Artificial hand video
Video on nanotech for creating an artificial hand, shown by Matteo Bonazzi from the European Commission.
Visit: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/06/artificial.hand.feel/index.html
January 28, 2010
Nano song
A funny song about Nano, from the American Chemical Society NanoTube project.
January 22, 2010
Register for Nanoyou!
School can register as a Nanoyou supporter and get involved in the activities as part of the nanoyou project. All registered schools receive the full set of Nanoyou teaching materials and training packs.
Register as a school supporter:
http://tinyurl.com/nanoyou
Become a pilot school
Important: Pilot schools for the academic year 2009-2010 are already selected.
Nanoyou is a great chance for schools and teachers to receive first hand information on nanotechnologies that has been prepared specifically for young people. Schools that are willing to take part in the project will benefit from many creative and interesting activities and materials for the whole classroom, namely:
* Introductory video, (about nanoscience and nanotechnology effects and fields of application) and poster
* A virtual exhibition that will present animations, simulations and virtual experiments
* A Nanotechnology time machine game
* Workshop “What is nanotechnology” with games such as nano jigsaw puzzle and nano memory game
* A role play workshop presenting different dilemmas where students will choose a stakeholder role (e.g., worker, consumer, politician, media writer, environmental protection advocate)
* Virtual dialogue through a forum on the Project website
Teachers will be provided with training materials, guides and training kits for all the activities, the materials will mainly be online and freely downloadable. All pilot schools will also be granted with 1000 euros for engagement with the project.
Register for 2010-2011
If you would like to join Nanoyou as a pilot school for 2010-201, please fill in the form here
About the project
NANOYOU (Nano for Youth) is a project funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme that aims to increase young people’s basic understanding of nanotechnologies (NT) and to engage in the dialogue about its ethical, legal and social aspects (ELSA). For more information, visit the project website.
To know more about the Nanoyou school pilots, please contact Patricia Munoz King at patricia.munoz.king@eun.org.
Nanotechnologies are the design, characterisation, production and application of structures, devices and systems by controlling shape and size at nanometer scale - the scale of individual molecules, where properties differ significantly from those at a larger scale. NTs will impact the life of every citizen. They are already revolutionising different disciplines in science, such as medicine, computing sciences and energy production.
The partners are:
Barcelona Science Park - Spain
European Schoolnet - Belgium
Centre de Culture Scientifique, Technique & Industrielle Grenoble - France
Centre for Social Innovation - Austria
Cité des sciences et de l’industrie - France
Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center - Denmark
Nanoscience Centre - University of Cambridge
ORT - Israel
ARTTIC - Israel
January 20, 2010
School results
The Nanoyou school activities have not yet taken place. Schools will shortly post up information about their work here.