Public programs, hands-on activities, and professional development resources about nanoscale science, engineering, and technology and their impact on society.
NISE Network offers a digital download of the NanoDays kit, complete with instructions, lesson plans, supply lists, marketing materials, and multimedia files.
Download the full digital kit
All NanoDays 2009-2016 resources
Kit Contents
I. Digital files of guides and tools for engaging the public in nanoscale science
- NanoDays Planning Guide
- Bringing Nano to the Public: a Collaboration Opportunity for Researchers and Museums
- Public Forums Manual
- Science Cafe Guide
II. Digital files of instructions & graphics to deliver twelve hands-on nano activities
- Exploring Measurement—Ruler
- Exploring Measurement—Human Body
- Exploring Tools—SPM
- Exploring Forces—Gravity
- Exploring Properties—Surface Area
- Exploring Structures—Buckyballs
- Exploring Materials—Liquid Crystal
- Exploring Materials—Ferrofluid
- Exploring Measurement—Molecules
- Exploring Fabrication—Self-Assembly
- Exploring Measurement—StretchAbility
- Exploring Materials—Nano Fabric
III. Digital files for the following products to engage the public in nano:
- Digital file for "Everything is Made of Atoms" poster
- Digital file for "Scale Ladder" pamphlet and poster
- Digital files for "Zoom into a Human Hand" and "Zoom into a Nasturtium Leaf" interactive media piece
- DECIDE Nanotechnology Game
- Two 10-minute plays about societal implications of nano: Let's Talk About It by Richard W. Rousseau and Same Sides by Stacey Parshall
- Information about how to order "I'm Made of Atoms" temporary tattoos
- Information about how to order "Feel Nano!" magnets used in the activity Exploring Tools - SPM
- Digital instructions and graphics for nano activities and demonstrations: "Balloon Nanotubes", "DNA—Nanotechnology", "Exploring Measurement—Solutions", "Magic Sand", and "Sizing Things Down"
IV. Digital files with electronic templates for the following marketing materials:
- NISE Net Publicity Photos
- Promotional Materials:
- Ready-to-Print Ads and Posters
- NanoDays Promotional Banner
- NanoDays logos, graphic elements, and taglines