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Ac t i v i t i e s f o r G r a d e s 6 – 1 2
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Copyright © 2007 by the National Science Teachers Association.
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Nanoscale science : activities for grades 6-12 / M. Gail Jones ... [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-933531-05-2
1. Nanoscience. 2. Nanostructures. 3. Nanotechnology. 4. Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Activity
programs. 5. Technology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Activity programs. I. Jones, M. Gail, 1955-
QC176.8.N35N35577 2007
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CONTENTS
The Authors ..........................................................................................................................................................................
VII
Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................................................
IX
Dedication .................................................................................................................................................................................
IX
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................
XI
Chapter 1. Fact.or.Fiction:.Exploring.the.Myths.and.Realities.of.Nanotechnology..........................
1
PART I. SIZE AND SCALE
Chapter 2...That’s.Huge!..........................................................................................................................................................
9
Chapter 3. One.in.a.Billion...............................................................................................................................................
19
Chapter 4. Nano.Shapes:.Tiny.Geometry...............................................................................................................
27
Chapter 5. Biological.Nanomachines:.Viruses.....................................................................................................
31
PART II. TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Chapter 6. .What’s.in.Your.Bag?.Investigating.the.Unknown.....................................................................
41
Chapter 7. NanoMagnets:.Fun.With.Ferrofluid...................................................................................................
49
Chapter 8. Scanning.Probe.Microscopy.................................................................................................................
53
PART III. UNIQUE PROPERTIES AND BEHAVIORS
Chapter 9. It’s.a.Small.World.After.All:..Nanofabric..........................................................................................
63
Chapter 10. Biomimicry:..The.Mystery.of.the.Lotus.Effect..........................................................................
71
Chapter 11. How.Nature.Builds.Itself:..Self-Assembly...................................................................................
77
Chapter 12. Physics.Changes.With.Scale...............................................................................................................
83
Chapter 13...Shrinking.Cups:.Changes.in.the.Behavior.of.Materials.at.the.Nanoscale..............
89
Chapter 14. Limits.to.Size:.Could.King.Kong.Exist?.........................................................................................
95
PART IV: NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
Chapter 15. NanoMaterials:.Memory.Wire.......................................................................................................
109
Chapter 16. Nanotech,.Inc.........................................................................................................................................
115
Chapter 17. NanoMedicine.......................................................................................................................................
125
Chapter 18. Building.Small:.Nano.Inventions................................................................................................
133
PART V: SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS
Chapter 19. Too.Little.Privacy:.Ethics.of.Nanotechnology.....................................................................
139
Chapter 20. Promise.or.Peril:.Nanotechnology.and.the.Environment...........................................
143
Appendix...............................................................................................................................................................................
149
Index.........................................................................................................................................................................................
153
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