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Handout
PBS

Pbs: People & Discoveries: Ernest Rutherford

For Students 9th - 10th
A lovely biographical piece about Ernest Rutherford. A number of personal notes, along with extensive information about the physics work he did. Nice quote at the end.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Light Waves, Visible and Invisible

For Students 9th - 10th
Lucianne Walkowicz shows us the waves just beyond our perception: microwaves, radio waves, x-rays and more. [5:58]
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Handout
NASA

Nasa's the Space Place: A Trip to the Land of the Magic Windows

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the electromagnetic spectrum and learn about each type of energy on the spectrum.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: "Twinkle, Twinkle (Really Fast!), Little Star"

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer has discovered neutron stars that emit streams of X-rays pulsing over 1,000 times a second." Visit this site to read the rest of this article. Site offers additional resources as well as a Teacher's Corner.
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Handout
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Light, Matter, Energy: Light the Way

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is electromagnetic radiation and how does it work? Review a captioned graphic that explains electromagnetic radiation and the visible and invisible types of radiation on the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Maria Sklodowska Curie

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life and scientific work of Marie Curie, possibly the most famous female scientist in history. In addition to providing biographical information, this page includes details on her scientific discoveries and her influence...
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Unit Plan
Other

American Institute of Physics: Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides an in-depth exhibit featuring Marie Curie and her contribution to the science of radioactivity.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Madame Curie

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about Marie Curie's scientific discoveries in radiation, which resulted in the creation of both modern cancer treatments and the atomic bomb.
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Handout
Other

Nondestructive Testing Resource Center: Radiographic Inspection

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial helps students learn about Radiographic Inspection through the concept of Newton's Inverse Square Law.
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Activity
National Health Museum

Radioactivity: Historical Figures

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of the contributions of Wilhelm Roentgen, Antione Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, and Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: The Land of the Magic Windows

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a site from NASA that contains an interesting and fun way to learn about the electromagnetic spectrum. Kate receives a strange riddle from her grandfather. Find out what it says and go through the gateway to the Land of the Magic...
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Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Nobel Prize in Physics 1915 Presentation Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics Presentation Speech originally given by Professor G. Granqvist, who was "Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences." this speech touches on the...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Welcome to the World of Multiwavelength Astronomy!

For Students 9th - 10th
This Imagine the Universe site provides an introduction into the multiwavelength universe and astronomy. Site provides graphics, links to a quiz, facts on this topic as well as teacher resources.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Image Science Center: Ask the Space Scientist Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from NASA contains a collection of 91 questions pertaining to the Earth's atmosphere, magnetic field, ionosphere, rotation and origin of life.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Axaf

For Students 9th - 10th
View the entire spectrum of electromagnetic radiation and get information on telescopes especially designed to view different wavelengths of the spectrum.
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Handout
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Nikola Tesla Biography

For Students 1st - 8th
Interesting biographical information, fun facts, and famous quotes about Nikola Tesla known for his work with alternating current.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Wilhelm Rontgen

For Students 9th - 10th
(1845-1923) German scientist she produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today knob as X-rays or Rontgen rays, an achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Roentgen

For Students 9th - 10th
A German physicist, of the University of Wurzburg, who, on Nov. 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as x-rays or Rontgen Rays.