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Cosmology
In this space science worksheet, students find the words that are related to the study of cosmology and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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The Story of Bob Dylan
For this music worksheet, students read an excerpt about Bob Dylan to a partner. Each partner receives different information and they help each other fill in the needed information.
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Tell Me About Yourself
In this getting-to-know-you worksheet, students ask a partner 11 questions. Each student receives a card with different questions to ask their partner.
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Connection to Language Arts-Hidden Meanings
In this etymology worksheet, students read about the history of naming words and how words are named. They think critically by answering three questions about the meaning of words, etymologies and the derivation of words.
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Beams Word Search
In this word search worksheet, students search for 32 hidden words found vertically, horizontally, backwards or diagonally. Words are words encountered during visits to "The Jefferson Labs."
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Biology Trivia
In this biology trivia worksheet, learners write short answers to 101 questions about animal classification, human anatomy, animal facts, and attributes of organisms.
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Particles & Accelerators
Students discover the basic information about particles and accelerators. They examine a diagram with particles that describes their masses and charges. They research the history of physics from the time of the Greeks.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure: Quarks
An introduction to the six different types of quarks: the up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom quarks.
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Charm Quark
Charm quarks, described in this article, are a type of quark that is basic to matter. A particle with a charm quark deteriorates quickly into a regular particle. A study of these quarks could reveal critical information about matter....
Other
University of Kansas: Quarked!: Ushi's Ruler Game
See how many times a paper ruler must be cut in half before it reaches the size of a quark.
Other
University of Kansas: Quarked!: How Tall Are You?
Enter your height using inches or meters, and see how tall you are in units, from as tall as the Statue of Liberty and an elephant, down to atoms and quarks. Next, see if you can put the Quarkster characters and yourself in order by height.
Other
University of Kansas: Quarked!: Quiz
A twelve-question quiz about quarks and other subatomic particles, with links to games and other activities on the website.
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Quarks
Quarks, described here, are particles of matter that cannot be further broken down. Thus they are called fundamental particles. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of...
Other
University of Kansas: Quarked!: Rummy
A card game where you must combine different types of quarks in order to make baryon particles, or to make particle decay chains.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Coloring Book: Quarks More Than Meets the Eye
Understand and appreciate the research conducted at Jefferson Lab about the smallest particle, the quark.
Other
Fermi National Accelerator Lab: Discovery of Top Quark
This article announces the discovery of the top quark and its significance in particle physics.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Reading Passages: Looking for Quarks Inside the Atom
Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining quarks inside the atom. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed along...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Quark
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...
Other
University of Kansas: Quarked!: Baryon Blaster
Try to fill each SUV with the right kinds of quarks as it travels across the screen, in order to make different types of baryon particles. The game becomes more challenging as you progress through the levels.
Other
American Institute Physics: Quark Stars
Collapsed stars, between white dwarfs and black holes, can be studied as quark-gluon masses, or quark-hyperon groups. Extreme pressures lead to extreme states.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Looking for the Top Quark
In Looking for the Top Quark, each player receives six quarks that they hide on a grid. The players use coordinates to find their opponent's hidden quarks. The first player to find all six of their opponent's quarks wins!
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Structure of Matter: Can Quarks Be Seen?
Learn about an experiment that allowed quarks to be seen within the nucleus! This reference page will help you understand how you can see a quark.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Elementary Particles Quarks, Bosons, Leptons
Kids learn about elementary particles in the science of physics such as quarks, bosons, fermions, leptons, photons, and gluons.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Structure of Matter: Fractional Charges and Unseen Quarks
Learn about the problems faced when scientist were trying to define quarks on this reference page.