Elementary

Nanotechnology Poster

Subject: General Science

Audience: Elementary, Middle School, High School

Learn about the very small

NACK Network Webinars

Subject: General Science

Audience: Elementary, Middle School, High School, Adult

The NACK Network offers a live webinar, hosted by MATEC NetWorks, every month to engage and educate those of you that are interested in learning more about nanotechnology related topics.

Taking a Closer Look at Objects

Subject: General Science

Audience: Elementary, Middle School

This lesson provides students an opportunity to learn how microscopes and lenses make small objects in our world visible.

Right Tool for the Job

Subject: General Science

Audience: Elementary

This lesson is designed to be part of a learning progression which lays the foundation on how tools and instruments are used in science and engineering

What's the smallest thing you know?

Subject: General Science

Audience: Elementary

The purpose of this lesson is to encourage students to think about the size of objects through the use of literature and mathematics.

Learning about surface area and volume

Subject: General Science

Audience: Elementary

Using the book, Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! by Marilyn Burns students explore surface area and volume by using their knowledge of area, perimeter, and volume. This lays an early foundation for important nanoscale concepts.

Sometimes we need big numbers

Subject: General Science

Audience: Elementary

The purpose of this lesson is to help students visualize how small a nanometer is by relating the size to the numbers- millions, billions and trillions and then relating those numbers to how small particles of matter are.