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Netlib: 4.3 Quantum Chromodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
An online textbook containing an introduction to quantum chromodynamics (QCD). This is a proposed theory about what causes quarks and gluons to form hadrons. Article contains a description of lattice QCD, an approximation to QCD that is...
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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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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Hadrons

For Students 9th - 10th
This site defines hadrons and their characteristics. There are links to explanations and more detailed information about interactions and composition.
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Website
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Bielefeld Univ.: Simulation of Lattice Gauge Theories

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Bielefeld University has links to papers and plots dealing with gauge theory.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Quark

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia provides an in-depth description of quarks describes different characteristics about them. Mentions how they are different from leptons, the theory of quantum chromodynamics, and the process of...
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Handout
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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.
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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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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.