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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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Other

Fermilab: Hyperons & Neutrinos

For Students 9th - 10th
The third paragraph pinpoints the importance of hyperons in particle research. Hyperons and neutrinos share characteristics of the weak force. Complex stuff, but the real deal. Parts of this report may be very useful. Many photos, slow...
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1938

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Nobel Foundation, read about the life and scientific discoveries of physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), whose work with radiation and "discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons" earned him the...
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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
BBC

Bbc: Dark Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
A clear explanation of how dark matter was discovered and why it is important to astronomers.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Breaking the Universal Speed Limit

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes research into whether neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Earth From the Inside Out

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes scientists attempts to use geoneutrinos to see 'inside' the Earth.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Neutrinos Not So Fast

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the validity of research showing that neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light.
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Handout
Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Neutrino Masses

For Students 9th - 10th
Neutrinos, described here, are particles scientists still have a lot to learn about. They are trying to measure their masses. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of...
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Handout
Other

Fermilab: Enrico Fermi Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
Short biography of Enrico Fermi, concentrating on his work.
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Handout
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Physics: The Neutron

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a great series on the neutron discovered by James Chadwick. Includes a seven-page series that covers what is inside the nucleus, the elusive neutron, beryllium radiation, Chadwick's discovery, neutrons from beryllium,...
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Wolfgang Pauli

For Students 9th - 10th
Austrian-born scientist Wolfgang Ernst Pauli made numerous important contributions to twentieth-century theoretical physics, including explaining the Zeeman effect, first postulating the existence of the neutrino, and developing what has...
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eBook
Other

National Research Council: Elementary Particle Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
The Committee on Elementary-Particle Physics, part of the U.S. National Research Council, presents this massive report on particle physics. It's a definitive document. Surprisingly readable, totally detailed. Start with the Table of...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Ice Picks

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a telescope called IceCube that is buried under the ice in Antarctica. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Beta Decay

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Wikipedia, gives a brief encyclopedia article on what beta decay is.
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Handout
Other

Fermilab: Worldwide Discoveries That Led to the Standard Model

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough review of subatomic particles and the people that discovered them. Each particle has its own link for additional information.