Notes:
Lab. experiments:
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e/m (measurement of charge to mass ratio of the electron)
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electronics: build and test adding amplifier or DAC
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measurement of Earth's magnetic field
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Franck-Hertz experiment
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geometrical optics: refraction, reflection, lenses,..
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particle physics: particle reactions/decays
in a bubble chamber
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particle physics: play with "on-screeen" particle
physics software
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other expts: Sun spot measurement, rotation period
of Sun
possible films to watch:
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Powers of Ten
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Accelerating science
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lecture by Richard Feynman: The reason for antiparticles
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lecture by Steven Weinberg: Towards the final laws
of physics
other activities:
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On-screen particle physics
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particle physics kits from Science Kit and
Boreal Laboratories:
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simulated particle detector
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Mini-Rutherford Laboratory
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cloud chamber set