This activity involves comparing materials with and without nanotechnology. This handout includes a t-shirt, sunscreen, sand, plants, liquid crystal sheets, iron, and gold.

http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/exploring_products_-_nano_fabrics_nanodays_10_11

http://silicshirts.com/about-silic-waterproof-shirts/

http://www.theguardian.com/science/small-world/2014/feb/14/nanotechnology-clothes-nanoparticles

https://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/duk_/lessons/duk_surfacetensionunit_lessons/duk_surfacetensionunit_less4.xml

http://nanoyou.eu/en/component/content/article/87-hands-on-activities/502-experiment-with-superhydrophobic-materials.html?directory=4&Itemid=4 (handouts and worksheets)

https://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/duk_/lessons/duk_surfacetensionunit_lessons/duk_surfacetensionunit_less4.xml

http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/exploring_products_-_nano_fabrics_nanodays_10_11

https://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/duk_/lessons/duk_surfacetensionunit_lessons/duk_surfacetensionunit_less4.xml

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=19644.php

http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/magic_sand_nanosurfaces

http://ice.chem.wisc.edu/Oil/On_The_Surface,_Its_All_About_Nano/Magic_Sand.html

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97332005000400018 (picture)

http://nanosense.sri.com/activities/sizematters/properties/SM_Lesson3Student.pdf

http://www.exo.net/~pauld/summer_institute/Nano%20Institute/Day4/ferrofluid%20guide.pdf

http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/1990/materialsferrofluid_guide_14nov13.pdf

http://education.mrsec.wisc.edu/background/ferrofluid/

http://ormuswater.vpinf.com/magnetite-sand-1.html#intro

http://www.wiley-vch.de/books/sample/3527331972_c01.pdf

http://nanosense.sri.com/activities/sizematters/properties/SM_Lesson3Student.pdf

http://www.nanosilver.eu/Tema/Why-Nanosilver/Magical-Socks-Nanosilver-with-Silver-Nanoparticles

http://www.ifsc.usp.br/eng2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=15&rowid=390 (gold synthesis picture)

http://mathinscience.info/public/does_all_gold_glitter/synthesis_of_gold_nanoparticles_old.doc (gold nanoparticle synthesis activity)

http://nanoyou.eu/en/component/content/article/87-hands-on-activities/501-experiment-with-colorimetric-gold-nanosensor.html?directory=4&Itemid=4 (background info and synthesis procedure)

http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/1989/materialslc_sign_15nov10.pdf

http://nanoyou.eu/en/component/content/article/87-hands-on-activities/500-experiment-with-liquid-crystals.html?directory=4&Itemid=4 (background information, student synthesis procedure and video)

http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/invisible_sunblock

http://www.badgerbalm.com/s-33-zinc-oxide-sunscreen-nanoparticles.aspx

Stevens, S. Y., Sutherland, L. M., & Krajcik, J. S. (2009). The big ideas of nanoscience and engineering: A guidebook for secondary teachers. Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press. (pg.41)

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Alex Madsen (2016), "Size-Dependent Properties Stations," https://stemedhub.org/resources/3448.

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1. activity
2. nanoscience education
3. Research goes to School
4. size-dependent properties