:
Funds for biomedical research training and undergraduate science education
Take a tour of new Janelia Farm Research Campus opening in 2006 at
New Resource in Education Games for Physics and Chemistry:
Editors note: As a follow up to our continuous series of articles on games as educational platforms, we were delighted to receive this website from an associate with games related to physics and chemistry. Teachers can introduce many areas of science involving Physics and Chemistry to K-12 students through this innovative platform.
Games and Simulations at Nobelprize.org
Read about the educational outreach program »
Teachers! Help improve Nobelprize.org by answering the questionnaire for teachers! »
Related to Physics Prizes:
Play the Liquid Crystal games!
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes found fascinating analogies between liquid crystals and superconductors as well as magnetic materials. His work was rewarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics 1991.
Play the Laser Challenge game!
Laser is used in many areas, such as research, communication, industry, medicine, and environmental care. Discoveries related to lasers have led to several Nobel Prizes in Physics.
Play the Techville game!
In September 1958, Jack Kilby had his first integrated circuit ready. In the year 2000 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Transistor – Function
In this interactive document, you can learn about how a transistor functions and what it is made up of. You can also try to build the very first transistor on your own.
Transistor – Recycler
The transistor is a part of many everyday items. In this game, your mission is to sort out objects without transistors from those containing transistors.
Microscopes - Explore hidden worlds!
Zernike invented the phase-contrast microscope, Ruska developed the electron microscope and Binnig and Rohrer invented the scanning tunneling microscope. All have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Related to Chemistry Prizes:
The PCR method
Kary Mullis discovered a method for how DNA molecules can be mass-produced from incredibly small amounts of material. He received the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this work.
Play the Conductive Valley Game!
The Prize Winners of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry were rewarded for their revolutionary discovery that plastic can, after certain modifications, be made electrically conductive.
What does chirality mean?
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 concerns work with chiral molecules. These chiral molecules can be used to control or speed up different chemical reactions. In this game you can learn the basic principles of chirality.
Learn about biochemistry!
Biochemistry is the study of life processes at a molecular level. The Virtual Biochemistry Laboratory consists of several rooms, each focusing on one particular method used in biochemistry.
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/
UK
Teachers who want to explain Nano Science to their students should download this document.
The Beauty of Nano Science PDF
New Education Resource for schools from the UK. A Virtual Camera for Nano Science in the classroom
http://www.nanoscience.cam.ac.uk/schools/nano/index.html
Bucky Ball Workshop held at the Manchester United Training Ground
On October 14, 2004 Harry Kroto delivered his Buckyball workshop to 350 Children at the Manchester United Carrington Training Academy with the help of Premiership footballers Diego Forlan and John O'Shea as part of the Bicentennial celebration of the publication of John Dalton's Atomic Theory.
The event was organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry and involved bringing children from local primary schools to learn about the origin and structure of C60, along with lessons in numeracy, algebra, and geography as well as making gigantic geodesic structures out of plastic strips and smaller models of buckyballs to take home.
The workshop can be downloaded and used for free along with a pack of worksheets and instructions from our schools resources page.
Also see the Event Photo Album
Short Movie clip of Harry, John and Diego teaching
Video from Manchester United TV
http://www.vega.org.uk/news/events/manu_2003/index.php
NASA Learning Technologies
Grades 6-12
MathTrax is a graphing tool for middle school and high school students to graph equations, physics simulations or plot data files. The graphs have descriptions and sound so you can hear and read about the graph. Blind and low vision users can access visual math data and graph or experiment with equations and datasets
http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/mathtrax/
JSC Learning Technologies-Where Innovation meets the classroom
Programs and resources for grades 6-12
NASA Ames Research Center
Fly by Math and Line Up with Math
Web site invites students in Grades 5-9 to use hands-on math to avoid air traffic conflicts.
