Creator: NBC Learn | visit site
Grade Range: 6 - 11
Explore the science behind the hidden world of nanotechnology, where you measure objects in the billionths of meters. Six videos offered by NBC Learn in partnership with the National Science Foundation discuss Nanotechnology at the Surface, Nanoelectronics, Nanoarchitecture, Nano-Enabled Sensors, and Nanoparticles, plus quantum dots and working in nanoscale. Videos are approximately 5 to 6 minutes in length with a transcript. Although part of a larger site that charges for access, these videos and lessons are all free. This video now resides on NBC Learn’s YouTube channel. If your district blocks YouTube, it may not be viewable.
In the Classroom
Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson in chemistry or physical science class. Divide students into cooperative learning groups to explore the site. Have each group choose a video to use as a launching pad for further study. Have students create an annotated image, including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Thinglink, <a href="/single.cfm?id=13216">reviewed here</a>. Place the videos on your classroom website or blog for students to explore on their own. Flip your instruction and as an assignment have your students watch the videos before class time to build background knowledge. Review nonfiction reading strategies with students before having students read transcripts. Have students explore STEM careers by researching the jobs of the scientists interviewed.
At Home
Explore this high-tech world with your student by watching videos together. Discuss related careers. Read the transcripts together to practice reading informational text.
Tags
chemicals, scientists, careers, engineering,
Subjects
Careers & Guidance, Chemistry, Engineering/Technology, Physics, Science,