K-12 and Community College Teaching Modules by RET Participants

The nano@illinois Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ran annually from 2014-2017, and brought in a diverse set of in-service and pre-service science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers and community college faculty from across the nation to do cutting-edge research in nanotechnology.

Each teacher developed a multi-day instructional module with associated instructional resources that is grounded in the research that was conducted throughout their time in the program. In addition to teaching this module to students and collecting data on its integration in your classroom, this module can be shared nationwide through nanotechnology hubs.

RET Teaching modules, 2014-2015

• Module 1: An Introduction to Self-Rolled-Up Membranes (by David Bergadine) - HS level
• Module 2: Wet Chemical Etching of Silicon (by Terry Koker) - HS level
• Module 3: Simulation of Transistor Manufacturing Process (by Dan Reid) - HS level
• Module 4: Osmotic Internalization of Cell Dyes for Microscope Imaging (by Aubrey Wachtel) - HS level

RET Teaching modules, 2015-2016

• Module 5: Conductors, Semiconductors, and Insulators (by Britt Carlson) - Junior College level
• Module 6: Using Electrophoresis to Determine Students' Genotypes (by Azza Ezzat) - HS level
• Module 7: Photonics and LEDs - Lithography Simulation as a Gateway to Nanotechnology (by Geoff Freymuth) - JrHi level
• Module 8: Exploring Conductivity and Thickness with Graphite (by Thomas Gelsthorpe) - HS level
• Module 9: It's About Time (by Katie Hutchison) - HS level
• Module 10: Simulation of Transistor Manufacturing Process (by Kelly Jolley) - HS level
• Module 11: Osmotic Internalization of Cell Dyes for Microscope Imaging (by Steven Pavlakis) - HS level
• Module 12: Extending Molecular Geometry (by Sara Hughes-Phelan) - HS level
• Module 13: mixedSignals -  Analog vs Digital (by Victoria Taylor) - JrHi level

RET Teaching modules, 2016-2017

• Module 14: Rapid Microfabrication of a Solar Cell through a Self-Biased Perovskite Schottky Junction (by Antonio Gamboa) - HS level
• Module 15: Mixtures, Solutions, and Microfluidics (by Beth Koplinski) - Elementary level
• Module 16: Intro to Nanoparticles! (by Shabana Malik) - HS level
• Module 17: Gold Nanoparticles, Mutations, and Cancer Research (by Kayla Oglesby) - HS level
• Module 18: Glow in the Dark Laser Control System (by John Roach) - HS level
• Module 19: Transfection Model and Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticle (by Diana Rodriguez) - HS level
• Module 20: Introduction to Nanomaterials - An Elementary Level Module (by Tatiana Stine) - Elementary level

RET Teaching modules, 2017-2018

• Module 21: Filters, Lights, and Entrepreneurship (by Shalonda Carr)- Elementary level
• Module 22: Graphene-Graphite Aluminum Battery (or is it a Capacitor) (by Bart Frey) - HS level
• Module 23: Rapid Fabrication of a Supercapacitor through intercalation of oxygen in graphite to produce graphene oxide (GO) through a simple and rapid oxidation/reduction reaction with Sulfuric Acid (by Antonio Gamboa)- HS level
• Module 24: The Creation, Use, and Cytotoxicity of Gold Nanoparticles (by J.D. Graham) - HS level
• Module 25: Photoelectric Effect:  Particle Nature of Light Evidence (by Ritchie Jatico) - HS level
• Module 26: Silver Nanoprisms (by Valerie Kovach)- HS level
• Module 27: Sound and Light Energy (by Brandon Rutherford) - Elementary level
• Module 28: Natto Cells as Nanoactuators for Origami Based Locomotion (by Bryan Schroeder) - HS level
• Module 29: Properties of Polymers and Solubility (by Joanna Scimeca) - HS level
• Module 30: The Creation, Use, and Cytotoxicity of Gold Nanoparticles (by Mark Smith) - HS level
• Module 31: Liposomes - Hijacking Biology for Medicine (by Philip Yang) - HS level