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Coffee Break with Nanoscience: Film Formation and “Coffee Rings” Lab Resource

Coffee Break with Nanoscience: Film Formation and “Coffee Rings”

6th - Higher Ed
New ReviewPrepare scholars for micro and nanoscale investigations. A lab activity allows individuals to practice their experimental techniques while becoming to accustomed to the smaller scale of the materials. They also make decisions about the...
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Calculus, What Is It Good For? Video

Calculus, What Is It Good For?

8 mins 11th - Higher Ed
New ReviewExplore the meaning of differentiation and integration. A video lesson describes in detail what differentiating and integrating an equation means using the momentum and kinetic energy formulas. Progressing from a linear to a quadratic...
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The Ring Fling Machine Lab Resource

The Ring Fling Machine

9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewClass members build a machine to demonstrate Lenz's law and help this scientific principle come to life. After building a ring fling machine, instructions for properly operating the machine and a few thought-provoking questions lead to...
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Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis and Spectroscopy Lesson Plan

Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis and Spectroscopy

10th - Higher Ed
Certain materials do not always maintain the same physical properties when they exist in the nanoscale. Help your classes to explore this idea through an experimental instructional activity. Scholars use spectroscopy with samples of...
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Viral DNA Integration Activities & Project

Viral DNA Integration

9th - Higher Ed
How do reverse transcriptase inhibitors work? Young virologists examine the function of azidothymidine, a drug doctors use to treat HIV patients, during a hands-on modeling activity. Groups create a strand of DNA from an HIV RNA strand...
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Tennessine Video

Tennessine

4 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Some isotopes of tennessine decay through spontaneous fission. When only one atom can be produced at a time, many people are surprised with what we know and don't know about this element. Individuals learn what we do know in the...
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The Smelliest Element: Livermorium Video

The Smelliest Element: Livermorium

4 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
The most stable isotope of livermorium has a half-life of around 53 milliseconds. Pupils understand the synthetic element and appreciate the unique properties with a video on livermorium. It describes the many scientists who collaborated...
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Flerovium Video

Flerovium

7 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
The atomic weight of flerovium is considered provisional until more research is performed on it. Viewers learn about the discovery, confirmation, research, and naming of the synthetic element with an engaging and informative video.
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Copernicium Video

Copernicium

4 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Copernicium's symbol is Cn rather than Cp because Cp was once the symbol for lutetium and that might get confusing. Pupils learn about one of the newest elements on the periodic table with a video that focuses on copernicium.
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Darmstadtium Video

Darmstadtium

3 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Scientists originally discovered darmstadtium in 1994 in Germany. A chemistry professor shows the lab where this happened and describes the process of creating the synthetic element in an engaging video.
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Hassium Video

Hassium

3 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Hassium decays so quickly that scientists do not expect to ever see the element in an observable state. Chemists share more about the synthetic element by visiting the lab in which researchers discovered it. They explain the properties...
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Seaborgium Video

Seaborgium

9 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Glenn Seaborg might be the only man to have an element named after him while he was still alive. Learn more about a great scientist and the element named to honor him in a scientific video. It includes photos, interviews with people who...
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Dubnium Video

Dubnium

1 min 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Researchers discovered dubnium in the 1960s, but they were in no hurry to name it—waiting until 1997 to do so! Chemists share the little they know about the element as well as how scientists named it in part of a series on chemical...
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Lawrencium Video

Lawrencium

5 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
While lawrencium appears to be a transition metal based on the position on the periodic table, it is actually an actinide. Chemists know very little about the element, but its namesake sure is interesting. Learn more about lawrencium,...
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Nobelium Video

Nobelium

5 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Nobelium is recognized for the scientist it is named for rather than for the element itself. Chemists share their knowledge of the element, Alfred Nobel's research, and the Nobel Prize in a video that's part of a series on each of the...
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Fermium Video

Fermium

2 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Why is fermium, discovered after the nuclear fallout, on the periodic table when it has no known uses? It may not sound like an important element, but the story of the construction of the first nuclear reactor outside is fascinating....
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Californium Video

Californium

1 min 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
People use californium in metal detectors, cancer treatments when radiation fails, and airplane safety protocol. Discovered in 1950, the element has many unique properties, especially when compared to those around it, and is the focus of...
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Berkelium Video

Berkelium

24 seconds 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Berkelium was originally discovered at Berkeley, California—that's easy to remember! Viewers learn about the tiny amount of this element needed to prove its existence. Berkelium is the focus of a video in a series on every element in the...
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Creating and Testing Silver-Nanoparticle Socks Activities & Project

Creating and Testing Silver-Nanoparticle Socks

10th - Higher Ed
Antibacterial socks are a product of nanotechnology. An inquiry-based lesson asks collaborative groups to create their own antibacterial socks and then test them against other products on the market. The sock with the least amount of...
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Lines on Paper - Laser Box Activities & Project

Lines on Paper - Laser Box

9th - Higher Ed
See what you cannot see by getting a little creative. An intriguing lesson has learners use lasers to explore X-ray diffraction. Given a box with unknown structures, they shine a laser through the box and interpret the results....
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Oganesson Video

Oganesson

8 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
In the 12 years following 2005, scientists only produced four atoms of oganesson. While scientists know very little about this element, it completes the Mendeleev periodic table. The possible finale to the series on chemical elements...
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Moscovium Video

Moscovium

8 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Each atom of moscovium costs millions of dollars to produce and only lasts for a few seconds—that's not a lot of bang for your buck! Scholars learn more about the synthetic element and its properties from a chemistry professor. 
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Nihonium Video

Nihonium

10 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Scientists named the element nihonium after Japan—the place where it was first discovered. Scientists spent years trying to create one atom of nihonium before finding success. A chemistry professor explains the properties of the element...
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Roentgenium Video

Roentgenium

4 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Scientists originally produced three atoms of roentgenium in 1994. Learn more about the creation of the element and the scientist it was named for in an engaging episode of a playlist on the periodic table.
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