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This resource is a learning cycle for high school physics, developed by Fermilab to support the teaching of fundamental particles and interactions. It features scaffolded activities on fundamental units, the Standard Model, quark and lepton properties, elementary particle reactions, and more. It could serve as an introduction to special relativity, as students build a foundation to understand mass-energy equivalence.
Editor's Note: At laboratories around the world, physicists convert energy into mass almost as commonly as students send text messages. Still, this revolutionary process is often ignored in the classroom because it seems difficult to convey in a hands-on way. This resource, created by teachers with support from leading physicists, provides ideas to bring these concepts to high school students. Fermilab is a national science laboratory whose primary focus of research is high energy physics. It is the home of the Tevatron, the world's second-largest particle accelerator.
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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: Particles and Interactions and the Standard Model
Unit Title: The Standard Model At laboratories around the world, physicists convert energy into mass almost as commonly as students send text messages. Still, this revolutionary process is often ignored in the classroom because it seems difficult to convey in a hands-on way. This teaching unit, created by teachers with support from leading physicists, provides the means to bring these concepts of special relativity to high school classrooms. Link to Unit:
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, (2007), WWW Document, (https://ed.fnal.gov/samplers/hsphys/tmp10-06.pdf).
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab: Topics in Modern Physics (2007), <https://ed.fnal.gov/samplers/hsphys/tmp10-06.pdf>.
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. (2010, May 31). Fermilab: Topics in Modern Physics. Retrieved December 13, 2024, from https://ed.fnal.gov/samplers/hsphys/tmp10-06.pdf
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Fermilab: Topics in Modern Physics. May 31, 2010. https://ed.fnal.gov/samplers/hsphys/tmp10-06.pdf (accessed 13 December 2024).
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Fermilab: Topics in Modern Physics. 2007. 31 May 2010. 13 Dec. 2024 <https://ed.fnal.gov/samplers/hsphys/tmp10-06.pdf>.
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Month = {May 31, 2010},
Year = {2007}
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