OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
NANOSCALE
MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS WORKSHOP
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The Nanoscale
Measurement and Analysis (NMA) workshop is an NSF sponsored outreach program targeted
towards junior and senior level high school students with the goal of
introducing nanoscience and nanotechnology to the students using hands-on
laboratory modules. The workshop has
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SURFING INTO HIGH SURFACE AREA
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Students will learn about the parameter ‘surface area per
unit volume’ and will perform its calculation
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NAVIGATING
INTO THE NANOSCALE
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Students
will be asked to examine the difference between two vials containing either
nm-Al2O3 powder and mm-Al2O3
powder. Students will then be shown Scherrer line broadening and SEM of
each powder system
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Break-out
into 4 Groups--
(at
the end, High School Students report their findings to each other after their
exploration)
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Exploration 1:
Layer-by-Layer nanoassembly
Exploration
2: Create-your-own
Suspensions (Electrostatic stabilization)
Exploration
3: Optical
Microscopy with Image Analysis
Exploration
4: UV-Vis
spectrophotometry for chemical identification
----Undergraduate
and Graduate student facilitators work with each group performing one of the Exploration
activities. These students will extend the high school student
knowledge by encouraging the students to further investigate parameters
available to them.
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‘Navigating
out of the Nanoscale: Nanotechnology Time-Line' Activity
(1
hour additional time)
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One
way to introduce many facts about a topic to students is to perform a
time-line jigsaw puzzle activity—whereby student groups will each have
several pieces of the timeline containing dates and facts. The timeline
piece is to be explained or read to the class and then posted at the appropriate
date onto a large timeline located at the front of the room.
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FUEL
FOR THOUGHT PROGRAM
The Forming USA Energy Leaders (FUEL) for
Thought Program (sponsored by Shell Oil Corp.) is a 16 hour 8-12 grade
teacher professional development workshop designed in collaboration with LaTech’s Center for Applied
Teaching and Learning to Yield Scientific Thinking (CATALYST) Program. The objective of FUEL for Thought is to
give teachers new tools to prepare their students to consider technology
careers in the energy sector. Content
includes understanding traditional energy (i.e. fossil fuel-based technology)
using first principles calculations and alternative energy (i.e. solar and
hydrogen fuel cell) using the Thames & Kosmos Fuel Cell Experiment
Kit. Tabbetha Dobbins serves as
workshop instructor on Alternative Energy and Hydrogen Fuels.
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RESEARCH
AND INQUIRY-BASED PHYSICS PROJECT with LIGO and the EXPLORATORIUM (RIPPLE) WORKSHOP
The RIPPLE Project (Research and Inquiry-Based
Physics Project with LIGO
and the Exploratorium) is a professional development
workshop designed by LaTech’s Center
for Applied Teaching and Learning to Yield Scientific Thinking (CATALYST)
Program in order to prepare teachers with the knowledge and skills to
teach physics/physical science concepts through an inquiry-based
approach. Concepts covered in the
course are those science concepts associated with LIGO-based research and
science, including light, waves, and gravity.
Teachers associated with the project learn to build Exploratorium
“Science Snacks” for classroom use.
Tabbetha Dobbins serves as one of the formal instructors for the
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PROJECT
NANOMATION
Project
Nanomation is an unfunded project aimed at assembling science-based
animations for use by K-16 educators interested in conveying concepts in
nanoscale technologies to their students.
Many K-12 teachers cannot access YouTube videos on their campuses
because of the controversial images contained in some of those videos. Project Nanomation makes it possible to
view science education-related videos available on YouTube and similar sites.
Visit www.projectnanomation.com. Dr.
Quantum Describes Wave-Particle Duality |