Einstein: How Smart Was He?

This essay from the NOVA Web site explores the impact Einstein made on physics and most everything we know about the cosmos.

Light Particles Acting Like Waves: The Uncertainty Principle

This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey uses a laser beam to demonstrate how light particles act like waves, illustrating Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle.

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Light Wave Behaviors

Discover the ways light interacts with objects in this interactive activity adapted from NASA.

Nanotechnology Lab Visit

Get a behind-the-scenes look at a nanofabrication lab in this video segment adapted from Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA.

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Quantum Mechanics

Are electrons particles or waves? This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey looks at the intense debate surrounding the understanding of electron configuration.

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Quarks: Inside the Atom

This video segment adapted from NOVA shows how the particle accelerator helped physicists find parts of the atom even smaller than protons and neutrons.

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Viewing Gamma Rays

Learn how high-energy gamma rays interact with electrons and discover how astronomers create images from high-energy gamma rays, in this interactive activity adapted from NASA.