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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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Website
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Fermilab: What Is the World Made Of?

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the building blocks of matter, and the forces that interact among them. There is also brief discussion of antimatter and the standard model. This resource has numerous links to additional physics topics.
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Handout
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Lbnl: Particle Adventure Electroweak

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief introduction to the electroweak theory, which combines the electromagnetic and weak interactions into a single theory.
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Interactive
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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
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Four Fundamental Interactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the four fundamental forces of nature: strong interactions, weak interactions, gravity, and electromagnetism.