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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Kinematics in Two Dimensions: Conceptual Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a list of 21 questions focusing on the major concepts of each section of Chapter 3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions such as adding and subtracting vectors using different methods.
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: W Boson

For Students 9th - 10th
The W boson, described here, is important in the study of the differences between matter and antimatter. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of different concepts in...
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Acceleration of Particles

For Students 9th - 10th
The process of particle acceleration is described. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of different concepts in particle physics.
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Virtual Particles

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual particles, described here, are particles that appear and disappear so rapidly they can be detected only by their effect on other particles. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few...
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Luminosity

For Students 9th - 10th
Luminosity, described here, is a scale for measuring how efficiently a collider works. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of different concepts in particle physics.
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: The Higgs Boson

For Students 9th - 10th
The Higgs boson, a particle hypothesized by Peter Higgs, is described in this article. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of different concepts in particle physics.
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: String Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
String Theory, a theory about how the universe works, is explained briefly here. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of different concepts in particle physics.
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Dark Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Dark energy, described here, is the ultimate mystery for scientists. It is the force that is causing the expansion of the universe they believe. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs...
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Cherenkov Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Cherenkov light is explained here as the light emitted when a charged particle travels through matter faster than light would be able to. This would be slower, however, than the maximum speed of light, which occurs in a vacuum. "Explain...
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Fundación Cientec

Cientec: Fisica

For Students 3rd - 5th
Different step by step experiments in Physics. It explorer concepts such as adhesion, pressure, weight, movement, balance, energy and more.
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Light Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
Light sources are usually synchrotrons, accelerators that are used to produce intense light beams for research purposes. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of different...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Work and Power: Waterwheel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Investigating a waterwheel illustrates to young scholars the physical properties of energy. They learn that the concept of work, force acting over a distance, differs from power, which is defined as force acting over a distance over some...