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INTRODUCTION Educators integrate nanotechnology intoate their classes, new cre- coursesto and design educate academicneeded students programs to in and participate order inforce provide (Murday the et them future al., 2010). nanotechnologynanotechnology with To work- accommodate educators this the demand, anding skills ideas, scientists information and are experiencesconference through disseminat- workshops, presentations, journal articles,and books, professional websites organizations. CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Peer-Reviewed Journals and Books REVIEW ainatce fe peri dcto orasof journals education in appear often articles cation as serves author Editor-in-Chief. 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K-12,informal undergraduate, Chapters graduate education and inworld. the Authors describe United undergraduate programsschools, States for large and small schools, around primarilycommunity minority the and institutions technical and ricula colleges. in Chapters physics, computer present science,and engineering, cur- chemistry biology. The discussionnot of limited undergraduate to curriculato just is students science in and thoseseveral engineering chapters. majors, topics Liberal though taught arts theywell-represented. and are Chapters describe social the ways sciences focusotechnology of are of teaching to also nan- studentsteaching in nanotechnology these ethics fields anddents societal and in issues activities STEM to for Seal stu- fields. of Drs. the Aldrin Universitywhich Sweeney spans of and almost Central 700 Sudipta Florida pages.ful This edited resource is the the for single book thosewide most searching use- variety for of an nano education introduction topics. to the , Amer- 3 − 1 international focus education education international focus informal education international focus peer reviewed journal international focus Informal education Nanoscale Informal Science Education Grades K–12 education National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Post-secondary and informal education Grades 7–12 and Post-Secondary Education Northwestern University Grades 9–12 and post-secondary education Penn State University Center for Post-secondary education chemistry topics Kimbery Pacheco, Richard Schwenz and Grades K–12, post-secondary and informal Grades K–12, post-secondary, graduate and Grades 6–12 education Shawn Stevens, LeeAnn Sutherland and Grades 9–12 and post-secondary education A Review of Nanotechnology Learning Resources for K-12, College and Informal Educators Journal of Nano Education 2014 Summary of nanotechnology resources reviewed in this article. Prior to launching the High school teachers can learn about teaching nanotech- Network Network Nanoscience and Engineering Teaching Knowledge Network Education Training, and K-12 Resources Education Engineering: A Guidebook forTeachers Secondary TechNyou Science Education ResourcesNanoscale Informal Science Education Years 7–12 education Australian focus University of Melbourne, Australia NanoHUBNano-Link Regional CenterNational Nanotechnology Infrastructure Grades 9–12 and post-secondary education Post-Secondary Midwest and Regional Graduate Center Education for Network for Computational Nanotechnology The Role of Life-Long Education in MRSEC Education GroupNanotechnology Center for Learning and Materials World ModulesNano-Ed Community of ScholarsNanotechnology Applications and Career Grades 6–12, post-secondary and informal Grades 7–12 and post-secondary education Grades 7–12 education international focus Chemistry Collaborations, Workshops and Northwestern University Nanotechnology in Post-Secondary Nanoscience Education, Workforce Nanoscale Science and Engineering Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and ican Scientific PublishersEngineering offered Education, Nanoscale a Science 36 and chapter compendiumJ. Nano cover- Educ. 6, 1–11, nology to theirNanoscale Science and students Engineering: A byondary Guidebook for Teachers reading by Sec- Shawn The Stevens,Joseph LeeAnn Krajcik Big Sutherland & (2009). Ideas Thisof nanotechnology of book (i.e., explores quantum theter, effects, interactions structure Big and of Ideas forces, mat- self-assembly,size instrumentation, and scale, modelsscience and and simulations technology andwhy on the each society). impact of The Bigknowledge authors that Idea comprises explain each wasof idea included, and how present teachers describe examples canplans. the include The the content final Biglenges section Ideas to of in teaching the their nanotechnology. Theof lesson book intended the points audience books outschools. is the teachers chal- of grades 6 through 12 in U.S. graduate level textbooks. Books describedsecond here question. answer the Winkelmann et al. Table I. Journal, book or organizationJournal of Nano Education Notes international focus. (3) Post-secondary education includes education at technical and community colleges and four year colleges and universities. (1) Unless otherwise(2) noted, all Organizations publications or and organizations publications cover a that variety specifically of address topics from nanotechnology STEM education disciplines. in two or more countries outside the United States are design REVIEW 4 interest would that ideas of variety exten- a educators. not informal has Although book Rico. this Puerto sive, in nanotechnol- efforts and outreach below) ogy described Education (also Science policy, Network Informal and Nanoscale (NISE) science pub- the techni- nanotechnology of general of overview cover the an discussion book engaging a page of in ways 49 (2009). lic education, Materi- this Francisco higher 2008 of San cal spring chapters in the seven meeting at The Engineer- Society symposium Research and a als Nanoscience on in based ing, Education experiments. Life-Long and of topics new of vol- source this a find as will useful courses in ume their interested to faculty nanotechnology Chemistry adding educators. helpful school be high could for experiments, laboratory particularly describing chapters, those Some students. undergraduate educa- of chemical tors for innovations result- course, laboratory nanotechnology the and cover curriculum edited chapters and Thirteen Chicago book. ing in Meeting 2007 National the ACS Education organized Undergraduate Schwenz Jr. in & ogy Richard Jones Pacheco, Soci- Schwenz Wayne Kimberly Chemical and (Pacheco, Drs. American Series 2009). the Jones, Symposium of part (ACS) pub- as ety’s was 2009 first, Education in The lished Undergraduate publication. for in collected at Nanotechnology were Presentations events conferences. such research two major at symposia this of 2010). review (Winkelmann, detailed published more it been A make has so. to book do policies to new teachers for suggests easier and classroom resources their these recom- incorporate book into to the teachers of for part ways last new The mends book. almost 300-page for the accounts sentences, of section half few This referenced. a all only are they sometimes These but short, world. the be around can and educa- U.S. summaries of the informal hundreds in and both describes resources training it tion workforce as K-12, article for this sources to section relevant third most The should is students. teachers their to how edu- nanotechnology describes present improved section and second local system The to cation. this federal concerned challenged and the who students from of scientists book, examples States, provides also United their It the levels. in policy in education created K-12 how teaching is explains and section first its Training, The Resources. 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