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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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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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Article
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Sub Nucleonic Structure and the Modern Picture of a Nucleus

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple explanation of the structures theoretically found within protons and neutrons. The resource consists of pictures and links to additional resources.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Hadrons

For Students 9th - 10th
This site defines hadrons and their characteristics. There are links to explanations and more detailed information about interactions and composition.
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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.
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Unit Plan
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Particle Adventure: The Standard Model

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the Standard Model, a theory which attempts to explain atomic structure using leptons, quarks, and force carrier particles.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Fundamental Particles

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Investigates fundamental particles and their discovery, and how they relate to fundamental forces.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: What Is the Higgs Boson Particle?

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed explanation of the Higgs Boson particle and the science of particle physics. Discusses the history of the search for this particle, the ongoing research with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Europe, and what is known so...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Subatomic Particle Zoo

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the most basic particles of matter, including quarks and leptons, and the four fundamental interactions using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet is also available.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Quark

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia provides an in-depth description of quarks describes different characteristics about them. Mentions how they are different from leptons, the theory of quantum chromodynamics, and the process of...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Elementary Particles Quarks, Bosons, Leptons

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about elementary particles in the science of physics such as quarks, bosons, fermions, leptons, photons, and gluons.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Electron

For Students 9th - 10th
At this Wikipedia site, properties and characteristics of electrons are discussed in this brief overview of them.