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Module Description: This module, created by the Center for Nanotechnology Education (Nano-Link), introduces "the process of forming macrocapsules and the concept of self-assembly." During the module learning activity students study the process of encapsulation and controlled release with ...

Nanotechnology is an area of science and engineering that occurs at the atomic and molecular level. This is certainly a difficult concept to grasp. This website, presented by The National Infrastructure Network, highlights many critical concepts to understanding this smaller scale. By using a...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this demonstration on the different reactivities of copper and zinc to hydrochloric acid. In this module, the reactivities of copper and zinc to hydrochloric acid will be used to separate the two metals in a post-1983 penny. The...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this experiment on flocculation in ceramics. The module aims to show the changes in flocculation of suspensions resulting from varying pH levels. The lesson includes a step by step explanation of the laboratory procedure. A link...

This short YouTube video, created as part of a school science project, demonstrates how to make a supersaturated solution using sodium acetate. It also illustrates an exothermic reaction or the heat of crystallization shown when the solution is touched.

This video, distributed on YouTube by the Royal Society of Chemistry, is on the basic principles of Gas Chromatography. This video is a short primer which introduces the technique and instrumentation. There are many assumptions that are made in the presentation of this material, due to the fact the...

This site contains a brief introduction to the concepts of injection and detection in gas chromatography, focusing on the split/splitless injection port and flame ionization detectors. The treatment is similar to that in analytical chemistry textbooks, and includes detailed illustrations.

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this experiment on forming low temperature glass. The module will allow students the chance to form low temperature glass and test for electrical conductivity. The lesson includes a step by step explanation of the laboratory...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this activity to look at the ways in which energy is released in chemical reactions. The class will examine plaster of paris, bromthymol blue and the hydration of baking soda. Students will observe the temperature changes of...

This demonstration, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, exposes students to the functionality of catalysts on a nanoscale. This lesson is "a great way to introduce or review reactants, catalysts, and adsorption, desorption, and diffusion. Use this demonstration after the...