Particle and Nuclear Physics

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AQA (19) | Case Study (4) | Development Project (2) | Edexcel (23) | External Event (1) | External Publication (1) | Guidance (3) | Image and Diagram (4) | Learning Activity (12) | OCR (19) | Promotional Material (1) | Training and Consultancy (1) |

AQA (Showing 1 of 19 available)

•   ParticleAdventure: What is Decay?Web link
  Section of the Particle Adventure website about types of radiation, including alpha and beta decay, and gamma rays.
  

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Case Study (Showing 3 of 4 available)

•   CERN Teaching ResourcesWeb link
  CERN made documents for teaching physics. Available to download lecture material in the format of Word, PDFs or PowerPoints. Covers particle physics, CERN, the reasons and aims of CERN and the big ba...
  
•   CERN The world's largest particle physics laboratoryWeb link
  CERN and the LHC homepage. Gives detailed information about CERN and all its major projects including the LHC. Features the latest news and gives links to explain the physics behind the projects.
  
•   European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)Web link
  Website of the ESRF. The site covers the physics behind the project as well as a virtual tour of the facility. Has the latest news and information of the experiments being carried out.
  

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Development Project (Showing 1 of 2 available)

•   Funding scheme for physics activities and projectsWeb link
  Funding scheme for up to £500 for physics related projects and activities from the Institute of Physics and STFC
  

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Edexcel (Showing 1 of 23 available)

•   ParticleAdventure: What is Decay?Web link
  Section of the Particle Adventure website about types of radiation, including alpha and beta decay, and gamma rays.
  

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External Event (Showing 1 of 1 available)

•   Researchers in ResidenceWeb link
  Have an early career researcher support you in your class teaching and work with your students
  

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External Publication (Showing 1 of 1 available)

•   Nuclear Physics: schoolphysics 14-16Web link
  The nuclear physics section of the School Physics website. A clickable contents list can be used to find text and problems.
  

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Guidance (Showing 1 of 3 available)

•   Portal for Research Councils UKWeb link
  Webpage for the schools section of the RCUK Science in Society programme with links to all the individual research councils
  

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Image and Diagram (Showing 3 of 4 available)

•   Periodic Table of Data: physical properties of the elementsWeb link
  A visual database of physical and thermochemical properties of the chemical elements, including an interactive periodic table, visualisations of properties, graphing, data tables, energy level diagram...
  
•   How Nuclear Power WorksWeb link
  Website with animations of nuclear reactors.
  
•   A World of AtomsWeb link
  Interactive website covering the structure of atoms down to electrons, protons and neutrons, stability and radioactivity
  

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Learning Activity (Showing 7 of 12 available)

•   The D-Files: File 006, To 'D' or not to 'D'Web link
  Set of open-ended activities for KS3 & 4, developed by Cheshire teachers for the STFC (formerly PPARC and CCLRC). File 006 involves evaluating various uses of the Synchrotron Radiation Source at Dares...
  
•   A World of Atoms: Chapter 3, Splitting the atomWeb link
  E-resource developed in conjunction with PPARC. Covers p:n ratio in stable and unstable isotopes, decay modes and emissions (including positrons), particle behaviour, and the Big Bang.
  
•   A World of AtomsWeb link
  Interactive website covering the structure of atoms down to electrons, protons and neutrons, stability and radioactivity
  
•   The Particle AdventureWeb link
  Website from the Particle Data Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It explores all physics that occurs on an atomic scale. Step by step walkthrough for students with additional workshe...
  
•   Atoms: the inside storyWeb link
  Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) website split into six sections covering; the nuclear atom, isotopes and decay, half life, antimatter, probing matter and the standard model.
  
•   Radiation and the Environment External Publication
  The focus is on a scientific understanding of the effects of radioactivity and microwave radiation and on interpreting media reporting and people’s attitudes to the issues. In the activities students ...
  
•   How Nuclear Power WorksWeb link
  Website with animations of nuclear reactors.
  

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OCR (Showing 1 of 19 available)

•   ParticleAdventure: What is Decay?Web link
  Section of the Particle Adventure website about types of radiation, including alpha and beta decay, and gamma rays.
  

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Promotional Material (Showing 1 of 1 available)

•   Science and Technology Facilities Council Public and Schools SectionWeb link
  Access to all the schools resources offered by the Council including funding, publications, visits and scientists
  

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Training and Consultancy (Showing 1 of 1 available)

•   Visits to STFC research facilitiesWeb link
  Find out about events at and visits to STFC's research facilities at Rutherford Appleton Lab in Oxfordshire and Daresbury Lab in Cheshire
  

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