Nuclear Physics
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| Audience/Grade: | High School Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Nuclear Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
PhET - Physics Educational Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Teaching - Simulation |
| Author(s): | Physics Education Technology - PhET, c/o Krista Beck University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Description: | Start a chain reaction, or introduce non-radioactive isotopes to prevent one. Watch alpha particles escape from a Polonium nucleus, causing radioactive alpha decay. Control energy production in a nuclear reactor! Fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena from the Physics Education Technology project at the University of Colorado. Simulations available in both English and Spanish. |
| Rating: | No Rating |
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| Is Component of |
Physics Education Technology - PhET |
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| Use of Resource: |
Interactive Simulation "The primary target for these simulations was originally college undergraduates with a wide range of science backgrounds and interests, and this is the population that has been studied in our research. However, these simulations appear to be useful for a surprisingly large range of students and are now extensively used in many high schools as well as some middle schools. In addition, we have received numerous anecdotal reports of grade school students finding them highly engaging and have observed physics graduate students learning new physics by playing with them. An interesting area of future research would be the study of how the findings we report here might depend on the age and background of the student beyond the levels explored in this work." Requires Java 1.4 or higher. |
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| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Platform/Format: | Cross Platform |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/nuclearphysics/nukes.jnlp |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
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