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Water Clean-up
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Water Clean-up Activity) about the use of reduction agents to decontaminate ground water.

Surface Area and Soda Geysers
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This is an activity (located on page 4 of the PDF under Surface Area Activity) about surface area and reactivity.

Make a Balloon-powered Nanorover
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In this activity, learners build a nanorover model using styrofoam meat trays and a balloon.

Traveling Nanoparticles Model
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Nanosilver Activity) about diffusion of small molecules across cell membranes.

Science of Sunblock
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Stained Glass Activity) about nanotechnology making its way into everyday products, such as sunscreen, and how effective these invisible particl

Molecular Gastronomy: Use Self-Assembly to Make a Dessert Topping
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Molecular gastronomy is the scientific study of food preparation. Learners use self-assembly techniques to create edible capsules of chocolate syrup (food grade ingredients are required).
No bones about it!
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF) about the mixture of materials in bone and how they affect its strength.

Invisible Sunblock
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This is a hands-on activity exploring how nanoscale particles are used in mineral sunblocks to increase their transparency.

Magic Sand: Nanosurfaces
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This is an activity/demo in which learners are exposed to the difference bewteen hydrophobic surfaces (water repelling) and hydrophilic surfaces (water loving).

Self-Assembling Dessert Toppings
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Self-Assembly Activity) about self-assembly, the ability of molecules to assemble themselves according to certain rules.

Structure of Matter: Pigment vs. Iridescence
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Butterfly Wings Activity) about how visible light is affected by tiny nanoscale structures, producing iridescence on butterfly wings, soap bubbl