Interactive student/teacher resources
South Africa
New Teacher/Student resource:
A Slide Presentation (19 slides) for Nano Education in Primary grades from South Africa's Nanotechnology Initiative
http://www.sani.org.za/school/slides/Easy_files/frame.htm
From EPFL Switzerland
The BioWall constitutes a major step towards the creation of intelligent, bio-inspired electronic tissues, capable of evolving, self-repairing, self-replicating and learning. In its current form, the BioWall surface combines the possibilities offered by the very latest information technology with the most instinctive of human gestures - touch.
The current BioWall
You can see the BioWall operating live through our Webcam.
Monday to Friday 8:00 - 19:00 GMT +1
http://lslwww.epfl.ch/biowall/
Interactive Mathematics Links
This site provides links for high school math that are interactive and are usually written in Java. Java is a programming language that allows the user to input data, control diagrams by dragging and rotating, and even play games. Most browsers accept Java, so you don't need to worry. However, some of the sites require Shockwave,which is a plug in. You will need to follow the directions for installing Shockwave if it is indicated.
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/math/socha/index.html
NanoZone
If you have questions about nanotechnology, this site answers some of the basic questions. Macromedia flash player is necessary to view the site.
Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20040609/Feature1.asp
Eureka Alert - AAAS
Science News for Kids
http://www.eurekalert.org/kidsnews/
The NIEHS Kids' Pages
"We are the environment." Charles Panati
These pages are produced by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , of the National Institutes of Health , Department of Health and Human Services.
Topics on site:
NIEHS...What's that? (Learn about NIEHS)
Hot Topics and Environmental Health Science Education
Brainteasers & Riddles
Books and Stories (educational too!)
Environmental Art & Poetry Gallery
Games and Surprises
Jokes and Humor (Laughing is Good for You!)
Sing-Along with NIEHS
Other Resources for Fun and Education (links)
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/home.htm
Science EducationResources for Kids and Teachers
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/science-education/
Interactive Java Tutorials
Welcome to the Molecular Expressions Virtual Microscopy website. We invite you to visit the interactive Java-powered virtual microscopes that we have constructed. These virtual microscopes explore specimen focus, illumination intensity, magnification, and translation---operating essentially in a manner that is identical to real-life microscopes.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/virtual/virtual.html
Powers of Ten
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons. A visual experience for all ages to understand that size does matter at the nano scale of science.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
NanoStudent is a new site dedicated to bringing together educational resources, tutorials, and opportunities related to nanotechnology and MEMS. Nano-edu Database - a growing comprehensive listing of nanotech research and educational institutions from around the world. Students: send us your experiences, advice, and comments and join the NanoStudent network today by keeping your school's profile up to date. Administrators: list your new course offerings, educational opportunities, scholarships, and featured labs today.
Submit your nanotech/MEMS questions and experiences. www.nanostudents.com
Remote Microelectronics Laboratory- Prof. Jesus del Alamo and his team are making a real microelectronics testing laboratory available online to students from anywhere at anytime, 24 hours a day. This will revolutionize science and engineering education by providing greater access to state-of-the-art labs, including at other institutions. Learn more about it! http://www.mtl.mit.edu/users/alamo/weblab/index.html
The Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a graduate research laboratory specializing in virtual reality and real-time interactive computer graphics. A joint effort of UIC's College of Engineering and School of Art and Design, EVL represents the oldest formal collaboration between engineering and art, offering graduate degrees in electronic visualization (MFA, MS, PhD).
http://www.ice.eecs.uic.edu/home.html
`Intelligent' tutor aids science students online
By Cara Branigan, Associate Editor, eSchool News
April 19, 2002 ( an excerpt)
High school students soon will be able to get help with their chemistry and physics homework from a new online tutor that uses artificial-intelligence technology. Starting this fall, Holt, Rinehart and Winston (HRW) will offer a subscription to the Quantum Intelligent Tutor with the purchase of its textbooks. Quantum began developing its artificial-intelligence tutor four years ago after it, too, had determined that schools had a need for high-quality, supplemental tutorial services. Instead of storing problems and answers, the technology behind the Quantum Intelligent Tutor stores rules and principles. The Quantum Intelligent Tutor covers science questions on balancing equations, learning elements, assigning oxidation numbers, mole concepts, measure concepts, and writing mathematical and chemical formulas. When students log on to the tutor online, they can either type in their own equation or choose from a list of common problems. Then, the tutor guides the student through the problem step by step. At each step, it prompts the student with questions to ask that help explain why the problem is solved that way.
