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Particle Physics

Excellent overview of what is what you need to know. 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
 
   
Cockroft and Walton Experiment 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 These can all be downloaded onto your hard-drive 4 Star
Particle accelerator simulation Impressive simulation of CERN particle accelerator Experiment 5 Star
Particle Accelerators and Quarks Short video - you need to register. (3 Mins, 4 Mb) 4 Star
Pair Annihilation and Production Short and sweet applet - can be downloaded 4 Star
 
   
The Large Hadron Rap Currently viewed over 6 million times on YouTube. 5 mins. 5 Star
How to blow up a shed using anti-matter Light-hearted v ideo from howstuffworks. 2 mins 4 Star
 
   
Four forces of Nature Video clip (6 mins) about the 4 forces, including the anomaly of gravity 5 Star
 
   
What are the big questions that still remain in this area? 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 Put together the various Baryons and Mesons from a combination of quarks 4 Star
 
   
For a bucket-load of free resources (mostly posters) for Teachers    
       
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