Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: James Chadwick Biographical
This sites provides a definitive biography of Chadwick presented by the Nobel (Prize) e-Museum.
Idaho State University
Radioactivity in Nature
Interesting information including: average annual dosage, radioactivity in space, in the human body, and in the oceans.
PBS
Pbs Nova: The Power of Tiny Things
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you converted the mass of a paper clip into an amount of energy? In this informative quiz, discover the answer, and explore other examples of mass-energy equivalence.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Quantization of Energy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will understand how to use Planck's constant to calculate the relationship between a photon's energy and the frequency of emitted light. Includes a...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Luis Alvarez Biographical
A biography of Luis Alvarez, a California native, who was awarded the 1968 Pulitzer Prize in Physics for his work with subatomic particles.
Other
Cern: Missing Higgs
A very brief article explaining the theorized role of the Higgs field and Higgs boson shortly after the Big Bang and the method by which scientists hope to detect the Higgs boson.
MadSci Network
Msn: What Happens in a Nuclear Reaction?
From The Mad Scientist Network web site. Using a question and answer format, this page discusses three types of nuclear reactions - spontaneous decay reactions, nuclear fision reactions, and nuclear fusion reactions. Each reaction type...
MadSci Network
Msn: How Would You Explain the Process?
From the Mad Scientist Network web site. Using a question and answer format, this page explains the differences between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission. The details of each process are sketched in simple language.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Charles Augustin De Coulomb
Spanish-language site lets students discover the life and work of this physicist and engineer, who is known for his studies of electric charges.
University of Maryland
University of Maryland: Optics, Electromagnetic Waves
This site from the University of Maryland provides part of an anecdotal history of optics and the study of light. Extremely thorough treatment of how scientists came to believe in the wave nature of light, the idea of an electromagnetic...
MadSci Network
Msn: What Is Required to Initiate a Fusion Reaction?
From the Mad Scientist Network web site. Using a question and answer format, this page provides a thorough discussion of fusion reactions. Fusion and fission are compared and contrasted and the mechanisms which must occur to initiate and...
University of California
University of California Berkeley: Galileo Galilei
This site from the University of California, Berkeley contains information about the life of Galileo Galilei along with detailed information about his work.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What's the Smallest Thing in the Universe?
Jonathan Butterworth explains the Standard Model theory and how it helps us understand the world we live in.
University of California
Well Known Canadians: Mordecai Richler
A quick biography, a picture, and a list of Richler's works.
University of California
University of California: Sir Frederick Grant Banting
This site from the University of California provides a bulleted list biography of his life. This site does not go into detail about the discovery of extracting insulin, but provides some basic information.
University of California
University of California, Davis: Well Known Canadians: Authors
List of writers from Canada, with brief biographical facts, photographs, works, and awards.
University of California
Well Known Canadians: James Naismith (1861 1939)
This site presents a brief summary of the life and career of James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball.
University of California
Well Known Canadians: Mario Lemieux (1965 )
This site offers an outline summary of the career of ice hockey great Mario Lemieux. It has links to other resource information as well.
Curated OER
Well Known Canadians: Mario Lemieux (1965 )
This site offers an outline summary of the career of ice hockey great Mario Lemieux. It has links to other resource information as well.
Curated OER
Well Known Canadians: James Naismith (1861 1939)
This site presents a brief summary of the life and career of James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball.