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eBook
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Lawrence and His Laboratory

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives a complete description of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's early years. The development of Lawrence's first and subsequent cyclotrons are chronicled.
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Interactive
Texas A&M University

The Cyclotron Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
What is a cyclotron and what does it have to do with atomic physics. Go to this site and find the answers to all your questions.
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Handout
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Cyclotron

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the cyclotron, a particle accelerator invented in 1929 by Ernest O. Lawrence.
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Cyclotron 1931

For Students 9th - 10th
A cyclotron is a machine that allows scientists to shoot particle beams at other particle beams. The result of doing this is a spectacular smash up - but that's not why scientists do it.