Big THANKS to our contributors
We dearly thank everyone for involvement and support. Your participation is vital for this project's success.
References
Mission 1: Get the feel of nano
Bowles, K.(2004). Teaching nanotechnology in the high school curriculum: a teacher's guide. UCF Nanopac. First Edition.
IN-VSEE Project. (n.d.). On the relative size of things in our universe. Retrieved April 10, 2007, from [reference link]
Ratner, M. & Ratner, D. (2003). Nanotechnology. A gentle introduction to the next big idea. Prentice Hall
Youngsteadt, E. (March 2006). The state of nanotechnology. Retrieved December 05, 2006, from [reference link]
Images:
Image of the scale adapted from: NanoSense (December 2005). NanoSense Curriculum Series. Size Matters: Introduction to Nanoscience. Retrieved September 21, 2006, from [reference link]
Credits
Organisations and groups
- Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN)
(founder, principal research group) - Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
- NanoHUB.org
- National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NCLT)
- Purdue Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC)
- NanoSense project at SRI International.
Content experts and advisors
- George M. Bodner, content expert advisor
- Sean Brophy, instructional design advisor
- Michael McLennan, creative and technical advisor
Core development team
- Alejandra Magana, instructional designer
- Alissa Nedossekina, tech leader and web developer
Personal thanks to...
Ron Reifenberger - for great images and content advisory; Nick Giordano - for helping establish collaboration with NCLT; Bridget Hines - for getting NSAC involved; Xioayu Li - for illustrations; Julie Conlon - for consultations on K-12 outreach; Matthew Potrawski - for acting help; Rick Kennell - for insight into kids' psychology; Mark Lundstrom and Gerhard Klimeck - for project support; fabulous nanoHUB dev team and others who offered help and inspiration.