Teaching Resources

Model Double-slit Experiment

This activity includes a description of the historic double-slit experiment along with the details for producing a model system to explore the constructive and destructive interactions of waves.

Final Research Thesis.pdf

The optical rail system described and utilized in the double-slit model exercise can also be used for simple visible spectroscopy using an LED flashlight and smartphone as the source and detector respectively.

A brief description of this implementation is provided in the document above and all necessary print files, in STL format and mm scaling, are available through the linked google drive.

Model Gold Foil Experiment

This activity includes some historic background into the importance of Rutherford's gold foil experiment and the breakthrough understandings it contributed toward our understanding of subatomic particles and the atom. Students will explore several different model "foils" (slides) and discuss what properties of the various slides would result in their observations. This model system mirrors Rutherford's process of discovery

All required print files are located in the linked google folder and assembly instructions are provided in the document above. Files are provided in STL format with mm scaling. One of each file is required for the activity.

VSEPR Balloon Clip

This small clip can be printed on any 3D printer without supports and used to hold up to 6 standard latex balloons together. It is particularly useful for showing the ways electron pairs repel each other giving rise to the specific three dimensional shapes of atoms and molecules. It is provided in STL format with mm scaling.

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