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Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: cwv , commonwealth of virginia
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:09 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
VA Introduction
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This chapter addresses our changing understanding of gravitation and introduces the student to a few interesting areas of astronomy and cosmology including dark matter and dark energy.
Categories: Science , Physics , Mechanics , Kinematics
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: universal law of gravitation , dark matter , dark energy , big bang
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:09 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
Toward Understanding Gravitation.
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This chapter is a short non-mathematical course introducing high school physics students and interested non-scientists to the physics of the atomic nucleus and to phenomena associated with nuclear fission.
Categories: Science , Physics , Atomic and Nuclear Physics , Atom
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: nuclear physics , proton , atom , nucleus
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:09 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
Nuclear Energy
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The first part of this chapter helps explain a couple of the remaining fundamental questions of physics: What are the building blocks of matter and what are the forces that hold these particles together?
Categories: Science , Physics , Properties of Matter , The Atomic Nature of Matter
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: ultrasound , commonwealth of virginia , waves , relfection
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:10 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
The Standard Model of Particle Physics
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This chapter explains current experiments in particle physics, the large particle colliders, and other equipment and instrumentation used in attempts to tease data to validate or reject several emerging theories.
Categories: Science , Physics , Mechanics , Energy
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: biophysics , ultrasound , waves , reflection
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:10 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
The Standard Model and Beyond
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This chapter has been cast into a series of 11 major questions in an effort to lead the student through an understanding of how modern physics came about, some of its components, some lingering problems in its theories, and some of its implications.
Categories: Physics , Atomic and Nuclear Physics , Quantum , Special Relativity
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: ruhterford , relativity , einstein , nuclear physics
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:10 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
A Brief Synopsis of Modern Physics
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The chapter explores nanoscience, the discovery and study of novel phenomena at the molecular scale (between 10 and 100nm) and the creation of new concepts to describe them.
Categories: Science , Physics , Atomic and Nuclear Physics , Quantum
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: nanoeducation , nanotechnology , carbon nanotube , quantum dots
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:10 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
Nanoscience
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This chapter addresses major medical imaging technologies and their foundations in physics, specifically ultrasound. Today we have access to incredibly advanced non-invasive imaging technology for the analysis of our health.
Categories: Physics , Properties of Matter , Sound , Light
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: commonwealth of virginia , cwv , doppler effect , interference
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:10 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
Biophysics (Medical Imaging)
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In this chapter we identify the terms used to characterize motion and study the work done by one or more forces on one or more bodies in order to determine the types of energy involved.
Categories: Science , Physics , Mechanics , Energy
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: position , instantaneous acceleration , average acceleration , linear motion
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:10 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
Kinematics: Motion, Work, and Energy
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This chapter presents 15 physics experiments that utilize 21st century technology to conduct investigations that can be used in the high school classroom. The PASCO Xplorer GLX handheld interface is highlighted with downloadable labs hyperlinked throughout the chapter.
Categories: Science , Physics , Mechanics , Energy
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: probeware , pasco , physics experiments , force sensors
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:10 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
Laboratory Activities
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Categories: Physics , Mathematics , Statistics and Probability , Probability
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: python programing , cwv , numerical simulations , monte carlo methods
Created: Jan. 19, 2010 11:04 AM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
Statitical Physics and Random Walks
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This chapter presents several examples of how physics content can be taught using modeling and simulation. Modeling and simulation have been used for design, test, evaluation, and training in the industry for several decades.
Categories: Simulation , Science , Probability , Physics
Grades: 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: simluation , pendulum , newton , modeling
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:10 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 11:33 AM
Modeling and Simulation in the Physics Classroom
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It is valuable to model and simulate complex systems to better understand how they work and improve their design. Physical laws and assumptions are applied using a computer program to simulate the motion of NASA’s Launch Abort System.
Categories: Gravitational Interactions , Kinematics , Acceleration , Free Fall
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: nasa , propulsion , momentum , rocket
Created: Sep. 02, 2010 09:41 AM
Last Edited: Sep. 02, 2010 09:54 AM
Modeling and Simulating NASA's Launch Abort System
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The 21st Century Physics FlexBook is a collaborative effort of the Secretaries of Education and Technology and the Department of Education that seeks to elevate the quality of physics instruction across the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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