Links: Quantum Simulations Inc. http://www.quantumsimulations.com
Holt, Rinehart and Winston http://www.hrw.com
Pittsburgh Public Schools http://www.pps.pgh.pa.us
The Institute for Chemical Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry has wonderful programs and interesting educational items. Check out their website for your kids. To order Hands-on Activities, Curriculum and Fun Stuff
http://ice.chem.wisc.edu/order.html
Frank Potter's Science Gems - Engineering
This site has some science curriculum for high school and will post Grade 6-9 when it becomes available. Lots of engineering subcatagories to choose from for students research.
http://www.sciencegems.com/engineer.html#10
World Lecture Hall
An index of online course materials from around the world maintained by the University of Texas at Austin. Includes material on electrical and computer engineering, physics and telecommunications.
http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/
MIT's OpenCourseWare:
a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership.
NASA Ames Center for Nanotechnology
The Center vision is:
To develop novel concepts in nanotechnology for NASA's future needs on electronics, computing, sensors, and advanced miniaturization of all systems;
To develop highly integrated and intelligent simulation environment that facilitates the rapid development and validation of future generation electronic devices as well as associated materials and processes through virtual prototyping at multiple levels of fidelity. Be sure to view the Gallery at:
http://www.ipt.arc.nasa.gov/gallery.html
Nanomedicine Art Gallery, at:
http://www.foresight.org/Nanomedicine/Gallery/index.html
3D animated gallery of images from the scanners at.
http://www.nanoscience.com/education/gallery.html
Teacher Resources:
Materials Science in the High School Classroom for the Teachers
http://ice.chem.wisc.edu/materials/materialscience.html
How Holographic Environments Will Work
by Kevin Bonsor
If you've ever watched "Star Trek," you may remember seeing the crew of the Starship Enterprise live out their fantasies in a room called the holodeck. The holodeck was a giant, holographic projection room that allowed the crew to touch and interact with projections as if they were in a big video game. Scientists today are developing a new communications technology that will allow you and your friends to interact inside a simulated environment even if you are thousands of miles apart. http://www.howstuffworks.com/holographic-environment.htm
Getsmarter.org: Designed to advance K-12 students' interest and expertise in science and mathematics, this interactive web site initiative is led by Alfred Berkeley of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and Richard Atkinson of the University of California. Students can test their math and science skills against those of their peers around the world. The "Math & Science Television" component of the site informs high school students of the importance of the subjects in their daily lives. Getsmarter.org www.getsmarter.org has had over eight million hits and 550,000 user visits since going online in March 2000, and numerous awards from educational groups worldwide.
EU
Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences
Recently, the European Commission has carried out several activities on nanotechnologies and nanosciences with the aim of informing young people and the general public and encouraging them to engage in discussions about science from an early age.
Three different information resources have been produced: a brochure explaining in a complex and comprehensive way what nanotechnology is about, two documentary films (one of which directly addresses young people) and a set of slides explaining nanotechnology to school children.
Documentary films and brochure
http://www.cordis.lu/nanotechnology/src/pressroom.htm#brochure
Presentation: "How can you explain what is meant by NANOTECHNOLOGY?"
http://www.cordis.lu/nanotechnology/src/young-public.htm
Overview of nanotechnology related activities across the European Community's programmes:
http://www.cordis.lu/nanotechnology/
http://europa.eu.int/youth/news/index_1178_en.html
A new Teacher Resource:
Teaching Point is dedicated to helping teachers overcome many tribulations in the classroom.
Over 3,000 schools have used our materials, with outstanding results:
Our Authors are all ”teachers in the classroom“ with a degree in their content specialty. They are veteran instructors with classroom-tested labs and activities, with exceptional skills in developing dynamic daily lesson plans that work with a wide range of student learning styles and academic skills.
