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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Particle Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your understanding of how to simulate the collision of two particles with this 8-problem quiz/practice.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Particle Calculations

For Students 9th - 10th
Apply what you've learned to calculate the position and velocity of a particle over time with this 8-problem quiz/practice.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Water Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the interactive tool, see what kind of looks you can create using this particle simulator. Can you make the particles look like water?
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Interactive
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Genesis Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the interactive tool, see what kind of looks you can achieve with this Genesis effect inspired simulator.
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Handout
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Cern: Linear Accelerator

For Students 9th - 10th
From CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, this site provides a brief description of the physics underlying how a linear accelerator works.
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Interactive
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Cern: Accelerate the Particle

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a game which illustrates the manner in which changing electromagnetic fields can accelerate charged particles in a linear accelerator.
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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: Misconceptions About Nuclear Science

For Students 9th - 10th
This site sets the record straight on some common misconceptions about Nuclear Science.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Fundamentals of Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from course investigating the theory behind modern physics taught at Stanford University. The course introduces the basic concepts of particle physics by teaching about light, quantum field, Diary Equation,...
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Website
University of Kentucky

Univ Ky Dept of Physics: Nuclear and Particle Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
Univ of Kentucky research projects address "What is the structure of the nucleon and how do its various interactions and excitations reveal the properties of its constituents?". QCD, the four forces, and nucleon-nucleon interactions are...
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Quantum Electrodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
In its description of quantum electrodynamics this definition provides the governing equations.
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Handout
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Atomic Theory Early Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th
This online slide show helps students understand the early historical thinking that contributed to modern atomic theory.
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Handout
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Atomic Theory Modern Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th
This online slide show helps students understand modern scientific thinking which has shaped modern atomic theory.
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Handout
Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: The Intensity Frontier

For Students 9th - 10th
This article briefly describes the Intensity Frontier, one of several research approaches to the area of particle physics.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Particle Adventure: Hadrons, Baryons, and Mesons

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, part of a particle physics tutorial site, explains and illustrates three kinds of quarks: hadrons, baryons, and mesons.
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Other

Cern: The Particle Detector Briefbook

For Students 9th - 10th
A glossary of terms used in experimental particle physics. Claims to be a "handbook" or "briefbook" for all of the complicated concepts found in particle detection.
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Website
Other

Math Puzzle: Parity

For Students 9th - 10th
The particle physics type of parity comes directly from math parity, which this site is all about. It also includes links to other sites about parity.
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Other

Nuclearfiles.org: Carl David Anderson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Nuclearfiles.org contains a brief biography of Carl Anderson (1905-1991 CE), mentioning his involvement (or lack thereof) with nuclear weapons development.
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Physics4kids

Physics 4 Kids: Modern Physics Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this ten question multiple choice quiz on modern physics
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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.
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Online Course
Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Modern Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews Modern Physics including photons, photoelectric effect, atomic energy levels, The Michelson-Morley experiment, The Lorentz Transformation,...
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Murray Gell Mann Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nobel E-Museum contains a brief biography of nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann, summarizing the various research positions he held through his career.
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Other

Fermilab: What Are the Basic Forces Between Particles?

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an introduction to the four forces that interact between atomic particles. With the help of a simulation you'll see how building reconstruction would be affected without each of the forces.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Nobel Prizes: Carl David Anderson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Encyclopedia Britannica contains a brief biography of Carl Anderson (1905-1991 CE), the discoverer of the positron.