Abstract-Institutions of higher education throughout the United States must be prepared to provide high-quality professional development for K-12 teachers that encourages them to see connections between/among science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) via study of the core concepts and various applications of nanotechnology. The development of an integrated science curriculum based on nanotechnology will enable STEM teachers to inspire students to view science as immediately relevant to their daily lives and, over time, worth pursuing as a major and a career. This paper addresses some of the challenges associated with the need to develop an effective method of institutionalizing interdisciplinary science education through the use of nanotechnology to design, develop, and test a multiple-level, inquiry-based educational model aligned with National Science Education Standards.
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