All course materials are reviewed by an Academic Review Board composed of content specialists and veteran teachers to ensure both accuracy and "teachability."
Out-of-field teachers feel more confident in their new teaching assignments and cover required course content completely. Daily lesson plans with detailed content summaries support teacher competency. Easy-to-use pacing guides ensure full coverage of required state and/or national content standards. New teachers may easily incorporate the teacher-tested activities, projects and assessments into their daily instruction. Class notes in PowerPoint or as overhead masters are ready on the first day of class. Second-career teachers are guided by specific teaching strategies and classroom management tips in daily lesson plans. Comprehensive assessment systems ensure effective monitoring of student progress. Veteran teachers with new assignments find their classroom prep time reduced with the easy-to-use pacing guide.
Each course has a complete correlation to major state standards (California, Texas, Florida, and New York) as well as applicable national standards (NCTM, NCTE, NCSS, NSTA).
STM and ATM Desktop Scanners from NanoSurf can be purchased for your classrooms from NanoInstruments, our new partner in education at www.nanoscience.com
3D animated gallery of images from the scanners at
http://www.nanoscience.com/education/gallery.html
TeachNano3
International Seminar on Teaching Nanoscience with Scanning Probe Microscopy
Visit http://www.teachnano.com for more details
NUE UNIQUE Workshop
http://www.nanoscience.com/UNIQUE
Educational Pricing for SPIP Image Analysis Software
Download a demonstration version at
http://www.nanoscience.com/SPIP
Online Clearinghouse for SPM Educational Experiments
http://www.spmeducation.virginiananotech.com
Switzerland
Visit the Original Virtual Nano Lab at www.nano-world.org located at the University of Basil, Switzerland.
Leading the way for more effective research and student utilization of 3D
"We use EON to shorten delivery time when building interactive virtual environments as users can search for EON prototypes or meshes, download and use them immediately. Think of it as a clip-art which you can insert into your document, only in this case, the library exists on the web, the clip-art is a 3D object and the document is a 3D environment."
PI, Mr. Tan Hock Soon, Temasek Polytechnic http://www.eonreality.com/casestudies/education/
The Educational Technology Journal- Educational Technology for Engaged Learning, Educational Technology for Literacy. Subscribe Free Online at http://fno.org/
The Games-to-Teach Project
A partnership between MIT and Microsoft to develop conceptual prototypes for the next generation of educational media for math, science, and engineering education. Directed by MIT's Program in Comparative Media Studies, Games-to-Teach is funded as a part of Microsoft iCampus and supported by the Learning Sciences and Technologies Lab at Microsoft Research. http://cms.mit.edu/games/education/
Educators and Media Flock to See an Educational System that Produces Superkids
Cynthia Arenander
In the past decade students at the Maharishi School, have won more than seventy state titles in science, speech, drama, writing, poetry, spelling, art, photography, history, mathematics, chess, DestinationImagiNation, tennis, golf, and track. In addition, they have demonstrated their desire to help others in society by founding the student organization 'End School Violence Now'. This student group has presented their message to the United Nations, Columbine Task Force, California Teachers Association, Boston Ford Hall Forum and many more prestigious venues.
The benefits of Consciousness-Based education have been confirmed by over 600 scientific research studies performed at over 200 research institutions in 30 countries and published in over 100 refereed journals. http://www.enmag.org/
For more information on Consciousness-Based Education programs visit www.CBEprograms.org.
Math World -Special Programs
Wolfram Research sponsors both the academic and the corporate communities with direct contributions to education-related programs and scientific research. These programs range from the High School Grant Program, which encourages teachers to explore new teaching methods and develop computer-based classroom materials using Mathematica, to the Collaborative Research Opportunities Program, which offers researchers from universities, laboratories, and other organizations the opportunity to contribute their expertise to collaborative research projects. The Student Intern Program recruits talented students who would like to gain real-world experience and offers internships in all departments of the company each summer.
