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In this activity, learners use a flexible magnet as a model for a scanning probe microscope (SPM). They learn that SPMs are an example of a special tool that scientists use to work on the nanoscale.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners make slides of onion cells and their own cheek cells. Use this lab to teach learners how to prepare microscope slides and use a microscope.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity related to microbes, learners use water drops and hand lenses to begin the exploration of magnification. This activity also introduces learners to the microscope.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners describe an object they can’t see. After someone picks outs a few mystery objects and places them in a pillowcase, learners will investigate using only their hands.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPM) and then work in teams using a pencil to explore and identify the shape of objects they cannot see, just as SPMs do at the nano

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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This lesson focuses on how to measure at the nanoscale and provides learners with an understanding how small a nanometer really is.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This activity uses Jell-O(R) to introduce learners to microfluidics, the flow of fluids through microscopic channels.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this fun sticker activity, learners will create a size wheel with images of objects of different size, from macroscopic scale (like an ant) to nanoscale (like DNA).

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity related to music and sound vibrations, learners make a phonograph or record player out of simple materials. First, learners assemble the turntable, arm, and sound cone.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners experiment with polarizers (small dark rectangles) to examine light intensity.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity related to microbes, learners create scale models of microorganisms and compare relative sizes of common bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa using metric measures: meters, centimete

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this quick activity about predicting (located on page 2 of the PDF under Where's Nano?

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of PDF under Nasturtium Leaves Activity) about surface tension.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours