Nanoscale Electrodeposition Guide

This 2-page Nanoscale Electrodeposition Guide is part of a series of resources collected by the Nebraska Nanoscale Facility to teach students about electron-beam vapor depositions. This guide is intended to help instructors implement that Electrodeposition Activity in their classrooms. This activity is designed to help students in Grades 5-12 "apply an understanding of relationships among the amount of electric current flowing through a circuit, the time that the current is flowing, the number and diameter of ions that undergo chemical reduction, and the nanoscale thickness of a thin layer of a metal." The guide includes information about how the activity aligns with National Science Education Learning Samples, Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Learning Standards, and the Massachusetts Mathematics Learning Standards. In addition, the guide lists all materials needed to conduct this activity and offers strategies for adapting this activity in Physical Science, Physics, and Chemistry classrooms. The guide also includes a calculation guide that can be distributed to learners. This guide is part of the Nanoscale Electrodeposition Lesson, and other parts of the lesson are available to view separately.