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Particle Physics

Excellent overview of what is what you need to know. Link Use this as an a quick introduction but then go over it in much more detail for revision afterwards. It's as good as any professional production but was put together by physics teacher Louise Boylan from Mount Sackville. 5 Star
       
1909: The first splitting of the atom: Rutherford, Geiger and Marsden. Link Forward to the 5 minute mark to get an account of the famous experiment. Youtube. 10 minutes 5 Star
Cockroft and Walton Experiment Link Nice animation 4 Star
  Audio Link - Listen to Einstein explaining the meaning of his equation, while also name-checking Cockroft and Walton. (one minute) Five Star
       
A variety of video clips to do with particle accelerators in CERN Link These can all be downloaded onto your hard-drive 4 Star
Particle accelerator simulation Link Impressive simulation of CERN particle accelerator Experiment 5 Star
Particle Accelerators and Quarks Link Short video - you need to register. (3 Mins, 4 Mb) 4 Star
Pair Annihilation and Production Link Short and sweet applet - can be downloaded 4 Star
       
How to blow up a shed using anti-matter Link Light-hearted v ideo from howstuffworks. 2 mins 4 Star
       
Four forces of Nature Link Video clip (6 mins) about the 4 forces, including the anomaly of gravity 5 Star
  Link Teachers TV. 15 minutes 5 Star
       
What are the big questions that still remain in this area? Link Part of The Particle Adventure presentation  
Quarks      
Story of the origin of quarks Dr. Brian Cox. Youtube. 3 minutes. 5 Star
Build your own particles from quarks Link Put together the various Baryons and Mesons from a combination of quarks 4 Star
Want to hear a song about Quarks? Link And let's face it - who wouldn't want to hear a song about quarks? 3 Star
       
Interactive timescale going from present time back to the big bang Link   4 Star
       
For a bucket-load of free resources (mostly posters) for Teachers Link    
       
Neutrinos      
Gell-Mann on beauty in physics Link Taken from thinkforyourself.ie blog. Includes reference to his education and a TED talk from Gell-Mann on Youtube. 16 minutes 4 Star
Detector one Link From Snolab in Canada. Youtube. 7 minutes 3 Star
Detector two Link The Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory being built in Antarctica could become the first instrument to detect neutrinos from deep space. Youtube. 1:30
3 Star
The history of neutrinos A 20 minute podcast, from yours truly.  
  Also available from itunes  
  The script to the podcast  
       
How do PET scans work and what have got to do with antimatter? Link

Click on PET Scans; Look inside your body, click also on the help option  to see how they work

4 Star