1. ~ learning through touch ~
SIMULATOR
“For that whole one and a half weeks there wasn’t a textbook in sight (and that itself is enough to make middle schoolers happy) because what they were doing wasn’t even in the textbook yet!!”
“A pointier pointer was better to see the outline of the virus. This was my favorite station.”
WRITING
INTERVIEW A SCIENTIST
“The experience of working with the nanomanipulator and the group of scientists working with it have been amazing. It has changed my views of science, scientists, and what they do.”
“I’m thinking of growing up and becoming a professional virus killer.”
“A virus.  What is it?  Attacks cells and makes them explode?!  How can you cut it?  Feel the virus?  How can you do that!  It’s way to small!”
“All in all, what I thought would be a boring, drug-out, pointless project became, believe it or not, a fun and interesting science experience..”
“I always thought that scientists were weird people with weird accents. I was wrong except for the accents.”
NANOSCALE SCIENCE
EDUCATION
“Contrary to popular thought, especially mine, science can be fun and not all scientists are dorks and clumsy nerds.”
“Nano science, super fly, and very cool.  Before I met the Nano science instructors, and was introduced to this great program, I thought that the promise of education and fun together wouldn't fly, just like Pepsi twist.” 
“I was amazed at how many different scientists would actually come to talk to us about their job.  Being able to talk to a bunch of different scientists allowed me to get a new understanding of scientists.”
“Before the crew of scientists from UNC came to work with us, I had no knowledge about viruses or microscopes. ”
“We also went to the powers of 10 station.  There we found out the whole world is visible at 108 which is 100,000 kilometers in size.  At sizes like 10-9 you can see molecules and little things like that.”
“Mr. Tretter ‘walked us’ along the ridges of a dime so we could see human cells, bacteria, and so much more.”
~ learning through touch ~
“Walking the dime was so interesting.  We pretended to shrink down about 50,000 times and we would walk one of the ridges on the side of a dime.  We saw how wide a human hair was 50,000 times larger. How big a human cell was and it still wasn’t bigger than me.  We saw how big a virus was and it was still really tiny.  We learned how big they really are and how things look much different when you’re a lot smaller.
    This was a one in a lifetime experience that I will surely never forget.”
“The videos on the power of 10 was pretty cool because it showed everything of a view of past the solar system or a view inside the blood stream of a human.  I thought that was pretty awesome. ”
“Every student should get a chance to have this experience because they are losing out on the best experience ever.”
WALK THE DIME
POWERS OF TEN
“I learned that viruses are slightly sticky, because they stick to surfaces. I also learned that their texture is a lot like play-doh because they will move to the shape that you make them.”
NANOMANIPULATOR