Students study the radial solution of hydrogen activity. They illustrate eigenvalue problems in applied mathematics. Students explore Schrodinger's equation and particle wave duality.

Students participate in an angular solution of hydrogen activity. Using this activity, students also illustrate eigenvalue problems applied in mathematics. They explore Schrodinger's equation and particle wave duality.

Students calculate the values of electron binding energies. In this physics lesson, students solve for different wavelength characteristics of X-rays. They present their findings to the class.

Students design a program to make an automated vehicle perform a specific task. In this robotics lesson, students play the role of scientists competing to win a factory's contract. They present their algorithm to class.

Introduction to the quantum mechanical model of the atom: Thinking about electrons as probabilistic matter waves using the de Broglie wavelength, the Schrodinger equation, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Electron spin and the...

An explanation using quantum mechanics to describe the atom.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will calculate the wavelength, frequency, and energy of light using Planck's constant and the speed of light. They will...

Quantum physics, despite its inherent weirdness, is thus far the best model physicists have for explaining the universe. This site gives a great overview of the principles of quantum mechanics and gives scenarios to help the reader...

This extensive overview on chemical bonding seeks initially to answer the question, why do chemical bonds form? Information is provided on classical models of chemical bonding and quantum mechanical models of the chemical bond.

A collection of simulations to show the important topics of quantum physics.

Resource investigates how Bohr's model of hydrogen explains atomic emission spectra.

Understand classic correspondence, coherent and squeezed states, quantum transitions, and quantum dissipation in this animation. Get a foundation for quantum mechanics.

Brief explanation of six major models of the atom along with illustrations. Covers the Greek model (Democritus), John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, and the modern electron cloud or quantum mechanics model.

This multi-day lesson plan helps students to understand how the models of the atom have changed and how quantum mechanics affects the electrons as they orbit the nucleus.

A well designed clear tutorial explaining the energies involved in the Bohr model of the atom. Illustrations add to the clearly presented equations.

This downloadable java simulation models the 2D energy eigenstates of a particle trapped in a very deep two-dimensional circular well.

How did scientists figure out the structure of atoms without looking at them? Try out different models by shooting light at the atom. Check how the prediction of the model matches the experimental results.

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.

Explore quantum motion in a static magnetic field in this animation.

PBS offers a short summary of the discovery of the quantum nature of the atom by Max Planck. Easy to follow.

A description of quantum theory, the Bohr model of the atom, the quantum mechanical atom, the Scrodinger equation, and quantum numbers.

A free PDF introductory physics textbook with color images, videos, and animations. The textbook aims to show how physics explains the natural world. The book is broken into kinematics, relativity, light, quantum mechanics, and The...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Features the electron cloud atomic model and atomic orbitals.

Learn about the life and work of this Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist, founder of quantum mechanics, the Schrodinger equation, and his brilliant contributions to the wave theory of matter.