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Atoms: The Space Between

Atoms: The Space Between

This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey takes a look at the scale of the atom and the tremendous amount of space between the electrons and the nucleus. If all this empty space exists in matter, how can any substance be solid? OER Level

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6-12

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Light Particles Acting Like Waves: The Uncertainty Principle

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. OER Level

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9-12

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Mystery of the Multiverse

Mystery of the Multiverse

This video excerpt from NOVA’s "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Universe or Multiverse?" explores the idea of the multiverse, stating that there could be multiple universes outside the boundaries of our universe. Statistically speaking, there’s a chance that there’s another Earth out there exactly like ours. OER Level

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9-12

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Quantum Mechanics

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. OER Level

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9-12

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String Theory: Gravity - The Odd Man Out

String Theory: Gravity - The Odd Man Out

This video segment from NOVA describes the discovery in the 1930s of two forces in addition to electromagnetism: the strong nuclear force and the weak nuclear force.

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9-12

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String Theory: Strings to the Rescue

String Theory: Strings to the Rescue

This video segment from NOVA discusses the challenge of unifying the force of gravity and the forces described by quantum mechanics into a single theory of unification.

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9-12

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String Theory: The Quantum Café

String Theory: The Quantum Café

This video segment from NOVA relates the rise of subatomic physics in the 1920s and the development of the radical theory of quantum mechanics.

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9-12

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Tangled Up in Teleportation

Tangled Up in Teleportation

This video excerpt from NOVA’s "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap" illustrates how quantum entanglement could be used to teleport people from one place to another, and discusses what you would need to make teleportation possible. OER Level

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9-12

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