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Teach Engineering

Antimatter Matters

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Use science fiction movies to teach pupils about antimatter and alternate universes. Individuals learn about the portrayal of antimatter and alternate universes in movies such as Star Trek and Angels & Demons. They consider three...
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Handout
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Cern: Antimatter

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderfully written non-technical introduction to antimatter, as well as a brief discussion of the investigation into the asymmetry between the quantities of matter and antimatter observed in our universe.
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Article
NASA

Nasa: Reaching for the Stars

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the latest news on research and development underway to use antimatter as a fuel for space vehicles. (April 12, 1999)
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Unit Plan
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Particle Adventure: Matter and Antimatter

For Students 9th - 10th
The beginning of an informative tutorial on antimatter, covering quarks, hadrons, baryons, mesons, leptons, and neutrinos.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fermilab Physicists Find New Matter Antimatter Asymmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This complicated yet interesting article describing the discovery of asymmetry between the behavior of matter and antimatter.
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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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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Antimatter Matters

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Antimatter, the charge reversed equivalent of matter, has captured the imaginations of science fiction fans for years as a perfectly efficient form of energy. While normal matter consists of atoms with negatively charged electrons...
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Other

Cern: The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment (CMS), an LHC experiment, detects muons, electrons and photons, provides momentum measurements, and, like ATLAS, is responsible for detecting the Higgs boson. This CERN website offers news about CMS,...
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Unit Plan
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this site for an interactive tour of the atom and all aspects of particle physics. View the animations available with almost every description on this site. A great place for the fundamentals of particles and forces including a...
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Handout
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Cern: The Antiproton Decelerator

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the function of the Antiproton Decelerator, a device at the European Center for Nuclear Research used to "slow down" bunches of antiprotons for use in experiments.
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Handout
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Cern: Experiments With Antimatter

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the two primary experiments conducted at CERN on antimatter: ASACUSA, an attempt to form "Atomcules," using antiprotons; and ATHENA, an experiment to compare the properties of hydrogen and antihydrogen.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: If Matter Falls Down, Does Antimatter Fall Up?

For Students 9th - 10th
Chloe Malbrunot investigates matter and anti-matter by placing two atoms- one made of matter, and the other antimatter- in the cockpit of a plane, ready to jump. What do you think will happen? [2:54]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Happened to Antimatter?

For Students 9th - 10th
CERN scientist Rolf Landua returns to the seconds after the Big Bang to explain the disparity that allows humans to exist today. [5:16]
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Article
Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: A Positron

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about positrons, an antiparticle and the opposite of an electron. Also available as a PDF, which requires Adobe Reader.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Paul Dirac

For Students 9th - 10th
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was an outstanding twentieth century theoretical physicist whose work was fundamental to the development of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics jointly with...
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Other

Fermilab: What Is the World Made Of?

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the building blocks of matter, and the forces that interact among them. There is also brief discussion of antimatter and the standard model. This resource has numerous links to additional physics topics.
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BBC

Bbc: Origin of the Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
Try this introduction to ideas about how the universe began and how it might end. Topics include; the big bang and its echoes, antimatter, and inflation/expansion of the universe.
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Article
Other

Lancaster University: Particle Physics Package: Large Hadron Collider

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is, when it was built, what it contains, and how it will help scientists better understand the universe by finding the Higgs field and solving the "mystery of antimatter." Includes very simple...
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Handout
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Matter and Antimatter

For Students 9th - 10th
This page examines the existence of matter and antimatter in nature.
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Handout
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Basic Nuclear Science Information

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides the ABC's of nuclear science including radioactivity and gamma decay to fission and comic rays.
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Other

Fermilab: Worldwide Discoveries That Led to the Standard Model

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough review of subatomic particles and the people that discovered them. Each particle has its own link for additional information.