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CPEP: Plasma Physics & Fusion 
  
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Editor: R. Heeter; Publisher: Contemporary Physics Education Project
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This site offers extensive information about nuclear fusion and the creation of energy by fusion. The main topics include: energy sources and conversion, how fusion reactions work,…
https://www.cpepphysics.org/plasma-physics-fusion/
NASA: Radioisotope Power Systems 
  
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This is a multimedia overview of RPS (radioisotope power systems), a type of nuclear energy technology that uses heat to produce electricity for powering spacecraft. The heat is…
https://rps.nasa.gov/
Star Spectra Science: Using Balloons and Buttons to Model Spectroscopy  [ Report ]
  
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R. Vieyra; Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers
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This lesson blends physics and Earth science as students explore the spectra of stars using a physical model composed of balloons and buttons. This activity introduces students to…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14318&DocID...
Electrons 
  
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D. Stern
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This series of web pages provides information on a range of topics regarding charged particles. Starting with the properties of atomic electrons, this material describes the Edison…
http://www.phy6.org/Education/welect.html
Nuclear Power 
  
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An introduction to nuclear fission, its controlled release in power stations, problems of nuclear waste, and nuclear accidents. A linked web page discusses nuclear weapons, their…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Snuclear.htm
A Review of the Universe - Structures, Evolutions, Observations, and Theories 
  
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This website presents, in textbook format, the structure of the universe from atoms to galactic superclusters, images and discussions of what we can (and have) observed in the…
https://universe-review.ca/
Cosmic Rays 
  
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D. Stern
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This series of web pages gives an elementary discussion of cosmic rays, followed by sections on high energy particles in the universe and high-energy particles from the Sun. It…
http://www.phy6.org/Education/wcosray.html
Interplanetary Magnetic Field Lines 
  
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This web page provides information and a graphical exercise for students regarding the interaction between magnetic field lines and a plasma. The activity involves tracing a typical…
http://www.phy6.org/Education/wimfproj.html
Magnetic Trapping - Trapped Radiation 
  
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This set of five web pages provides a non-mathematical introduction to the motion of charged particles in magnetic fields. These pages describe the "guiding center motion" which…
http://www.phy6.org/Education/wtrap1.html

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