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Applying Ohm's Law to Semiconductors
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Applying Ohm's Law to Semiconductors
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This project allows students to apply concepts of momentum conservation and energy conservation from classical physics. However, here they are not enough: they must be combined with modern physics, using concepts from relativity and particle physics as well as modern units that put energy, mass, and momentum in terms of MeV and GeV. Most important, students will learn about both fundamental and cutting-edge physics by actually doing what physicists do.

Subject:
Physics
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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Calculate the Top Quark Mass
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Calculate the Top Quark Mass
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Students use conservation of momentum to calculate the mass of the top quark. This activity examines the fingerprint of a top/antitop production that took place in the D-Zero Detector at Fermilab on July 9, 1995. This activity will build on student understanding of vector addition and depends upon only a small amount of particle physics explanation.

Subject:
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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EIA's Kids Page
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EIA's Kids Page
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The U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration (EIA) hosts a student-friendly website with a variety of information and activities about energy. NEED assists EIA with web content. The Energy Kid's Page consists of several main categories: Energy Facts, Fun and Games, Energy History, Classroom Activities, Related Links, and a Glossary. This teacher guide provides extension activities for using the Energy Kid's Page as a resource to incorporate technology use in your classroom.

Subject:
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
NEED Project
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Fermilabrynth
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Fermilabrynth
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This is a collection of Web-based games developed from selected hands-on exhibits at the Lederman Science Center introduces students in grades 6-12 to the science and technology of Fermilab. The site is equally valuable for classroom and home use.

Subject:
Physics
Material Type:
Game
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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GLAST Large Area Telescope Simulator
GLAST Large Area Telescope Simulator
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The main scientific instrument on the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is the Large Area Telescope (LAT). This interactive computer-based educational activity allows students in grades 11-14 and informal web users to see the results when gamma-ray photons of different energies and incident angles hit the LAT. The photons convert into electron-positron pairs which travel through 19 interleaved layers of silicon into the cesium-iodide calorimeter. Background information about GLAST and the LAT is also provided, which is part of the Virtual Visitor Center site for the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.

Subject:
Astronomy
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Simulation
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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Genomics and Its Impact on Science and Society: The Human Genome Project and Beyond (2008)
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Genomics and Its Impact on Science and Society: The Human Genome Project and Beyond (2008)
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This site gives a detailed overview of the science of genetics, including the Human Genome Project. An introduction helps visitors understand genomes, DNA, genes, chromosomes, and more. Other resources include online audio and video files about genetics and the Human Genome Project, images of genomes, current research news, a glossary, frequently asked questions, and a student page.

Subject:
Genetics
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Inquiring Minds: Fermilab
Inquiring Minds: Fermilab
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This sie features an introduction to elementary particles and forces in our universe, physics questions answered by Fermilab scientists, an interactive timeline illustrating the history of high-energy physics, links to other high energy physics sites, and more.

Subject:
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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Investigating Special Relativity with Particle Physics Data
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Investigating Special Relativity with Particle Physics Data
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This Website provides resources for secondary and post-secondary teachers of physical science. These resources include data reduction projects and particle physics datafiles. The data reduction projects guide student investigation of a dataset to a particular end result. The datafiles are written in a format that allows for rapid Web file transfer and ease of import into commonly available applications such as Microsoft Excel. Students download and reduce these data in an open-ended environment in which they investigate their own questions. The first of these resources is a data reduction project that guides students to an understanding of special relativity.

Subject:
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Competitions
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Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Competitions
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory hosts the U.S. Department of Energy's Junior Solar Sprint/Hydrogen Fuel Cell (JSS/HFC) Car Competitions. Middle School teams from all over the Colorado Region participate in this fun, educational and exciting event. Teams work together building solar and/or hydrogen fuel cell cars with guidance from a parent or teacher coach to compete in race and design categories. A "Spirit Award" is also presented to the team recognized for good sportsmanship. Building of solar and hydrogen fuel cell cars for the JSS/HFC car competitions require skills in both math and science. The primary goals of the JSS/HFC program, is to generate enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills at a crucial stage in the development of young people. The competition also helps improve students' understanding of scientific concepts and renewable energy technologies; and encourages young people to consider technical careers at an early age.

Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Learning About Fossil Fuels
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Learning About Fossil Fuels
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This site features lessons on coal, oil, and natural gas. Learn how coal is formed and used, and about technologies for cleaning up coal. Find out how oil is squeezed out of the earth and how natural gas is extracted from the ground and sea.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
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Milestones in the History of Energy and Its Uses
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Milestones in the History of Energy and Its Uses
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This site features a timeline of energy developments and uses since the 1700s. Learn about biomass, coal, electricity, geothermal, natural gas, nuclear power, oil, solar power, wind turbines, and transportation. See biographies of individuals who contributed to energy and science. Read a history of energy in the U.S. from 1635-2000.

Subject:
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
NEED Project
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Photoelectric Effect Virtual Lab
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Photoelectric Effect Virtual Lab
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The Photoelectric Effect Virtual Lab was designed with the intent that students and teachers might explore one of the most important, non-classical, behaviors of light - the photoelectric effect. The ability of light, under the right conditions, to liberate electrons from the surface of metals, was one of the most profound mysteries of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In this Virtual Lab, students will graphically explore the behavior of light with metals.

Subject:
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Author:
Tim Brennan
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SIMply Prairie
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SIMply Prairie
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SIMply Praire is a student research project that has the potential to link classrooms in areas where the prairie once flourished. Students develop research questions with a special focus on the prairie plant population. To answer these questions students conduct a research study collecting data from a prairie plot and comparing their data with data from other native and/or reconstructed prairie plots. Students publish their data and their research study on the SIMply Prairie Website. As the project matures we expect classes will collaborate with other classes on joint research studies. The student data will be available to research scientists who encourage students to take an active interest in preserving and recreating native North American prairies.

Subject:
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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SIMply Prairie: Prairie Advocates
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SIMply Prairie: Prairie Advocates
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In this multidisciplinary, inquiry-based project students prepare a plan and give a persuasive oral presentation to create a reconstructed prairie based on research. Teachers can use this unit with their students to justify enlarging or keeping an existing prairie. This project can serve as the organizing structure for prairie study where materials from units such as The Prairie – Our Heartland become research materials. It can be used in conjunction with the unit which is taught best in the fall, or perhaps during the spring planting season after students have completed the primary unit of study. The open-ended problem lends itself to a variety of solutions and is appropriate for students at all ability levels.

Subject:
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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To Know Ourselves
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To Know Ourselves
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This site tells about the Human Genome Project and provides general information about and links to the coordinated effort to determine the complete sequence of the DNA in the human genome. It surveys the project's goals, the tools being used to map genetic code, the spin-off technologies generated by the project, and the ethical, legal, and social implications of knowing our genetic blueprint.

Subject:
Genetics
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
U.S. Department of Energy
Provider Set:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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