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Materials World Modules (MWM) are hands-on, inquiry and design-based units for middle and high school students. Based on materials science and nanotechnology principles, this interdisciplinary approach engages students, adds relevance to traditional curriculum, and has been shown to improve science knowledge for all students.   » Learn More

Bring Real World Applications Into Your Classroom!

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Food Packaging
Potato chips, soda, candy and frozen pizza – your students' four foods groups and their next science lesson! Students learn about the many functions of food packaging, besides protecting foods, and how food packaging materials affect the environment. Incorporates key concepts and principles from biology, chemistry, physics and math.
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Do the properties of an object change as it gets smaller?  What is nano?  Play Nanocos Game to learn more...(Game requires two online players.)
     
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