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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Photoelectric Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explains the experiments on the photoelectric effect and how these experiments led to the idea of light behaving as a particle of energy called a photon.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Virtual Photoelectric Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students measure the relationship between kinetic energy of photoelectrons and the frequency of the incident light.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Carl D. Anderson Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief article from The Nobel Foundation on the American Physicist, Carl David Anderson. The article overviews his education and involvement in radiation research and cosmic-ray studies, through which he discovered...
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Handout
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Photoelectric Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
Deepen your understanding of photoelectric effects with this presentation. Learn about the history and physics of these light concepts.
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Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Ejs Photoelectric Effect

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Experience the photoelectric effect by choosing different light frequency, voltage, and metals to stop current from flowing in a circuit.