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Learners explore the importance of rice as a food source, the differences among types of rice, the life cycle of rice, and rice production methods. Le...
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Nano2Earth Curriculum and the National Science Education Standards
With the Nano2Earth curriculum, students learn about nanotechnology and nanoscience by using inquiry to study groundwater pollution. The curriculum is...
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What Are Nanoscience and Nanotechnology? A Nano Primer
In the examples presented in this chapter, the authors have defined the nanoscale and nanoscience. They have seen surprising results for two “ordina...
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Historical and Societal Aspects of Nanoscale Science and Technology
The nanorevolution is here to stay. It is this small scale—where we have the ability to put molecules and atoms to new uses—that fuels the hope an...
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Introduction to Water Pollution
This lesson assesses students’ prior knowledge about groundwater pollution and has students investigate types and sources of water pollution. Note t...
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Nanoscale science and technology play central roles in our understanding of how Earth works and in the environmental science field of study. As a fres...
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In this lesson, students study the reduction of iron oxide minerals in a simulated anaerobic aquatic environment. Students discuss how the respiration...
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Investigation of Bacterial Transport in Groundwater
Students, in this lesson, explore the transport of bacteria in groundwater by performing a column experiment in a simulated groundwater environment. S...
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Nano2Earth Curriculum Overview
The Nano2Earth curriculum is designed to promote student inquiry and learner centered investigations of microbe-mineral interactions at the nanoscale....
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Nanoforces in Nature: Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Explore Microbe-Mineral Interactions
This lesson uses computer simulations of an atomic force microscope to investigate bacteria-mineral forces of interaction on the order of nanonewtons ...
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It is not difficult to think of reasons why it is important for students to understand that a round globe represents our planet. After all, Earth is ...
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This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about motion. Activities include Time to Roll, Describing M...
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This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about Newton’s Third Law. Activities include Push Back, ...
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This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about adding directions and vectors. Activities include Dir...
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This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about Newton’s First Law. Activities include Objects at R...