The site I showed you in class is The Particle Adventure. You can use that site to learn more about charged particles and their behaviour in magnetic fields. There’s also information about particle accelerators, the Large Hadron Collider and other “Big Physics”.
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photoelectric effect
We looked at the photoelectric effect this week. I’ve been looking for some video demonstrations but there are very few explanations that I would be happy to recommend. The animation I used in class is available here. I also found a nice demonstration on youtube (see below) that uses a different type of electroscope to indicate the presence of charge.
This video is also attached as a podcast.
Higher HW for Friday 24th April
Here is your homework on the unit 3 topics we covered before the Easter holidays. Please hand your work in no later than Friday 24th April.
AH investigation reports
All AH investigation reports submitted for proof reading over the holidays have been returned by email. If you didn’t get yours, please check your junk/spam folder. If it’s still not there, please leave a comment here (I’ll delete it once I read it) to let me know it’s not arrived and I’ll resend.
Happy Easter!
Higher summary notes
Someone sent me a link to a great set of summary notes for the entire Higher Physics course. They are from Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh and I’d like to thank them Physics dept there for making them available. Use the download link or save it by getting the podcast episode in iTunes.