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Takes you on an interactive video trip from the world of matter to the nanocosmos Animations are outstanding!

CytoViva has agreed to provide their gallery of video images for our University and K-12 educators. We are pleased to partner with this excellent company to bring quality nanoscale images into the classrooms of the future as an important resource.

DragonflyTV wants kids to think small. That's right. In its seventh season DragonflyTV explores the science of the incredibly small with six new episodes on the revolutionary world of nanoscale science and technology. So what exactly is this "nanoscale?"

Science: Nanotechnology Learn about nanotechnology, a new field of science. Find out its history, present, and future developments. Learn why some scientists believe that the Nanotechnology Revolution will have a stronger impact on the world than the Computer Revolution. Find out how nanoscience can change our lives. Includes a lesson plan, video clips, quizzes, images, and photographs. There is a link to eThemes resource on scientific notation. High School

This video clip accompanies the Hands-On Demonstration for the Smaller episode of NOVA's Making Stuff. The collection of four Making Stuff demonstrations can be downloaded for free at http://www.pbs.org/nova/education/makingstuff In this video clip, make a pizza with a materials scientist at IBM to see how nanowires could be used to shrink transistors and power even smaller, yet more powerful, computers.

The NanoLeap project represents an approach for teachers to introduce the exciting world of nanoscale science and technology to their classes by integrating interdisciplinary research with traditional science concepts.

An Interactive Nanoscience site for K-8

Awesome Not to be missed. Animation gallery of 3D rendered SPM images - from carbon atoms to buckyballs to polymer surfaces.

Drawing on concepts from physics, chemistry, and biology, NanoSense units reflect the interdisciplinary nature of nanoscience, emphasize fundamental nanoscience concepts such as size and scale and surface dominance of reactions, and explore applications of nanoscience and how they could affect society and policy. Each unit includes background materials and directions for the teacher, activities and instructional materials for students, and embedded assessments

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (UW MRSEC) Interdisciplinary Education Group uses examples of nanotechnology and advanced materials to explore fundamental science and engineering concepts at the college level and to share the "wow" and potential of these fields with public audiences

designed for students ages 8 though 14 - explores the basics of nanotechology with interactive games, videos and comics. The site also features interviews with scientists and teacher classroom materials for lessons on nanotechnology. A nanozone magazine is available through this site in both English and Spanish

Education will play a vital role to ensure that nanotechnology achieves its full promise and potential. From classroom resources for k-12 to community college programs to PhD's in the field of nanotechnology, this section provides resources on the range of education and training opportunities available.

Soar through space starting at 10 million light years away from the Milky Way down to a single proton in Florida in decreasing orders of magnitude (powers of ten). This tutorial explores the use of exponential notation to understand and compare the size of things in our world and the universe, and provides a glimpse of the duality between the macroworld around us and the hidden microworld and sub-atomic world within.

The Molecularium family of products and educational tools brings the nanoscale universe to life in any situation. Zoom into the molecular level, build molecules from atoms, and explore states of matter in the Nanolab of the interactive Kid’s Site. The experiments, activities and songs included in the Teacher's Resource Guide are free and fun for your home, classroom or museum.

"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-based image microfabrication to make things dire

Award-winning electron microscopist Dr. Dennis Kunkel has produced a series of interactive Java tutorials that explore various aspects of virtual Scanning Electron Microscopy (vSEM). Visitors can adjust the focus, contrast, and magnification of microscopic creatures viewed at thousands of times their actual size. Use the tutorial below to discover how specimens such as insects, dust motes and more, appear when magnified in the virtual SEM.