PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Probability and Randomness Interactive Lecture

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written by Sam B. McKagan and Katherine Perkins
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This page contains an interactive lecture developed specifically for use with the PhET simulation "Quantum Wave Interference". It consists of lecture notes and concept questions for a 30-minute introduction to probability and randomness in the context of the double slit experiment. It may be downloaded as a Power Point file and adapted for use in either an introductory class or a sophomore-level Modern Physics class.

This item was developed by members of the PhET research team using principles from physics education research.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/activities/2990

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Mathematical Tools - Probability Oscillations & Waves - Wave Motion Quantum Physics - Probability, Waves, and Interference	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Best practice = Lecture/Presentation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2007 PHET and University of Colorado
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Keywords:: Double slit, Power Point lecture, Single slit, Uncertainty, concept questions, double slit, interference pattern, lecture, particle interference, wave function
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 10, 2008 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: February 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 1, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=8171">McKagan, Sam, and Katherine Perkins. PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Probability and Randomness Interactive Lecture. Boulder: PhET, July 1, 2008.</a>

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S. McKagan and K. Perkins, (PhET, Boulder, 2007), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/activities/2990).

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S. McKagan and K. Perkins, PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Probability and Randomness Interactive Lecture (PhET, Boulder, 2007), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/activities/2990>.

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McKagan, S., & Perkins, K. (2008, July 1). PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Probability and Randomness Interactive Lecture. Retrieved May 14, 2025, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/activities/2990

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McKagan, Sam, and Katherine Perkins. PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Probability and Randomness Interactive Lecture. Boulder: PhET, July 1, 2008. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/activities/2990 (accessed 14 May 2025).

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McKagan, Sam, and Katherine Perkins. PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Probability and Randomness Interactive Lecture. Boulder: PhET, 2007. 1 July 2008. 14 May 2025 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/activities/2990>.

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