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University of Birmingham: Seeing Particles

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives an introduction to analyzing bubble chamber photographs and then gives 16 photographs for students to analyze. Solutions are given. The exercises are challenging but helpful.
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University of Sheffield: Bubble Chambers

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the advantages and disadvantages of bubble chambers. Links to more advanced physics and formulas.
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Fermilab: Play Particle Pool

For Students 9th - 10th
Simulate what scientists see in a bubble chamber by playing "particle pool". You'll set up balls and cause collisions while a video monitor records the ghost paths of each individual ball. You'll also predict patterns that will result...
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Cern High School Teachers Programme: An Estimate of the Mass of the Positron

For Students 9th - 10th
This guides the reader through the analysis of a bubble chamber photograph in order to estimate the mass of the positron. The analysis is mathematical.