Bibliographies
Teacher's Annotated Bibliography
Bonner, John Tyler. Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006.
Good resource for explaining the importance of size in our lives and nature.
Boyden, Richard D. Booker, Earl. Nanotechnology For Dummies (For Dummies (Math and Science)). New York: For Dummies, 2005.
Good job explaining complex subject matter.
Falvo, Michael R., M. Gail Jones, and Amy R. Taylor. Extreme Science: From Nano to Galactic (PB237X). Danvers, Ma: National Science Teachers Association, 2009.
Good activities and explanations to help teachers and students.
Fayer, Michael D. Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World. New York: Amacom 2010.
Good resource but geared more for high school and above.
Jones, Richard A. L. Soft Machines: Nanotechnology and Life. New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2008.
Great job explaining self-assembly and the influence of size on nanosized particles. Good an easy to understand.
Krajcik, Joseph, Shawn Stevens, and LeeAnn Sutherland. The Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and Engineering: A Guidebook for Secondary Teachers (PB241X). Danvers, Ma: National Science Teachers Association, 2009.
Good resource for teachers. This source is an excellent resource for connecting main ideas about nanoscience to national science standards. It is very specific about which concepts students need to learn.
Michael C. LaBarbera. "The Fathom Archive: The University of Chicago Library: Digital Collections." The Fathom Archive: The University of Chicago Library: Digital Collections. http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu (accessed July 30, 2010).
This article did a good job explaining the size strength relationship
Williams, Linda. Chemistry Demystified (TAB Demystified). 1 ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003.
Good reference for chemistry. Written in a format that teachers and students could understand.
Student Annotated Bibliography
Falvo, Taylor, Broadwell, Jones. Nanoscale Science. Arlington: NSTA Press, 2007.
Good student resource. Great lab activities to help teach about nanoscale objects and size.
"Learn.Geneticsâ ¢." Learn.Geneticsâ ¢. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/ (accessed July 12, 2010).
Excellent site for students to visualize how size changes as you move from one scale to the next.
"NanoSense Unique Properties at the Nanoscale." NanoSense. http://nanosense.org/activities/sizematters/ (accessed July 30, 2010).
This is a good resource for labs that relate to size dependent properties, size, scale, andproperties of matter.
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