Integrating Nanotechnology Concepts and its Applications into the Secondary Stage Physics Curriculum in Egypt

nanotechnology is very important in our society. Its concepts pertaining to study the unique characteristics of nano-scale material, which in turn,helps in producing new materials that can be used in the fields of medicine, industry , ingineering , agriculture, drugs, communications, defense, space, among others (Ban&Kocijancic,2011). In response to the lack of these concepts in the Egyption Scondary School Physics Curriculum, the current study aim at integrating some nanotechnology concepts and applications in this curriculum and seek to answer this question :what nanotechnology concepts and applications should be touch in the secondary school physics curriculum in Egypt. To do that , the researchers analyzed the content of physics curricula in some countries and in the three grades of secondary education in Egypt for the school year 2014-2015, and prepared a list of 52 nanotechnology concepts , to be integrated in the secondary - stage physics curriculum. These concepts were distributed along five basic units. on the other hand , Twenty one concepts of nanotechnology were integrated into the second - grade secondary school physics curriculum, distrubuted along three units. Regarding the third grade secondary stage physics curriculum , 17 nanotechnology concepts were integrated and distributed along three units.