ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the development of nanotechnology education in Taiwan and shows how to put it into practice in gifted education. It focuses first on increasing the overall science awareness among K-12 students (i.e. 5–18-year-olds). The activities chosen to help with this goal and promote nanometer-scale technology education included integrated curriculum, topic curriculum, day and summer camps, seminars, workshops, experiments, nanometer-week enrichment activities, as well as the introduction of books, exhibitions, poster design and demonstration, film guidance, handbooks, and visits to academic and industrial institutes. The second focus is on increasing the teachers' understanding of nano-technology so that they could teach it in the classroom. It provides examples of discussion about issues for infusion into the curriculum design, topic curriculum, and series curriculum in order to stimulate gifted students' interest, improve their research skills, and help them become real problem solvers.