VIRTUAL ASTRONAUT WEBSITE
If you are looking for a website to teach your kids about space, check out the Virtual Astronaut Website http://virtualastronaut.jsc.nasa.gov
Your child can pretend he or she is in the Astronaut Corps and is making his or her first trip to the Space Station. Your child will see actual photos of astronauts on spacewalks and training in the NBL. He or she can play "Immune Invaders", learn geography, and conduct experiments that have actually been done in space. The website is geared for kids 5th - 8th grade, but younger and older children love to go there as well. It works best with a PC, but there is a Macintosh and text version. There are also lesson plans for those individuals that log on as teachers. Comments can be sent to the Virtual Astronaut e-mail address found on the web page. This website is part of the Space and Life Sciences Education Outreach Program.
NASA Classroom of the Future Program
The Classroom of the Future™ (COTF) program is helping to bridge the gap between America's classrooms and the expertise of NASA scientists, who have advanced the frontiers of knowledge in virtually every field of science over the last forty years. The COTF program is administered by the Erma Ora Byrd Center for Educational Technologies™ at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Welcome to the Space Place!
Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
E-Text goes global
The University of Virginia has been helping to establish electronic text centers around the world. The latest is the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre, which plans to digitize copies of 19th century colonial texts such as the early work of author Katherine Mansfield and the logbooks of explorer James Cook. David M. Seaman, the director of University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center, works with each university's libraries to create digital copies of scholarly and literary books. The University of New Brunswick in Canada, and Australia's University of Sydney were the first to open e-text centers, and Seaman is now working with the University of Puerto Rico to create an electronic database of older Caribbean literature. Projects are also in the works for researchers from Germany, Japan and Taiwan. The University of Virginia shares its software and expertise, which keeps costs down for participating centers. In exchange, the university is able to add foreign e-books to its collection, which now has more than 70,000 e-texts.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
scenta..The online gateway to the best in Science, Engineering and Technology.
scenta, initiated by The Engineering and Technology Board (the etb), works with leaders in the science, engineering and technology (SET) world to provide a gateway to the best SET resources on the web.
Through the aggregation of the best of existing initiatives, and through a suite of leading-edge communication technologies, including i-Seminars and the Datascenta, scenta acts as a meeting point for people in SET, their peers, and the information providers and professional organisations that they seek.
New Research Results:
Can Frequencies Change DNA? Leading edge research on education by Institute of Heart Math produces some amazing results in the way we learn.
THE EXPERIMENT:
This experiment was done by the Institute of Heart Math and the paper that was written about this was titled: Local and Nonlocal Effects of Coherent Heart Frequencies on Conformational Changes of DNA. In this experiment, some human placenta DNA was placed in a container from which they could measure changes in the DNA. Twenty-eight vials of DNA were given (one each) to 28 trained researchers. Each researcher had been trained how to generate and FEEL feelings, and they each had strong emotions.
What was discovered was that the DNA CHANGED ITS SHAPE according to the feelings of the researchers:
1. When the researchers FELT gratitude, love and appreciation, the DNA responded by RELAXING and the strands unwound. The length of the DNA became longer.
2. When the researchers FELT anger, fear, frustration, or stress, the DNA responded by TIGHTENING UP. It became shorter and SWITCHED OFF many of our DNA codes! If you've ever felt "shut down" by negative emotions, now you know why your body was equally shut down too. The shut down of the DNA codes
was reversed and the codes were switched back on again when feelings of love, joy, gratitude and appreciation were felt by the researchers.
This experiment was later followed up by testing HIV positive patients. They discovered that feelings of love, gratitude and appreciation created 300,000 TIMES the RESISTANCE they had without those feelings.
These emotional changes went beyond the effects of electro-magnetics.
Individuals trained in deep love were able to change the shape of their DNA. This energy appears to be a TIGHTLY WOVEN WEB that connects all matter. Essentially we're able to influence this web of creation through the VIBRATIONS of our feelings.
http://www.heartmath.org/research/research-intuition/Modulation_of_DNA.pdf
Resource for Educators:
HeartMath Classroom Learning Programs improve learning, test scores, attitudes, and behaviors.
Heart Math Center: http://www.heartmath.org/index.html
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