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This experiment, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers Shape Memory Alloys or Smart Materials. A Smart Material or Shape Memory Alloys belongs to a class of materials which displays the shape memory effect (SME); they possess the ability to radically change crystal...

There are many curriculum materials, professional development, and student enrichment activities available on this website. These resources are designed for teachers and students ranging from K-12 through higher education. Most resources are interactive and engage the students on many different...

This video, created by Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), is an animation which shows the viewer how to make an origami 3-D crystal from a template developed by Jack Judy at UCLA. Through this animation, "the 3-D crystal allows you to "see" the different planes of a silicon crystal,...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the concepts of material properties. Students will study the antimicrobial properties of silver nanoparticles and "document and communicate the entire process via their scientific notebook." A Teacher Preparation...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, provides students with the opportunity to "use the pure silver nanoparticles they synthesize to create antibacterial socks." Using a relatable medium like socks allows students to synthesize new information on and...

This learning module from the Northeast Advanced Technological Education Center (NEATEC) explores the simple fabrication of a super-hydrophobic surface. Educators can incorporate this module into an existing STEM class. Essential questions and objectives of the learning module are provided alongside...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this lesson plan for students learning about polymers. The module will "explore the change in physical properties of a polymer as a result of cross-linking. The result of adding more cross-linking agents to a polymer is...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the concepts of material properties. Students will use "electrochemistry techniques to generate colloidal silver and then utilize the colloidal silver to determine if the growth of the bacteria Saccharomyces cerevisiae...

This video from CUNY Kingsborough Community College shows the process of staining and imaging an agarose gel. The video describes the process step by step and would be easy to replicate in a laboratory setting. Running time for the video is 3:18.

This short YouTube video, which runs for 0:26 was created by Dr. Michael Freudinger in 2008 to demonstrate the slow crystallization of super saturated sodium acetate. The description of the video provides an explanation for the reaction: "A single seed crystal was added to the saturated sodium...