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| Education: K-12 Programs: A Nanoleap into New Science (Completed 9/2008) NEW!!!! Recently we conducted three remote access activities with physical science and chemistry classes at three high schools in Colorado and Minnesota, and involved three NNIN sites: Stanford, University of Minnesota, and Georgia Tech. To read about this and see a video of it, go to the Nanoleap Remote-Access page and download the Nanoleap Remote Access Video file. |
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| SNF is partnering with Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) and Aspen Associates on an NSF grant to develop and evaluate a set of nanoscale science instructional materials for use at the high school level. Combining educational expertise with emerging science, the project will develop two high school curriculum modules (one for physical science and one for chemistry) entitled A NANOLEAP INTO NEW SCIENCE. These 1-3 week curriculum modules will address nanoscale science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) standards as well as accompanying resources and professional development for educators to facilitate implementation of the modules. One
of the SNF team's main responsibilities on the project is content
expertise. SNF hosted the kick-off meeting in Oct. 2004
for the project. Personnel from McREL and Aspen Associates attended
and one of the goals of the meeting was to introduce the key concepts
of nanoscale science to the project members. Research staff from
SNF as well as faculty at Stanford working in nanoscience gave talks
and tours of SNF to the participants. (agenda) |
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| As content experts, the Stanford team advises on concepts to include in the curriculum and checks curriculum materials for scientific accuracy. In addition to the curriculum development, we also work on the professional development. For example, in the initial meeting in Nov. 2005 of the team of high school master teachers working on the project (at McREL in Colorado), the Stanford team participated remotely and answered questions from the teachers during a Q&A session. As the materials become more complete, additional NNIN sites will be assisting the the materials review as well. The other main contribution that SNF is making to the project is remote access capabilities. High-resolution web-cameras are used to give live demonstrations of nanotechnology processing and characterization equipment, such as the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) as well as live virtual tours of the SNF cleanroom. An initial demonstration of a virtual tour and access to the AFM was done at the inital kickoff meeting. A subsequent demonstration was conducted during the master teachers meeting. |
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| When it is decided how the remote access will be used (professional development, part of the curriculum, both) in the project, other NNIN sites with remote capabilities will be included such as lab webcams at other sites and remotely-accessed SEMs currently being developed at other NNIN sites. |
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NEW!!!! Recently we conducted three remote access activities with physical science and chemistry classes at three high schools in Colorado and Minnesota, and involved three NNIN sites: Stanford, University of Minnesota, and Georgia Tech. To read about this and see a video of it, go to the Nanoleap Remote-Access page and download the Nanoleap Remote Access Video file.
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| _______________________________________________________________ Stanford Nanofabrication Facility webmaestro@snf.stanford.edu Last Modified 06/09/2009 |
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