Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Electron Spin
An excellent overview of electron spin, what it means in non-mathematical terms and quantum mechanical terms.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Electron Spin and the Exclusion Principle
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses electron spin with related topics, such as the Pauli exclusion principle, quantum numbers, and more.
Space.com
Space.com: "Nasa Spin Offs: Bringing Space Down to Earth"
This article from January 26, 2005, offers a video and a list of many common items used daily that exist because of NASA innovations. These include Cat Scans and MRIs, more precise and safer breast imaging, artificial limbs using...
Other
Business Insider: Fake Trees With Spinning Leaves Could Harness Wind Power
Let's make some energy! Check out this wind turbine that NewWind has developed for creating small-scale sources of energy.
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Tinkering With Tops
Lesson explores the history, design, and motion of spinning tops. Student teams design and build their own tops that can spin for at least 10 seconds within a circle 30 centimeters in diameter.
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Tinkering With Tops
Students learn about the engineering design process as they design, build, and test spinning tops using everyday materials. The objective of the design is to have the top spin at least 10 seconds within a thirty centimeter diameter.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Physics of the "Hardest Move" in Ballet
In the third act of "Swan Lake", the Black Swan pulls off a seemingly endless series of turns, bobbing up and down on one pointed foot and spinning around and around and around.. How is this move- which is called a fouette- even...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Isotopes of Carbon
Describes the characteristics of carbon and what an isotope is. Presents a chart of carbon isotopes listing nuclide symbol, atomic weight, half-life, and nuclear spin, as well as a second chart listing radioactive carbon isotopes....
Purdue University
Purdue University: Quantum Numbers & Electron Configurations
This site from the Purdue University provides quantum numbers explained in detail and shown how they specify the atomic orbital of each electron and their energy levels. Electronic configurations are explained. Learning exercises with...
Purdue University
Purdue University: Orbital Shells
This site from the Purdue University provides an overview of atomic orbitals and how quantum numbers specify these orbitals. Includes a model that can be rotated and examined in 3D. Includes learning exercises and answers.
Other
Bielefeld Univ.: Simulation of Lattice Gauge Theories
This site from the Bielefeld University has links to papers and plots dealing with gauge theory.
Other
Woonsocket Connection: Samuel Slater: Father of American Industrial Revolution
A biography of Samuel Slater, father of the American Industrial Revolution, is on this site. Pictures and links are also available.
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