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ASM / GEMSEC Teachers Materials Camp 2008 Teaching Modules

Six teaching modules developed at Teachers Materials Camp 2008:

Assessing Nano-tech Products

• Investigating claims of nano-tech products
• Laboratory testing of nano-tech enabled products
• Implications of nano-tech products in every-day life
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Organic Nanostructures

• Investigating differences in the mechanical properies of shells
• Learning about biological composites
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Understanding Nano-scale

• Learning the metric system
• Understadning nano-scale by analogy
• Understanding nano-science tools
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Silver Nano-particles

• Understanding how material properties change as size scale changes.
• Demonstrating that the bond density changes with the size of a nanocrystal.
• Reviewing the concepts of color, absorption and transmission of electromagnetic radiation.
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GEPIs and Biomimetics

• Introducing the concept of biomimetics
• Introducing the concept of genetically engineered peptides for inorganics (GEPIs)
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Biomimetics and Spidersilk

• Introducing the concept of biomimetics
• Introducing the concept of elasticity in fibers
• Developing critical thinking and accurate estimation skills
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BioNano RET 2006 Teaching Modules

Four teaching modules developed at BioNano 2006:

AFM (Atomic Force Microscope)

• Friction Mode (tapping)
• Lego Models
• Force Measurement
• Teaching Modules:
  1. Teacher's Preparatory Guide
  2. Student Worksheet

Proteins

• Protein Engineering
• Model of Molecular Structure
• Computer and Phyiscal Models
• Bacterial Protein Fabrication

Self Assembly

• Macroscopic Model (physical)
• Imaging Self-assmbled Molecules (synthetic + biological)
• Teaching Modules:
  1. Teacher's Preparatory Guide
  2. Student Worksheet

Microscopy (Imaging with Lenses)

• Seeing Across Scales
• Optical Bench
• Ligh Optical Microscopes
• Scanning Electron Microscope

 

Teaching module developed in partnership with the "Science for Success" (SFS) program for the Center of Nanotechnology (CNT), University of Washington:

Building a Rainbow - demonstrating scientific concepts of electrochemistry and optics (interference of light waves).

• Teaching modules:
  1. Teacher's Preparatory Guide
  2. Student Worksheet
  3. Teacher's Supplementary Information
• See also publication in the Fall 2006 issue of "The Electrochemical Society Interface".