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Regents High School Examination - Physics 2010
Give every type of learner in your physics class an opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned throughout the year. From analyzing tables and graphs, to evaluating diagrams and solving problems, there is an outstanding variety of...
Curated OER
Atomic Structure
Students list the names and symbols of common elements. They describe the present model of the atom. Students describe how electrons are arranged in an atom. They identify quarks as particles of matter that make up protons and...
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BEAMS Fractions
In this fraction worksheet, students reduce given fractions to their lowest terms. They use a key to give each reduced fraction a letter which spells out the six quarks.
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BEAMS Fractions
In this math puzzle worksheet, students will reduce a series of fractions to their lowest terms. Then students will use the code provided to decipher the puzzle.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Particles
This is a very detailed site containing information on several sub-atomic particles including the Hadron.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Particle Adventure: Matter and Antimatter
The beginning of an informative tutorial on antimatter, covering quarks, hadrons, baryons, mesons, leptons, and neutrinos.
Other
Netlib: 4.3 Quantum Chromodynamics
An online textbook containing an introduction to quantum chromodynamics (QCD). This is a proposed theory about what causes quarks and gluons to form hadrons. Article contains a description of lattice QCD, an approximation to QCD that is...
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Atoms
This site provides a detailed overview of atoms. Content explores an atom's structure, as well as what ions are, how atoms bond, what compounds are (including how to name compounds), and what isotopes are.
PBS
Nova: Atom Builder
Find out if you know enough about atoms to build them. The goal of the activity is to build an atom of a particular element by dragging the correct numbers of neutrons, protons and electrons into the atom.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Sub Nucleonic Structure and the Modern Picture of a Nucleus
A simple explanation of the structures theoretically found within protons and neutrons. The resource consists of pictures and links to additional resources.
Other
Santa Fe Institute: In Memoriam: Murray Gell Mann
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.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure
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...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Hadrons
This site defines hadrons and their characteristics. There are links to explanations and more detailed information about interactions and composition.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: See Inside a Diamond: Hot Science
Investigate the science involved in the creation of diamonds by building a carbon atom out of quarks and electrons. Observe how carbon atoms are arranged by manipulating a diamond crystal.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Reading Passages: Looking for Quarks Inside the Atom
Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining quarks inside the atom. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed along...
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Quarks
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...
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Charm Quark
Charm quarks, described in this article, are a type of quark that is basic to matter. A particle with a charm quark deteriorates quickly into a regular particle. A study of these quarks could reveal critical information about matter....
Duke University
Duke University: The Color Force
What does color have to do with particle physics? This page explains the concepts of color and the color force, which are fundamental subjects in quantum chromodynamics.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure: Quarks
An introduction to the six different types of quarks: the up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom quarks.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Particle Adventure: The Standard Model
An introduction to the Standard Model, a theory which attempts to explain atomic structure using leptons, quarks, and force carrier particles.
Other
University of Kansas: Quarked!: Quiz
A twelve-question quiz about quarks and other subatomic particles, with links to games and other activities on the website.
Other
University of Kansas: Quarked!: Subatomic Match
Match the Quarkster characters by identifying which of six different traits and three colors they have in common.
Other
University of Kansas: Quarked!: Ushi's Ruler Game
See how many times a paper ruler must be cut in half before it reaches the size of a quark.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Coloring Book: Quarks More Than Meets the Eye
Understand and appreciate the research conducted at Jefferson Lab about the smallest particle, the quark.