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Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Lives of Stars

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Stars exist from a few million years to over 10 billion years, depending on their mass. Scholars perform a play acting as stars to learn about their different life cycles. They develop an understanding of many of the fundamental concepts...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Subatomic Particle Zoo

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Everything is made up of atoms, but what are atoms made up of? The simulation explores subatomic particles. It focuses on hadron, boson, and lepton groupings as scholars learn about quarks, neutrinos, gluons, and more.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Leptons

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a definition and properties of Leptons, the "Basic building blocks of matter." There are links to table of properties and more information.
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Website
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Search for Physics Beyond the Standard Model

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage is a picture site showing how different leptons interact.
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Website
Other

Ippog: Hands on Particle Physics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Looking for more insight into particle physics? Search among several general particle physics resources. Or locate a specific particle physics institute in your area of the world.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Dark Matter (Level 2)

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a description of "dark matter" and how scientists study it. Vocabulary words linked to a glossary of terms, and a printable version are also available on the site.
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Unit Plan
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure: Leptons

For Students 9th - 10th
This particle physics tutorial discusses the different types of leptons: the electron, tau lepton, muon lepton, and neutrinos.