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Curated OER

Angular Solution of Hydrogen Atom

For Teachers Higher Ed
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.
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Curated OER

Radial Solution, Hydrogen Wavefunction

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

Historical Development of a Scientific Idea

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine how scientist's contribute to atomic theory.  In this development of a scientific idea instructional activity students work in groups and research the development of the atomic model. 
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Curated OER

Comparing Notes: a Mathematical Exploration of the Piano

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars examine the history of equal temperament, the modern standard of tuning a piano. Proportion calculations of octaves and perfect fifths are utilized to calculate the frequency of each note in a major scale.
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Curated OER

Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy

For Teachers 11th - 12th
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.
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Curated OER

Automated Vehicle Programming Design

For Teachers 11th - 12th
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.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial students explore special relativity and quantum mechanics. Learn basic tenets of the theory of special relativity and the relationship between mass and energy. Also discover the evidence for the particle...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation using quantum mechanics to describe the atom.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Schrodinger's Cat: A Thought Experiment in Quantum Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, posed this famous question: If you put a cat in a sealed box with a device that has a 50% chance of killing the cat in the next hour, what will be the state...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Particles and Waves: The Central Mystery of Quantum Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most amazing facts in physics is that everything in the universe, from light to electrons to atoms, behaves like both a particle and a wave at the same time. But how did physicists arrive at this mind-boggling conclusion? Chad...
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Particles, Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Basics of Quantum Mechanics for Dummies

For Students 9th - 10th
A good explanation of basic quantum theory.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Can Schrodinger's Cat Teach Us About Quantum Mechanics?

For Students 9th - 10th
One great example of quantum physics' weirdness can be shown in the Schrodinger's cat thought experiment. Josh Samani walks us through this experiment in quantum entanglement. [5:24]
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: The Quantum Mechanical Model

For Students 9th - 10th
[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...
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a modern physics course that focuses on quantum mechanics. The course is taught at Stanford University. The course includes ten lectures that vary in length.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Quantum Basics of Electrons

For Students 9th - 10th
Simulations that show the concepts of probability distribution and the behavior of electrons that will help students understanding of quantum mechanics. Students will learn about electrons movement when they are in an excited state. At...
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Libre Text

Libre Texts: Physics: Early Quantum Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of quantum mechanics which begins with why they are important and wraps up with an accident at Bell Telephone labs in 1925. Find several theories and formulas.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Physics: Definitions and Applications

For Students 10th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the definition, aims, and branches of physics; describe and distinguish classical physics from modern physics and describe the importance of relativity, quantum mechanics, and...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Quantum Mechanics Explains Global Warming

For Students 9th - 10th
You've probably heard that carbon dioxide is warming the Earth. But how exactly is it doing it? Lieven Scheire uses a rainbow, a light bulb and a bit of quantum physics to describe the science behind global warming. [5:01]
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Quantum Wave Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
When do photons, electrons, and atoms behave like particles and when do they behave like waves? In this interactive, use quantum detectors to explore how measurements change the waves and the patterns they produce on the screen.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Physics, Quantum Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of simulations to show the important topics of quantum physics.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Quantum Harmonic Oscillator

For Students 11th - 12th
Understand classic correspondence, coherent and squeezed states, quantum transitions, and quantum dissipation in this animation. Get a foundation for quantum mechanics.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Making Sense of a Visible Quantum Object

For Students 9th - 10th
Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough experiment, Aaron O'Connell has blurred that distinction...

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