The National Informal STEM Education Network brings people together to engage in STEM, understand our world, and build a better future for everyone.

In this activity, learners try to find images of nano-related objects on a game board.

In this Short Activity, learners are asked to assume the role of their character to find nanotechnologies that might benefit them and reflect on the potential uses of nanotechnology across the globe.

In this Short Activity, learners use 3D glasses to discover what ordinary objects look like under magnification.

In this Short Activity, learners make paper elephant ears to wear and listen to “Horton Hears a Who!” by Dr. Seuss before exploring scent molecules.

In this Short Activity, learners investigate and compare the properties of Kinetic Sand and regular sand.

In this Short Activity, learners can draw their neighborhoods and talk about what they like best or least about the places they live. Then, learners are challenged to draw potential improvements they’d like to see in their communities.

In this Short Activity, learners investigate how to make a voltaic pile, the first kind of battery.

In this Short Activity, learners learn build their own batteries with metal and felt washers.

In this Short Activity, learners sniff a series of diluted scent solutions to discover they can smell nano-sized particles they can’t see.

In this Short Activity, learners cut a small strip of paper in half as many times as they can to explore scale.

In this Short Activity, learners fold up a precut shape to make a model of a buckyball.

In this Short Activity,  learners sort and prioritize cards with new nanotechnologies according to their own values and the values of others.

In this Short Activity, learners extract a sample of DNA from split peas and put it in an Eppendorf tube to take home.

In this Short Activity, learners explore how the application of nano-sized particles or substances can change a bigger material’s properties.

In this Short Activity, learners explore the engineering aspect of synthetic biology by solving challenges through building a model cell.

In this Short Activity, learners explore the concept of the apparent size by looking at models of celestial bodies at different distances.

In this Short Activity, learners see and interact with the nanomaterial aerogel and discover its unique properties.

In this Short Activity, learners use magnets and metal items to learn about magnetic fields of the Earth, the Sun, and other objects in the universe.

In this Short Activity, learners practice observation and prediction skills as they experience an interesting chemical reaction in their mouths by chewing chocolate and gum at the same time.