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Handout
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Charge, Parity, and Time Reversal (Cpt) Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple explanation of the development of three principles of symmetry: parity, time reversal invariance, and charge conjugation.
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eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Nuclear Chemistry: Audio Book

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about nuclear energy as you listen to the audio book describing nuclear chemistry. View maps, examples, graphs, and pictures describing everything from electrons to beta emissions and more.
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Website
Other

Santa Fe Institute: In Memoriam: Murray Gell Mann

For Students 9th - 10th
A tribute to the life of Murray Gell-Mann, who passed away on May 24, 2019 at the age of 89. At the end of the article, there are numerous links to other tributes.
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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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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elastic Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students are asked to demonstrate and apply the law of conservation of momentum.
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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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Article
Boise State University

Boise State: Nuclear Chemistry and Radiation: Types of Radioactive Decay

For Students 9th - 10th
This article with embedded videos provides information about three main types of radioactive decay: alpha, beta, and gamma.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Patricia Burchat Sheds Light on Dark Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch as physicist, Patricia Burchat, discusses two basic ingredients of our universe, dark matter and dark energy, and the effects they have in the expanding universe. [17:09]
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Particle Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth encyclopedia article on particle physics. Discusses what encompasses the study of particle physics, gives a history of particle physics, briefly describes the Standard Model of particle physics, discusses the dispute that...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Democritus

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry surveys the life and thought of the 5th century BCE Greek philosopher Democritus, who proposed the existence of the atom.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Breaking the Universal Speed Limit

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes research into whether neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Earth From the Inside Out

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes scientists attempts to use geoneutrinos to see 'inside' the Earth.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Neutrinos Not So Fast

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the validity of research showing that neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Neutrinos Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
Elementary particles are the smallest known building blocks in the universe- and the neutrino is one of the smallest of the small. These tiny neutrinos can tell us about the furthest reaches and most extreme environments of the universe...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The 2400 Year Search for the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
How do we know what matter is made of? The quest for the atom has been a long one, beginning 2,400 years ago with the work of a Greek philosopher and later continued by a Quaker and a few Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Theresa Doud...
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Unit Plan
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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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Basics of the Higgs Boson

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the Socratic method, CERN scientists Dave Barney and Steve Goldfarb explain the exciting implications of the Higgs boson. [6:30]
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Unit Plan
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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Website
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Physics to Go: Explore Physics on Your Own

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a full physics curriculum with links to games, webcasts, and activities. By creating a free account, students and teachers can create their own personal collection of resources.
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Website
Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Neutralinos

For Students 9th - 10th
Neutralinos, described here, are hypothesized particles of dark matter. Scientists hope to confirm their existence through their research with the Large Hadron Collider. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to...
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Article
Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: The International Linear Collider

For Students 9th - 10th
The International Linear Collider, when built, will be larger than the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva. A short description is given here. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the...
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Article
Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Luminosity

For Students 9th - 10th
Luminosity, described here, is a scale for measuring how efficiently a collider works. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of different concepts in particle physics.
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Article
Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Quarks

For Students 9th - 10th
Quarks, described here, are particles of matter that cannot be further broken down. Thus they are called fundamental particles. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of...