NIMD: Probing the Nanoworld -- Instructional Materials Development

该项目将开发教学材料，将纳米科学和工程内容纳入STEM中学课程。拟议的单元将在跨学科的背景下介绍纳米科学活动、实验和评估，这些跨学科背景涉及力、物质的性质、尺度和仪器等传统的基于标准的专题。这些单元旨在作为现有课程的替代单元，而不是增加，并将附带教师指南和专业发展议定书。中大陆教育和学习研究将提供教材开发和课程项目协调方面的专门知识，合作伙伴是Ristvey和Morrow。与斯坦福纳米制造设施(SNF)主任西义雄教授及其同事的合作将为开发团队提供内容专业知识。

This project would develop instructional materials for integrating nanoscale science and engineering content into the secondary STEM curriculum. The proposed modules will present nanoscience activities, experiments and assessments in an interdisciplinary context that relates to traditional standards-based topics of force, properties of matter, scale and instrumentation. The modules are intended as replacement units rather than additions to existing curricula and will be accompanied by teacher's guides and a professional development protocol. Expertise in materials development and curriculum project coordination will be provided by the Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Co-PIs Ristvey and Morrow. Collaboration with Prof. Yoshio Nishi, Director of the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF) and his colleagues will provide content expertise to the development team.