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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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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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Other

Atomic Physic at Lund University

For Students 9th - 10th
Lund University's on atomic physics. The site is quite comprehensive with information on projects, research, publications, reports, external sites, etc.
Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Physics: An Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive lesson introduces students to the branch of science known as physics.
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Other

American Institute of Physics: Werner Heisenberg and the Uncertainty Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is an online exhibit covering Heisenberg's physics, career, personal, and political life.
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Other

Ippog: Hands on Particle Physics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Looking for more insight into particle physics? Search among several general particle physics resources. Or locate a specific particle physics institute in your area of the world.
Unit Plan
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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Other

Quantum Field Theories: Quantum Topology

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides links to papers dealing with Quantum Field Theories and Quantum Topology. In addition there are links to several physics websites.
Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1918: Max Planck

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about the scientific work of physicist, Max Planck (1858-1947 CE), whose studies in radiation and light earned him the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read his Nobel Lecture, "The genesis and present state of...
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Quantum Tunneling and Wave Packets

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch quantum "particles" tunnel through barriers. Explore the properties of the wave functions that describe these particles.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Optical Quantum Control

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore an active area of research in optical physics: producing designer pulse shapes to achieve specific purposes, such as breaking apart a molecule.
Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Nobel Foundation tells the scientific work which earned Louis de Broglie the Nobel Prize in Physics. Here, you can read the Presentation Speech in which Professor C.W. Oseen praises Louis de Broglie's work and de...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What in the World Is Topological Quantum Matter?

For Students 9th - 10th
David Thouless, Duncan Haldane, and Michael Kosterlitz won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2016 for discovering that even microscopic matter at the smallest scale can exhibit macroscopic properties and phases that are topological. Find out...
Interactive
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...
Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Bohr's Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
An outstanding site that can best be described as student friendly. It describes the main differences between the classical and quantum models of the atom. Clear and well illustrated.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Qm Measurement Package

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn how to make measurement of energy eigenstates and their superpositions in quantum mechanics. Tutorial and exercises are included.
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Physics Central

American Physical Society: Physics Central: Discover Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Link to nine major physics topics and dig deeper into the content. Find out about the work of scientists in each field and see example physical science experiments.
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Other

Cern Courier: International Journal of High Energy Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
A monthly online publication featuring the latest news and current topics surrounding high energy physics.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Einstein: How Smart Was He?

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay from the NOVA Web site explores the impact Einstein made on physics and most everything we know about the cosmos.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Quantum Dots and Colors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to the physical concept of the colors of rainbows as light energy in the form of waves with distinct wavelengths, but in a different manner than traditional kaleidoscopes. Looking at different quantum dot...
Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Circular Well Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This downloadable java simulation models the 2D energy eigenstates of a particle trapped in a very deep two-dimensional circular well.
Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Blackbody Radiation: Frequency

For Students 9th - 10th
Simulation of the blackbody radiation curves of Planck demonstrating the effect of changing the frequency or the wavelength.
eBook
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Companies: Origins of the Quantum Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
An indexing page for Chapter 27 (Origins of the Quantum Theory) of the companion web site for McGraw Hill's Contemporary College Physics textbook. Includes several worthy pages with chapter notes, simple definitions, online computer...
PPT
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Quantised World

For Students 9th - 10th
After an introduction, this site breaks down into sections discussion quantum theory, including A Quantum Theory for Energy, A Quantum Theory for Atomic Structures, Waves or Particles, Quantum Mechanics, and Interpreting the Quantum World.

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