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Subtopic: Quantum Mechanics

Resource Grade Level Media Type
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?

6-12 QuickTime Video
Einstein: How Smart Was He?  

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.

6-12 HTML Document
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.

9-12 QuickTime Video
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.

9-12 QuickTime Video
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.

9-12 QuickTime Video
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.

9-12 QuickTime Video
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.

9-12 QuickTime Video
That's My Theory!  

That's My Theory!
Become a game show contestant in this online activity from A Science Odyssey and ask a series of questions to a panel of mystery scientists, using the answers to determine which scientist is Einstein.

9-12 HTML Interactive