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The broader socioeconomic impact anticipated to occur in the coming decades with the advent of nanoscience and nanotechnology has led many countries to establish national nanotechnology initiatives to promote nanotechnological developments. One major resolution under these mega initiatives is to popularise nanotechnology as a subject at the high school and university levels. However, teaching nanotechnology concepts at the high school level still remains challenging mainly due to the inherent complexity of the associated principles and the unavailability of resourceful talents to teach the subject. Herein, we disclose the development of a nanoscience and nanotechnology educational tool kit for innovative and interactive teaching and learning of nanotechnology at the high school level. This portable tool kit includes several interactive activities such as puzzles and games to understand and visualize nano-scale, synthesis of simple nanomaterials with readily available chemicals, experiments to understand the nano-scale properties, activities to identify nanotechnological effects in nature, and day-to-day life applications in a domestic environment. Several workshops were conducted under the patronage of the National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka to introduce and familiarise this tool kit with both teachers and high school students. The major objective of this design is to multiply the model kit in order to distribute among the school teachers to easily transfer the new field of study to the students by generating interest to extrapolate the theoretical knowledge to real-life situations. |
