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Teaching Resources

Atoms and Nuclei

Each topic is subdivided into a number of episodes.

An episode represents a coherent section of teaching – perhaps one or two lessons.

Each episode contains links to a number of activities.

Quantum physics

Episode 500: Preparation for quantum physics topic

Episode 501: Spectra and energy levels

Episode 502: The photoelectric effect

Quantum physics

Lasers

Episode 503: Preparation for lasers topic

Episode 504: How lasers work

Lasers

Wave particle duality

Episode 505: Preparation for wave-particle duality topic

Episode 506: Particles as waves

Episode 507: Standing waves

Wave particle duality

Radioactivity

Episode 508: Preparation for radioactivity topic

Episode 509: Radioactive background and detectors

Episode 510: Properties of radiations

Episode 511: Absorption experiments

Episode 512:  Nuclear equations

Episode 513: Preparation for exponential decay topic

Episode 514: Patterns of decay

Episode 515: The radioactive decay formula

Episode 516: Exponential and logarithmic equations

Radioactivity

Accelerators and detectors

Episode 517: Preparation for accelerators and detectors topic

Episode 518: Particle accelerators

Episode 519: Particle detectors

Accelerators and detectors

Rutherford’s experiment

Episode 520: Preparation for Rutherford scattering

Episode 521: Rutherford’s experiment

Episode 522: Rutherford’s experiment

Rutherford's experiment

Nuclear stability

Episode 523: Preparation for nuclear stability topic.

Episode 524: Stable nuclides

Episode 525: Binding energy

Nuclear stability

Nuclear fission

Episode 526: Preparation for nuclear fission topic

Episode 527: Nuclear transmutation

Episode 528: Controlling fission

Nuclear fission

X-ray and neutron diffraction

Episode 529: Preparation for X-ray and neutron diffraction topic

Episode 530: X-ray diffraction

Episode 531: Neutron diffraction

X-ray and neutron diffraction

Particles and antiparticles

Episode 532: Preparation for particle physics topic

Episode 533: The particle zoo

Episode 534: Antiparticles and the lepton family

Episode 535: Particle reactions

Episode 536: Vector bosons and Feynman diagrams

Particles and antiparticles

Quarks

Episode 537: Preparation for deep scattering and quarks topic

Episode 538: Electron scattering

Episode 539: Deep inelastic scattering

Episode 540: Quarks and the standard model

Quarks
 

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