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Intro to Nano

Intro to Nano. Activity Directions Upon finding your secret location, open up the envelope. Inside you will find 3 pictures and a piece of paper. Taking turns, have each person write 1 sentence creating a story about what’s going on in the 3 pictures (connect them).

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Intro to Nano

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  1. Intro to Nano

  2. Activity Directions • Upon finding your secret location, open up the envelope. Inside you will find 3 pictures and a piece of paper. • Taking turns, have each person write 1 sentence creating a story about what’s going on in the 3 pictures (connect them). • Once the first 4 sentences are written (assuming you have a group of 4), you will break up into roles: • Speaker (this person will be reading the ridiculous story aloud to the class). • Plot former (this person will tell the scribe what to write to complete the story). • Scribe (this person should bring the writing utensil for the group & will write what the plot former is telling them). • Wrapper (this person will help with ending the creative story and make sure the story is the proper length & keep track of the time with a cell phone stopwatch so everyone is back when they’re supposed to be).

  3. Activity Directions You can think of the story as the first paragraph or two of a book (the “HOOK” to get your reader interested) or as a complete story or anything in between. The pictures can be considered just a START to your story (you can take the story wherever you wish). Your story should be between 8 & 15 total sentences (roughly). Your story should be appropriate—it’s going to be read aloud. No looking at any other group’s pictures—unless you are a “fun-ruiner”. Please don’t be. 

  4. You have 15 minutes . . . GO!

  5. Story time!

  6. GET A WHITEBOARD, MARKER & ERASER! 1 for every 4 people. Have two people bring their stools around to the other side of the table.

  7. Why ZOOM as an intro to thisscience course? Discuss with your group … write ideas on whiteboard.

  8. Why ZOOM as an intro to this course? • Creativity (the field of science always depends on new ideas from creative minds in order to expand) • Problem solving (especially when there are missing pieces to the story!) • Scale (we’re going to spend the whole first unit trying to get our minds wrapped around the size of a nanometer!) • Group work (most of the labs we do will require you to work with others…just like your future job (most likely))

  9. Keeping this activity in mind, form an explanation for motives behind why scientists are constantly writing journal articles about their research. Come up with as many as you can.

  10. “The demand for U.S. workers with science & engineering skills is growing five times faster than the rest of the work force.” “Problem solving skills, reasoning and critical thinking are acquired through trial and error, experience, and a willingness to take calculated risks. With today’s emphasis on standardized testing, these are not attributes taught in school much anymore. Many young people do not bring these skills to the job.” Read & React!

  11. Nano Outline

  12. I realize not all of you will continue on to become a nanotechnology Ph.D. student… I realize not all of you will continue on to major in science… Will this class be pointless for you then???

  13. “Most students will not become scientists or engineers, but they will participate in decision making about the work that scientists and engineers do.” ~NSTA (National Science Teachers Association)

  14. But in addition to the nano 101… • Working with others / • Nightmare group work story or co-worker story

  15. But in addition to the nano 101… • Speaking professionally to a group (Nano in the News) • Why is it scary to most people? Why is it an important skill to practice?

  16. But in addition to the nano 101… • Creative solutions • Name a project that you’ve had to do where you had to problem solve and think critically. What did you like about it and what did you hate about it?

  17. But in addition to the nano 101… • Learn to learn • Are most high school students driven by curiosity and a desire to learn or are they driven by something else? What drives students to study a topic?

  18. But in addition to the nano 101… • Career options (“Be a scientist. Save the world.” ~Richard Smalley, discovered buckminsterfullerenes) It has been estimated that more than ten million jobs will be created by the year 2020 because of the nanoboom!

  19. Interesting options for nano education… • First nano class at the high school level in the state of Washington! • Ivies • Harvard…CNS (Center for Nanoscale Studies) • Brown…Nanotech Masters & Doctoral programs • Princeton…Nanostructures Lab • Columbia…Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center • Dartmouth…Center of Cancer Nanotechnology • Cornell…Cornell Nanofabrication Center • University of Pennsylvania…Masters of Science & Engineering in Nanotechnology Program • Yale…Nanoprobe Group • Other “big” schools • - Stanford…Stanford Nanofabrication Facility • - MIT…Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Space Nanotech Lab (to • name a couple) • Local • University of Washington…Ph.D. in Nanotech • Washington State…Graduate School in Engineering Nanotechnology • University of Oregon…ENTIRE FLOOR of nano research labs • Of course there are MANY MORE!!!!!!!!!!

  20. http://www.nanotechproject.org/inventories/map/

  21. Nanotech around the WORLD http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/nanotechnology/news/china-soaring-ahead-in-nanotechnology-research.html

  22. Cool stuff we’ll do in this class… • Engineer a better protocol for synthesizing liposomes (which are tiny nanoparticles that can deliver vaccines or medicine) • Calculate the length of a C-C bond (it’s small!) • Synthesize a thin layer film (hydrophobic vs. hydrophilic) • Design & build a model of an AFM • Tour UW nano lab • Memory wire fun! (everyone gets their own torch!) • Synthesize ferrofluid • Synthesize, characterize and use Ag NPs to kill bacteria • Lab-on-a-chip analogy • Field trip to Newport Heights to teach Elementary kids about some basic nano/science principles • Industry speakers • Build hydrogen fuel cell cars! • Build solar cells! • Solve the cement/CO2 problem!

  23. We were using nanotechnology before we even knew what nanotechnology was! Alternate-sized gold and silver particles created colors in the stained glass windows of medieval churches hundreds of years ago!

  24. Your nanotech stained glass… Design a mold! Examples…

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