• 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.

Teacher Training Workshops

The University of Wisconsin - Madison's NSF-funded Internships in Public Science Education (IPSE) Program offers teacher workshops, such as "Making the Nanoworld Comprehensible: Strategies for Incorporating Cutting-Edge Nanoscale Science and Technology into Your Classroom," on a regular basis.

With the help of Discover World Museum and the UW MRSEC, IPSE interns lead workshop sessions on "Exploring the Nanoworld" and integrating nanotechnology curricula into 6-12 classrooms. Teachers learn abut the curricula available through MRSEC and IPES, try out the classroom activities that have been developed, and interact with table-top demonstrations about nanotechnology and advanced materials.

Upcoming IPSE Workshops

When we schedule new upcoming workshops, we will let you know!

Prior IPSE Workshops

Friday, March 12, 2004
Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers Annual Conference, Appleton, WI
IPSE Participants: All interns

Thursday, February 26, 2004
Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium, UW-Madison (~20 educators)
IPSE Participants: Jeffrey Maxwell, Julie He

Monday, October 20, 2003
Wagner College Talk, Introduction to IPSE (~15 faculty and undergraduates)
IPSE Participants: Wendy deProphetis

Thursday, October 9, 2003
Educator's Night Out, Discovery World Museum, Milwaukee WI (~40 educators)
IPSE Participants: Aura Gimm, Wendy deProphetis, Lynn Diener, Jeff Maxwell, Megan Anderson, Julie He

Thursday, October 2, 2003
Invited Talk, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Introduction to IPSE (15 participants)
IPSE Participants: Wendy deProphetis

Thursday - Saturday, April 10-12, 2003
MRSEC Exhibit at Engineering Expo, UW-Madison, Madison, WI, Public Audience (20,000 people)
IPSE Participants: All interns, Amy Payne

Sunday, March 9, 2003
Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers (WSST) Conference at Wisconsin Dells, WI (~20 educators)
IPSE Participants: Amy Payne, Wendy Crone, Melissa Kurth, Erin Schmidt, Manisha Ghorai, Julia Bickler, Wendy DeProphetis, Naveen Varma, Yvonne Kao, Greta Zenner

Monday, February 10, 2003
Discovery World, Educators' Night Out (~20 educators)
IPSE Participants: Erin Schmidt, Manisha Ghorai, Wendy DeProphetis, Naveen Varma

Monday, October 28, 2002
Discovery World, Educators' Night Out (~20 educators)
IPSE Participants: Julia Bickler, Naveen Varma, Lauren Sammel, Greta Zenner, Amy Payne