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 documents to help you get started
- NanoDays Planning Guide & Welcome Letter
- Bringing Nano to the Public: a Collaboration Opportunity for Researchers and Museums
- Press Release Template
- Science Cafe Guide
II. Digital files of instructional guides and signs for twelve hands-on nano activities
- Exploring Size- Measure Yourself
- Exploring Size- Scented Balloons
- Exploring Size- Powers of Ten Game
- Exploring Size- Memory Game
- Exploring Forces- Static Electricity
- Exploring Tools- Special Microscopes
- Exploring Tools- Mitten Challenge
- Exploring Materials- Thin Films
- Exploring Products- Nano Fabrics
- Exploring Products- Nano Sand
- Exploring Products- Sunblock
- Nano & Society Posters
III. Digital Media
- Digital file for "Everything is Made of Atoms" poster
- Digital file for "Zoom Into the Human Bloodstream" poster
- Digital file for "Zoom Into a Butterfly Wing" poster
- Digital file for "Zoom Into a Computer Chip" poster
- Digital file for "Scale Ladder" pamphlet and poster
- Digital files for "Zoom into a Human Hand" and "Zoom into a Nasturtium Leaf"
- 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
IV. Digital Marketing Materials
- NISE Net Publicity Photos
- Promotional Materials:
- Ready-to-Print Ads and Posters
- NanoDays Promotional Banner
- new NanoDays logos, graphic elements, and taglines