Matter lesson 8

OUTCOME

By the end of the lesson you will be aware of the large array of different subatomic particles and be able to identify examples of Hadrons and Leptons.

Protons and Neutrons are made from even smaller particles which are called quarks

LEARNING TASKS

Explain

Create a cartoon strip which depicts the 4 following particles as 'personalities' with certain physical properties:

Hadrons

Leptons

Mesons

Baryons

Demo: Cloud chamber

Explore:

How to detect Cosmic Rays

(Build your own particle detector)

How to make a Particle Detector

Evaluate

Try Questions:

3, 4, 5, 11, 13

Pre-reading for next lesson

p. 128-130