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U.S. Fusion Energy Sciences Program - http://wwwofe.er.doe.gov/
A very comprehensive U.S. Department of Energy site related to fusion research. Provides a large number of links to institutions and organizations, and there is a special fusion education section too. |
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ABC's of Nuclear Science - http://www.lbl.gov/abc/
A comprehensive introduction to nuclear science-- antimatter, beta rays, cosmic radiation, radioactivity, the difference between fission and fusion, and the structure of the nucleus, for starters. Site also provides access to reference and teaching materials and experiments. From Lawrence Berkeley National Labs. Uses frames. |
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ATLAS Educational Information - http://atlasexperiment.org/
The ATLAS Experiment is to be carried out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator facility of the CERN Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. Website is intended for people of all ages who are curious about fundamental particles and forces as well as about particle research. |
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Contemporary (Nuclear) Physics Education Project (CPEP) - http://www.cpepweb.org/
A product of teachers, educators, and physicists located around the world. Charts, brochures, web features, and classroom activities present the current understanding of cosmic rays, radiation, particle physics, fission, fusion, and similar topics. Award-winning site. |
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The Particle Adventure - http://particleadventure.org
An award-winning site from the Particle Data Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs. "A tour of the inner workings of the atom." |
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Atom Builder - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom/
A shockwave application that allows the user to add up and down quarks to a hydrogen nucleus to create a carbon nucleus. |
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Nuclear Science and Technology and How It Influences Your Life - http://www.aboutnuclear.org/
Covers five major application fields: food irradiation, industry, medicine, space, and electricity. |
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Classical & Statistical Thermodynamics & Mechanics Educational Sites - http://tigger.uic.edu/~mansoori/Thermodynamics.Educational.Sites_html
A collection of resources gathered by the Thermodynamics Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. |
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Timeline of the Nuclear Age - http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/timeline/
A chronological record of the nuclear age: links to people, documents and educational units. Explore political and ethical dilemmas of the Nuclear Age. |
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FAQ about Fusion Research - http://fusedweb.pppl.gov/faq.html
The FAQ (from Princeton Plasma Physics Lab) is not very extensive, but it has an impressive Glossary. |
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Perspective on Plasmas - http://www.plasmas.org
Educational information on plasma applications including controlled fusion. |
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Visual Quantum Mechanics - http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/
Instructional units that introduce quantum physics to high school and college students who do not have a background in modern physics or higher level math using interactive computer programs and digital multimedia in an activity based environment. |
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Meltdown at Three Mile Island, a Documentary - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/three/
Companion site to the PBS show of the same name. Covers "How a Nuclear Reactor Works" and "What Happened," showing the series of events that took place on March 28, 1979. Useful for a quick lesson about Three Mile Island. Also has teacher's guide to the show and a link for ordering the video. Requires Java-enabled browser. |
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Nuclear Power Plant Demonstration - http://www.ida.liu.se/~her/npp/demo.html
Java applet of a basic nuclear power plant. Try to keep the reactor running safely under various failure scenarios. |
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Nuclear Power - http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Snuclear.htm
Overviews the principles of nuclear fission and its use to generate power, why uranium can be fissioned, n/p ratio and delayed neutrons, moderators, also Chernobyl and 3-Mile Island. |
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Fermilabyrinth - http://ed.fnal.gov/projects/labyrinth/
A collection of Web-based games and activities to develop an understanding of the operations and experiments that take place in the Fermilab accelerator and detector halls and the scientific ideas they explore. Has a special section for teachers. |
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OnScreen Particle Physics - http://www.onscreen-sci.com/
A simulation for Mac and Windows 95/98/NT that allows even beginning students to experience what real particle physics experiments are like. Demo versions available for download. |
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Leptons - http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/leptons.html
Introductory information on leptons (electrons, muons, taus, and neutrinos). |
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Big Bang Science - http://hepwww.rl.ac.uk/public/bigbang/part1.html
Site seeks to explain the origins of matter and current high-energy research regarding the conditions of the early universe. The information presented here is published in booklet form by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC). |
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CHESS X-ray Visions - http://www.chess.cornell.edu/pubs/xrybrchr/
Celebration of 100 years since the discovery of X-rays. Elaborates on uses of x-rays and details the research conducted with the CHESS synchrotron located below the Cornell campus. |
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Introduction to Particle Physics - http://blueflag.phys.yorku.ca/yhep/main.html
Beginners guide to particle physics. |
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Decays - http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/decays.html
Introductory information on particle decays produced by the Stanford Linear Accelerator. |
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Reflections on Matter - http://molaire1.club.fr/e_plan.html
Atoms to quarks, quantum physics, the big bang, and newer theories about matter. |
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Nuclear Physics - http://www.online-academy.org/virtualclassroom/nphysics/
A free E-Learning course on nuclear physics, covering the grammar school curriculum of atomic and nuclear physics. It features a glossary. Also, has practice examinations and forum board, which require free registration. |
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Introduction to High Energy Physics and ATLAS - http://www.jlab.org/~cecire/hepathu.html
Describes the work of the Hampton University Particle Physics group in the ATLAS project as well as material and links for particle physics and general physics education. |