MR. G'S DP PHYSICS

 nuclear and particle physics

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Topic 7 general comments

Students really like furthering their understanding of nuclear interactions. There is so much "unknown" surrounding radiation, nuclear power and nuclear bombs that giving them insight to this seems to be satisfying. Feynman diagrams tend to be a challenge.

TOpic 7.1 - Discrete energy and radioactivity

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topic_7.1_-_discrete_energy_and_radioactivity_-_teacher1.pptx
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Student Notes:
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Formative Assessment:
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Grade Gorilla Micro-Quiz
Useful Videos:
Chris Doner
Veritasium video on background radiation and radioactive places
Discrete Energy and Radioactivity Playlist (See Videos 1-3 and 5)
Practical Ideas:
- Using different gas tubes and a spectrum analyzer to identify gasses using emission spectra

- Using a Geiger counter to demonstrate background radiation

- Using a Geiger counter and a bunch of bananas over a period of time to demonstrate banana radioactivity
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- Use M&Ms and set a half life interval to demonstrate a random process acting in a predictable way (have the students remove the "decayed" M&Ms that no longer have an "m" on them after each half life). I do this with each student having a 300+ gram bag of M&Ms and the students love it.

Topic 7.2 - Nuclear reactions

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Formative Assessment:
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Grade Gorilla Micro-Quiz
Useful Videos:
Chris Doner
Nuclear Reactions Playlist (See Videos 4 and 6-8)
Practical Ideas:
- Coming later

Topic 7.3 - The structure of matter

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Student Notes:
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Formative Assessment:
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Grade Gorilla Micro-Quiz
Useful Videos:
Chris Doner
Structure of Matter Playlist
Practical Ideas:
- Coming later

topic 7 Formative assessment

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Grade Gorilla Topic 7 Quiz
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