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This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, covers the diffraction behavior of light waves. Students will discover how CDs and DVDs contain regularly spaced micrometer sized features that act like diffraction grating. Using these items rather than commercially...

This lab activity from the Biotechnology Alliance for Suncoast Biology Educators (BASBE) explores parts of cells and cell types and covers the proper techniques used to create good scientific illustrations. The lesson includes background information on scientific drawing and basic cell structure,...

This learning activity will provide an introduction to ceramic slip casting for advanced high-school and introductory college and technical school students. The exercise covers the properties of ceramics, the slip casting process, and the limitations of slip casting. The module can be completed in...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, covers the concept of semiconductor manufacturing. Students will learn how scientist "take advantage of diffusion to 'dope' or introduce atoms into a silicon wafer to change its conductive properties." The lesson...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this activity to illustrate the heat energy that is given off during the oxidation of iron. The class will analyze commercial hand warmers and the chemical reaction that allows them to heat up inside their plastic bags. The...

The Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC2) has created this laboratory manual for using recombinant cells to make proteins-of-interests.  This manual focuses on tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) secreting Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells.  The accompanying zip file contains the...

This lab activity from the Biotechnology Alliance for Suncoast Biology Educators (BASBE) covers background information on the basic types of chromatography and has the student separate pigments extracted from pens and plant leaves using paper chromatography. The lesson includes the materials needed...

This lesson plan, adapted from the United States Department of Energy's "Science, Society and America's Nuclear Waste-Ionizing Radiation," teaches students how to visually demonstrate radiation and develop an understanding of detectors.  This webpage includes downloads to a PDF document of the...

This resource, from Piedmont Virginia Community College, includes files for a project-based learning module that "provide[s] a background for controlling stepper motors using a basic microcontroller." During this project, "students will gain experience in breadboard prototyping, basic electronic...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, will help students begin to understand nanotechnology, specifically behaviors of materials at the nanoscale. Students will "explore two factors affecting the thin film deposition, film cracking and the formation of...