Educators

To the delight of school teachers and parents alike, it has been clearly demonstrated that kids of all ages genuinely learn and retain an amazing amount of the educational content and thoroughly enjoy these entertaining experiences.

Independent analysts quizzed viewers before and after a screening of the show and found that the core concepts presented were firmly grasped by young audiences.

Results: An independent assessment of Molecularium – Riding Snowflakes from 1200 audience respondents (ages 6 to 69) found:

  • Total percentages of correct answers increased significantly for every age group after the show.
  • Percentage of correct answers for younger viewers more than doubled.
  • 63 % gave the show a rating of 10 out of 10!

Five years old drawings:

Drawings made by 5 year olds before and after being shown the film.
Percent of correct answers about core concepts before and after viewing the show.

The Molecularium® Educator Resources provide activity-based lessons and hands-on experiments to explore the exciting nanoscale universe of atoms and molecules with your students. These guides address a wide variety of National Science Education Standards appropriate to the different grade levels. Student handouts help to guide discovery and reinforce key concepts. These guides can be used on their own or in conjunction with the films.

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  • Educator's guide page explaining atoms and the nanoscale
  • Educator's guide page explaining the various states of matter
  • Educator's guide page explaining water and molecules
  • Educator's guide page explaining polymers and DNA

Downloads:

Molecularium teacher's resource guide

The Molecularium Project:
Teacher’s Resource Guide
For early elementary
classrooms (Grades K-4).

Molecules to the max educator's resource guide

Molecules to the MAX!:
Educator’s Resource Guide
For Grades 5-8.

Molecules to the Max teacher's discovery guide

Molecules to the MAX!:
Teacher’s Discovery Guide
A brief introduction to the movie
with fun graphics and activities.
Great for printing and hanging
on your walls.

Guide to NanoSpace:

NanoSpace is an online theme park that teaches about atoms and molecules through games, activities and short animations. The following is an interactive guide for educators to easily find the NanoSpace content by topics.

Movies:

Go to the NanoSpace Theater

Games and Attractions:

Molecule Building:
Atomatic
Mission to Bond
Build’em

States of Matter:
H2O Ferris Wheel – Water cycle
H2O Parlor
What’s the Matter? – States of matter
Who Wants to be a Quindecillionaire?

Electron Shells:
Electronz

Size Scales:
Dimension Zone – Relative sizes
Cosmic Calculations – Guessing the number of atoms in an object
Mega Penny Project – Large number visualization
MicroLab – Microscopic imagery

Materials:
Periodic Memory – Learn the Periodic Table
Carbon is Incredible – Learn about different forms of pure carbon
What’s the Matter? – States of matter

DNA:
Replication Rush – DNA and Base pairs
Polypeptide Puzzler – Protein folding
Unravel the Chromosome – Chromosomes and genes
Helix of Fortune – Genetic Code

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