• Cutting it Down to Nano.
• How Small are Nanotubes?.
• NanoSolutions.
• NanoSugar.
• NanoWeights.
• Nanotechnology Mitten Challenge.

• Ferrofluid: NanoMedicine.
• Giant Magnetoresistance.
• Liquid Crystal Sensors.
• Nanoarchitecture: Forms of Carbon.
• "Smart" Papers.
• Nano-Tex: Testing New Nano Fabrics.

• NanoCommunity.
• Rocks and Nanobots.
• Technology and Public Policy: Nanoville.

• Amorphous Metal.
• Ferrofluid.
• LEDs.
• Memory Metal.

• General Information.
• Advanced Materials.
• Applications of Nanotechnology.
• Nanotech in Industry.
• Nanotechnology Articles.
• Nanotechnology Journals.
• Seeing Atoms.
• University Nanotech Programs.

Societal Implications Activity: NanoCommunity

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Audience: Middle school students
Time Needed: Approximately 45 minutes

Objectives:

• Define nanotechnology and describe some of its present uses
• Understand that different communities use the same technologies in different ways
• Think critically about how technology impacts their lives and their community

Activity Materials:

• One piece of poster paper for each group of 3-4 students
• 4-5 markers per group
• Overhead projector
• Overhead transparencies - "Societal Implications Transparencies" (pdf)
• Handouts describing the communities - "Community Descriptions" (pdf)
• Ball
• Chalk/dry erase markers
• Chalkboard/dry erase board

Supplemental Materials:

• Transparencies: Societal Implications Transparencies (pdf)
• Handout: Community Descriptions (pdf)

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