Orange High School - Student Stories 2002

Tiffany: This week we have worked with nanomanipulators. We were able to work on a computer with a live virus.

Braxton: This activity was pretty fun. First we had to answer all these questions that was kinda boring. But after we got into groups it was a blast.

Anonymous: Before the scientists came to out class I never had heard the word nanomanipulator before. I believe that it cost too much. They should lower the cost of it.

applonia15@aol.com: My Experiences With the Nanomanipulator--I enjoyed this experiment/ project a lot and I learned a whole lot having to do with viruses, effects of the scale. I also enjoyed interviewing scientists.

Bob: Wednesday I started to work with viruses. My group decided to move the viruses. All of the viruses looked like round rocks.

Lamont: Hi my name is Lamont #33 or Orange High School varsity basketball team and a group of friends did a nanoscience project. I talk live online to another nanoscientist.

Jamie: When we first got into our groups we imagined being 100 times smaller than we are now, and we walked across the edge of a dime.

Jennifer: So far, during this virus activity that we got to participate in, I have learned a lot. When I first heard about this, I didn’t know anything about viruses. But, as soon as I got to the nanomanipulator I learned that you could poke, slice and cut viruses.

Steven:With the experiment and all the scientists helpers, from what I’ve learned this week has been really interesting. I never even thought that science was this cool.

Bryan: I enjoyed the nanomanipulator. I learned a lot and had fun while I did it. One of the first things that I did was meet Mr. Superfine.

Erik:Through out the school week of Feb. 4th-8th I am going to go through a series of six events that will deal with the nanomanipulator and the Atomic Force Microscope.

Tyler: I have really enjoyed the time the people from UNC have spent with our class. I learned all kinds of new stuff.

Anonymous: A Nano Experience--Could you imagine being smaller than a dime, or even walking on its ridges? Well, I have gotten that opportunity.

Dana:Imagine yourself 50,000 times smaller than your usual size. How big would you be? Well according to Tom Tretter, he said that it would take us 3 minutes to walk across the width of a dime.

Brook: On February 4-7, 2002 these scientists came and talked to us about viruses. On the first day Mr. Superfine introduced us to viruses and how they work.

American Eagle guy 13: I was headed to another day of boring Biology at school. I walked in and I got a thick packet with about fifty pages in it.

Jimmy: When Mrs. Daye said that there were scientists coming from UNC I did not think of it too much. But when they came I thought it was great.

Brittany: Nanomanipulator -- Scientists came from UNC to help us understand and experiment with viruses. They brought with them a machine so we could feel how a virus feels and see what happens if we cut, poke, or push the virus. You could either do these things to an Adenovirus or a Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV).

Heather: All of my knowledge about the nanomanipulator had taken place at Orange High School with the UNC scientists. It was taken place on the fifth, sixth and seventh of February at 11:30 to 1:00.

Terri: Learning About Viruses -- On February 5, 2002, I learned how to use the nanomanipulator machine. They explained how we could control the viewing of the virus. Also we could feel how it felt.

CJ: In using the nanomanipulator I learned what a virus feels like and looks like. I was able to push and cut a virus. I learned what two different kinds of viruses were. The adenovirus is shaped almost like a softball, and the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is like a cylinder.

Adam: Nanomanipulator Studies Come to Orange High -- In the week of February fourth through February eighth scientists from UNC-Chapel Hill came to Orange High School to do studies with the students there. I am a student at that school and we have done so many different activities from interviewing a scientist to actually moving a virus.

Chris: In Mrs. Daye’s fourth period biology class, on the week of February 4th 2002, we were all split into groups and we began studying different viruses and how these viruses work and how they relate to the nanomanipulator.

Stephen: During the days of using and learning about the nanomanipulator I was shrunk to 1/1,000,000,000 size and put on a dime. While I was on a dime I saw a strand of hair, human cell, bacteria, adenovirus, nanometer, water molecule, atom and the dime’s ridges.

Durell: So far the nanometer science activity has been great. We’ve done lots of different things. We got to poke viruses on a computer. We watched a movie on the powers of ten. We done some experiments with boiling water and we learned that if water is in a container with more surface area it cools faster.

Heidi: During the process of the week of February 5-8th our Biology class at Orange High School has had educators come in from UNC-Chapel Hill to teach us about Nanoscience. Through the weeks we have been going to station and learning here and there about viruses.

