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What is Nanotechnology?

Nanoscience and nanotechnology are the study and application of extremely small things and can be used across all the other science fields, such as chemistry, biology, physics, materials science, and engineering. Nanotechnology is not just a new field of science and engineering, but a new way of looking at and studying (Nano.gov)

1 nanometer = 1 billionth of a meter

Word World: Carbon Nanotubes!

Video: Carbon Nanotubes (Dragonfly)

Did you know that...

carbon nanotubes can help by making things stronger, yet also smaller and lighter, from space gear to computer chips to tennis rackets to coatings on surfaces of different materials!

nanotechnology can make space travel less expensive?

there are lots of products being developed using nanotechnology?

researchers are working with cancer medicine delivery using nanospheres called bucky balls?

nanotechnology is used to make stainless fabric?

Mail Call: Self Assembly

Self Assembly: What is it? Molecular self-assembly is the assembly of molecules without guidance or management from an outside source.

Nature has been self-assembling for years -- snowflakes, for example.

Self Assembly Video (fun!)

Futuristic Fiction, or is it Fact?

Elevator to Space? Really? Well, not yet, but scientists are investigating it!

NASA: Space Elevator

NanoNonsense

Jokes, riddles, and toys

Nano games and fun things to explore

Site-Seeing: Awesome websites!

Dragonfly TV

Dragonfly TV (more)

Earth and Sky

Explain That Stuff

NanoKids

Nanooze

NanoWerk

Nanozone

NASA Video

Scientists in Nanotechnology

Aaron Strickland - works with self-assembly

Other scientists in nanotechnology

Powers of Ten VIDEO

Dare to compare the vastness of space with the Nano world: 10^-9 = nano

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Bibliography

How Stuff Works, "What is nanotechnology?". http://science.howstuffworks.com/what-is-nanotechnology.htm (accessed January 3, 2012).

"Nanoscience Teaching Resources Specific Teaching Materials". New Mexico State University at Alamogorda, http://alamo.nmsu.edu/~vlombran/Nanoscience_Education_Specific_Teaching_Materials.html (accessed January 3, 2012)

Johnson, Rebecca. Nanotechnology Cool Science. Lerner Publications, 2005.

NASA Science News "The Next Giant Leap". http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/27jul_nanotech/ (accessed January 3, 2012).

Citing: This webpage is a location for our investigation. We are not experts or scientists; we are students learning about a new topic! Please do not cite.

Dedication

This Nanotechnology Newscast is dedicated to Dr. Dan Michael, who inspires science conversations in the science classrooms of Warren County, Ohio.
Thanks for your support, Dr. Dan!