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What’s the Smallest Thing in the Universe? Instructional VideoWhat’s the Smallest Thing in the Universe? Instructional Video
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TED-Ed
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9th - Higher Ed
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5:20
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45 mins
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What’s the Smallest Thing in the Universe?

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Quarks have some interesting features—including their names! Young scholars learn about up, down, strange, charming, bottom, and top quarks in an engaging video presentation. The narrator begins with an overview of molecules and atoms, which leads to a discussion of quarks and the particles they create.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

electrons, atoms, protons, neutrons

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Use screenshots from the video to create a lesson presentation
  • Have pupils record any unfamiliar vocabulary while watching the video; define the terms together as a class

Classroom Considerations

  • Expects a basic understanding of the structures that comprise an atom

Pros

  • Provides immediate feedback on questions
  • Includes video support for incorrect answers

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.7 RST.11-12.7

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