Crystal: Hi my name is Crystal and in this article I’m writing about something called the nanomanipulator. The nanomanipulator is a device that can cut, push, and poke a virus called the TMV (Tobacco Mosaic Virus) and the adenovirus.

Robyn: I think this has been a great experience for me as a student. We are the lucky ones that get to partake in something like this. This past week has been a very interesting week.

Sheri: The most important thing was learning, which we did a lot of. We did a model of an AFM.

Brandy: Viruses are very small. Each one has different shapes. They feel rough, big, and smooth. 

Sam: Today, Wednesday morning we went to the nano-manipulator station. Jennifer, Jeremy, Brandon, Wylie and me all learned a few things about viruses and how they react.

Phillip:Today I had the opportunity to use a nano-manipulator. We were at Orange High and looked at and manipulated a virus in UNC-CH’s lab.

Jessica: Nanomanipulator. I know what you’re thinking, what in the world is a nanomanipulator? Well, about a week ago I was asking myself the same thing, but now I could answer that very easily.

Kaye:On Monday, February 4th a team from UNC came to Orange High School to come and teach Ms. Daye’s biology students about a subject they knew almost nothing about. They taught them about the structure and function of a virus.

Nicole: Nano Project -- The last three days have been very interesting. Having scientists and educators coming into our class helps you to understand science a lot better.

Tristen: The Nanomanipulator and Its Many Wonders -- The nanomanipulator was first thought of in 1992 by a scientist at UNC and a man in California who made a high powerful microscope. The two got together to make the nanomanipulator, which helps study nanoscience.

Ann Marie: What I Learned About the Nanometer -- I have enjoyed all the activities we have done this week. When Tom showed my group about the size of a dime and how it can change and us.

Matt: The Nanomanipulator was interesting but confusing to understand how it worked. We could feel the weight of certain objects through a computer. It was fascinating to be able to cut the adenovirus and tobacco mosaic virus on the computer.

Clarissa: Nanomanipulator -- We learned about the nano-manipulator. At the nanomanipulator station I learned where you can cut viruses and spread them out or make a dent. You can cut a tobacco mosaic virus and it looked like something else was put there from the tip.

Ricardo: UNC scientists came to Orange High School, to our 6th period biology class. They came into our class to teach us about viruses, nanometers, nanomanipulator.

Katherine: A Virus World -- 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!

Tim: My experience with the nanomanipulator was better this year than last year.

Shevonn: The purple group and I, which consists of Ricardo, Bust-a-nut, Chris, and Harry.

Stephanie: I found the nanomanipulator station to be very interesting. They have a machine called the phantom which lets you fill the virus such as the adenovirus.

Manuel: What I think is that I learned that the viruses are really small and that the viruses are deadly.

Courtney: This past week we have been looking at the nanomanipulator. To see this we used what is called a phantom.

Andy: 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.

Lindsey: It all started out when Mr. Superfine came to tell us about what we would be learning in the upcoming week.

Jonathan: This week at Orange High School UNC scientists are teaching students how to use scientific tools such as the nanomanipulator which is a device used to cut viruses such as the adenovirus and the Tobacco Mosaic Virus.

Miguel:The first station, where we viewed everything as tiny humans and we looked at a dime, human hair, a cell, and other was an ok experience.

Angela: Slice and Dice--On Wednesday February 6th, 2002. My group members and I became some of the few people to touch and cut a virus.

Chelsea: In these few days what I have learned lots of new things. I got to experience what it is like being in a dime and mainly down the side how big things would be if we were just a little virus.

Janelle: After High School Science and Beyond -- I found the Nanomanipulator very interesting. Considering the fact that I'm not into that type of science.

Maria: From February 4th to February 7th, I learned about viruses. I enjoyed it for the most part.

Chris:The nano technology is a interesting experience, it places you in a larger than life environment and you experience just how small a virus and small organisms really are. The nano manipulator is the best thing here because it allows you to interact with things that you would not be able to normally see.

Heather: At Orange high we have been learning about a team of scientists and what they do at their job. They have showed us different ways to cut viruses and what viruses look like. . 

Ricardo: UNC scientists came to Orange High School, to our 6th period biology class. They came into our class to teach us about viruses, nanometers, nanomanipulator.