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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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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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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Pauli Exclusion Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia article from Wikipedia which discusses what the Pauli exclusion principle is, its applications in science, and why its significance.
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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: Boson

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of what bosons are and how they are different from fermions. Also lists some examples of bosons with links to further information about these.