Editor selections by Topic and Unit

The Physics Front is a free service provided by the AAPT in partnership with the NSF/NSDL.

Search Results « Search «

Search Results

You may use the options below to change your display:
Alter display preferences

The following options can help you tailor your search display:

results per page
Restricted to General Topic: Quantum Physics
Restricted to Specific Topic: Probability, Waves, and Interference
Close your folders

Refine your search


Narrow your results

By Subject:
By Resource Type:
By Course Type:
By Physics Front Category:
By Context:
  • (2)
  • (8)
  • (8)
  • (3)
By Collection:


  
Results #1-#8 of 8
sort by: relevance | subject | date | title | author
Perimeter Institute: The Challenge of Quantum Reality 
  
More...
Match Score:
100
Byline:
Publisher: Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics
Item Types:
Lesson Plan
Activity
Assessment
Material for a New Teacher
 Post a comment | Relations | Standards
This classroom module was developed to introduce high school students to wave/particle duality of electrons and the wave nature of matter. It offers a flexible blend of materials…
http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/outreach/teachers/class-kits/challenge-...
PhET Wave Interference: HTML 
  
More...
Match Score:
100
Byline:
Publisher: PhET
Item Types:
Activity
Material for a New Teacher
 Post a comment | Standards
This PhET simulation, now available on HTML5, offers multiple tools to explore wave interference in water, sound, and light waves. Users can simulate two waves without barriers,…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/wave-interference
The Physics Teacher
Teaching Quantum Theory in the Introductory Course 
  
More...
Match Score:
100
Item Types:
Lesson Plan
Material for a New Teacher
 Post a comment
A. Hobson, Phys. Teach., 34 (4), 202-210 (1996).
This journal article argues that it is important to introduce quantum theory in first physics classes. The author shows from experience how a teacher can teach the subject without…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2344407
Single Slit Diffraction 
  
More...
Match Score:
100
Byline:
S. Kiselev
Item Type:
Activity
 Post a comment
This web page includes a java illustration of single slit diffraction of light. The user can adjust the wavelength of the light and the size of the slit and observe the resultant…
Please be aware that our link checker has indicated a possible issue with the link to this material.
https://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/applets/Intro_physics/kisalev/java/slitd...
Student Difficulties with Wave Concepts 
  
More...
Match Score:
100
Byline:
M. Wittmann
Item Types:
Assessment
Material for a New Teacher
 Post a comment | Relations
This presentation contains the results of a research study on misconceptions students have concerning wave mechanics and motion. The results indicate that many students have…
http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/papers/wittmann/seminartalk/index.htm
PhET Simulation: Fourier: Making Waves 
  
More...
Match Score:
100
Byline:
Publisher: PhET
Item Types:
Activity
Material for a New Teacher
 Post a comment | Relations
In this interactive simulation students can learn how to make waves of all different shapes by adding up sines or cosines. They can create waves in space and time and measure their…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/fourier
PhET Simulation: Wave Interference 
  
More...
Match Score:
100
Byline:
Publisher: PhET
Item Types:
Activity
Material for a New Teacher
 Post a comment | Relations
In this Java simulation, students interactively explore properties of waves as they view simulations of a dripping faucet, an audio speaker, and a laser. By observing wave sources…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/wave-interference
PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Probability and Randomness Interactive Lecture 
  
More...
Match Score:
100
Byline:
S. McKagan and K. Perkins; Publisher: PhET
Item Types:
Lesson Plan
Activity
Material for a New Teacher
 Post a comment | Relations
This PhET Gold Star winning resource is an interactive Power Point presentation developed to supplement the PhET simulation Wave Interference . It consists of lecture notes and…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2990