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Simply Nano1, a nano teaching tool kit for 7th – 10th grades

A Swiss business (The Innovation Society)  has developed a nano teaching kit, according to a Nov. 7, 2013 news item on Nanowerk (Note: Links have been removed),

The new “SimplyNano1” experimental kit is now also available in English and Russian in addition to German and French. Thus, the experimental kit is available internationally as nano-teaching tool to Anglo-Saxon and Russian schools. The new experimental kit “SimplyNano 1” was developed by the SimplyScience foundation together with The Innovation Society, St.Gallen and is already in use at over 600 schools in Switzerland. The case contains experiments from the world of nanotechnology, for example a LEGO model of an atomic force microscope with the corresponding software.

The project partner, the SimplyScience Foundation can be found here.You will need either French or German language skills to read the material on their website.

Here’s a bit more about the SimplyNano 1 kit (from the news item),

In the first edition of the “SimplyNano 1” experimental kit 850 kits were produced in German and French. In Switzerland the teaching tool is already used at 600 secondary schools. The response of teachers and schools is very positive and the demand is high. The experiments can be used in biology, chemistry or physics classes. The introduction of the “SimplyNano 1” experimental kit is accompanied with teaching courses that demonstrate the use of the kit.

I have seen the kit on The Innovation Society website. The English language version is called: SimplyNano 1: nano box, while the others are identified in this fashion: SimplyNano1 (russian) and SimplyNano1 (french). I could not find the German language version of the kit was on the website Menu, under Training and Education where I found the other versions. There does not seem to be a store on the website, but there is a contact email link at the bottom of each kit’s webpage.