Nanotechnology and Human Health

Appendix A - Teacher Resources

http://www.ucsd.tv/getsmall/ is a long, detailed video, but the first 5 min. gives excellent visual examples for nanoscale.

http://nanozone.org/howvideo.htm has several videos relevant to nanoscale.

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/ has excellent sliding scale, especially related to biology (cells, bacterium, atoms, etc.), to show nanoscale

http://www.nanoed.org/concepts_apps/tool_for_nano_thermodynamics/Computer-based_Learning_Tool.html is a 3-part module that demonstrates nanoscale, the surface area to volume relationship and melting point depression at the nanoscale.

http://www.sciencentral.com/index3.php3?cat=3_5 gives an index to articles and videos showing applications of Nanotechnology.

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/antenna/nano/ has great applications, including safety.

http://www.understandingnano.com/ has lots of applications, but it's a little "dry."

http://www.discovernano.northwestern.edu/affect/applications_content has lots of applications broken into categories: security, medicine, energy and environment.

www.nanooze.org links to articles for young readers about uses of Nanotechnology.

http://www.discovernano.northwestern.edu/whatis gives excellent overview of size, size-dependent properties, production methods, and instruments for "seeing" nanoscale.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoC-uxRqCg adorable video/song about nanomaterials.

http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/molecules/carbon.htm shows excellent models of carbon allotropes and links to chemistry puzzles and games.

http://www.nanoed.vt.edu/links.htm has resources related to Nanotechnology.

http://cohesion.rice.edu/naturalsciences/nanokids/index.cfm has videos of basic chemistry concepts, done at an elementary level.

http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/modules/HighSchool/CNT_Vector_Activity/index.htm has an activity about different structures of carbon allotropes.

The following is a list of books and movies that can be used to prompt discussion about size-dependent properties:

A Bug's Life. VHS. Directed by Andrew Stanton: Disney/Pixar, 1998.

Fantastic Voyage [VHS]. Theater viewing. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Tucson: 20th Century Fox, 1966.

Honey I Shrunk the Kids [VHS]. VHS. Directed by Joe Johnston. Hollywood, CA: Walt Disney Video, 1989.

Innerspace. VHS. Directed by Joe Dante. Burbank: Warner Home Video, 1987.

Silverstein, Shel. "One Inch Tall." In Where the Sidewalk Ends - The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein. New York: Harper And Row, 1974. 55.

Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels, Literary Touchstone Edition. Clayton: Prestwick House, Inc., 2005.

The Incredible Shrinking Man [VHS]. Theater viewing. Directed by Jack Arnold.

Washington DC: Universal Studios, 1957.