Ready-to-use teaching resources

Ready-to-use teaching resources

Energy conservation

• A practical introduction to E = mc² (pdf file)
• An example of E = mc² where KE is lost and mass gained (pdf file)
• The first transformation of one nucleus into another using accelerated protons (pdf file)

Momentum Conservation

• Kinematics of the elastic collision of two particles of equal  mass (pdf file)
• An activity to verify momentum conservation in proton-proton elastic scattering. (doc file)
• Measurement of the mass of positron from its head-on collision with an electron.

Mass Determination

• Example of particle mass determination (K⁰ from its decay) (pdf file) (doc file)
  For more details about this event, including a visualisation of the time development of the main tracks, click here.

Exercises

• Exercise 1, Interpretation of bubble chamber photographs (ppt file)
• Exercise 2, Exercises using bubble chamber photographs (ppt file)
  See also exercise 2 at end of tutorial 10.
• Exercise 3, Q&A on event used for bubble chamber tutorial (pdf file)
  For tutorial click here.

Posters / Displays ...

• Posters for Open Days / Parents Evenings ...

Resources for children

• Materials and experiments (presentation, booklet [in French])