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Handout
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Did You Ever Wonder? The Crystal Robot

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine x-ray crystallography. The resource explores the structure of the proteins specified by tens of thousands of newly sequenced genes. Additional resources are included.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Applied Science and Technology 210: Electrical Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course that explores the application of electrical engineering topics. Webpage includes twenty-eight lectures from a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Lectures vary in length and...
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Peter Debye

For Students 9th - 10th
Peter Debye carried out pioneering studies of molecular dipole moments, formulated theories of magnetic cooling and of electrolytic dissociation, and developed an X-ray diffraction technique for use with powdered, rather than...
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Article
NASA

Nasa Science: The Brightest Supernova Ever Seen

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explores the supernova of a star that is possibly "150 times more massive than our Sun." The primary observations of the explosion were accomplished through the Chandra X-ray Observatory. (May 7, 2007)
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: X Ray Binary Stars

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides a brief introduction to binary stars. Additional resources for students and teachers on this topic are offered as well as related topics.
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Handout
National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Robert Ledley: Diagnostic X Ray System/cat Scan

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the inventor of the CAT Scan, Robert S. Ledley. This site includes a brief bio and information on the invention's impact on the medical world and patients.
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Website
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh: X Ray Crystallography Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the University of Pittsburgh crystallography departments home page. The site has links to programs, facilities, research, etc.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Radiation Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th
X-rays, gamma rays and beta particles are all used in medicine to treat internal organs. X-rays are produced by firing electrons at a metal target and gamma rays are emitted by the nucleus of radioactive atoms. Gamma rays are used to...
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Website
Florida State University

Florida State University: Nature of Electromagnetic Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Florida State University provides an informational page on electromagnetic radiation discusses the characteristics and properties of its many forms including X-rays, gamma rays, ultraviolet radiation, infrared...
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Wilhelm Rontgen

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography about the scientist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Rontgen rays, which earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1890 1899

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists discover and probe x-rays and radioactivity, while inventors compete to build the first radio.
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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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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: The Em Spectrum: Waves of Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the electromagnetic spectrum through this group research activity. Each group investigates a different wavelength range within the em spectrum and reports back to class. Discussion ideas also included.
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Lesson Plan
University of California

U.c. Berkeley: Spectra From Space

For Teachers 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
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This biographical note on Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen describes his boyhood, upbringing, education, scientific work and accomplishments. Focuses on his studies of Xrays.
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Website
Other

Why Did I Choose to Become a Radiologist?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great site the discusses the role of a radiologist as well as the instruments they use, what conditions they treat, and much more.
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Website
Other

Healthy Teeth: Oral Health Education Database: Prevention

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get tips on how to prevent tooth decay. Learn how flouride works, as well as how to floss and brush your teeth. More specific information on dental x-rays and different sealants is also provided.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Dual Nature of Light as Reflected in the Nobel Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the historical figures who contributed to our understanding of the nature of light, x-rays, Quantum ElectroDynamic (QED) theory, and so on.
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Website
Harvard University

Field Guide to X Ray Sources: Brown Dwarfs

For Students 9th - 10th
Brown Dwarfs are explained. Includes illustrations.
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Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Foundation provides a lecture given by Nanny Froman at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in Sotckholm, Sweden. "Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium" is organized into several sections including:...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Types of Electromagnetic Waves

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the types of electromagnetic waves in the science of physics including microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet, radio, x-rays, and gamma rays.
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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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Lesson Plan
University of California

Center Science Edu.: Electromagnetic Radiation on Trial

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here is a 1-5 day unit on electromagnetic radiation that features a teacher guide and student activities with extensions.
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Article
NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Black Holes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what black holes are and the myths that surround them.

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