Materials List: Engineering Silver Nanoparticles

Each group needs:

  • whiteboards (one per pair of students in group of four)
  • dry erase markers and erasers
  • plant material for students to test (See Before the Activity below for suggestions)
  • 15 m conical tube
  • mortar and pestle
  • 400 ml beaker with 200 ml of water
  • funnel
  • filter papers
  • hot plate
  • 10 ml of 0.1 M AgNO3 (silver nitrate) from teacher’s stock solution; extract with a pipette
  • scale
  • gloves
  • goggles
  • razor blade
  • internet access via laptop or cellular device
  • Engineering Silver Nanoparticles Student Worksheet

Teacher materials to make 0.1 M silver nitrate:

  • scale
  • weigh boat or weigh paper
  • scoopula
  • 250 ml brown bottle with lid
  • distilled water
  • label tape
  • gloves
  • goggles

To share with the entire class:

https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/rice2-2370-engineering-silver-nanoparticles