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Science Struck

Science Struck: Electron Cloud Theory Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the Uncertainty Principle, wave-particle duality, what the electron cloud model is, and how it came about as a result of the Schrodinger equation for Hydrogen.
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University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia: Single Slit Diffraction Pattern of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains single slit diffraction and models how to calculate different characteristics of the light waves.
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Other

Quantum Mysteries: Deepening Quantum Mysteries

For Students 9th - 10th
Although it is arguably the most successful theory in physics, quantum physics has often baffled and confounded both its practitioners and the general public. This informative website discusses the types of mysteries, which still plague...
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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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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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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Using Ph Et Simulations in a Large Lecture Class the Photoelectric Effect

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity provides a complete curriculum for teaching the photoelectric effect using the PhET Photoelectric Effect simulation in a large-lecture modern physics course.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Photoelectric Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
See how light knocks electrons off a metal target, and recreate the experiment that spawned the field of quantum mechanics. Describe how the results lead to the photon model of light.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Quantum Physics: An Introduction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Interactive demonstration provides students with an introduction to Quantum Physics. They will also be introduced to wave/particle duality, Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle, superposition, Schrodinger's cat, and wavefunction.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Relativistic Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
A clear (as these things go) presentation of the calculation of relativistic momentum. Given with a handy calculator that even calculates the % error. The site goes on to Momentum of a Photon, and to Relativistic Energy in Terms of...