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Nanoscale science activities for grades 6-12 / [electronic resource] : M. Gail Jones ... [et al.]. - Arlington, VA : NSTA Press, c2007. - xv, 155 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index.

Size and scale -- That's huge! -- One in a billion -- Nano shapes -- Biological nanomachines -- Tools and techniques -- What's in your bag? -- Nanomagnets -- Scanning probe microscopy -- Unique properties and behaviors -- It's a small world after all -- Biomimicry -- How nature builds itself -- Physics changes with scale -- Shrinking cups-- Limits to size -- Nanotechnology applications -- Nanomaterials -- Nanotech, Inc. -- Nanomedicine -- Building small -- Societal implications -- Too little privacy -- Promise or peril -- Appendix.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nanoscience.
Nanostructures.
Nanotechnology.
Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Activity programs.
Technology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Activity programs.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QC176.8.N35 / N35577 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 620/.5