Atoms and nuclei
Each topic is subdivided into a number of episodes.
An episode represents a coherent section of teaching – perhaps one or two lessons.
Each episode contains links to a number of activities.
- Episode 500: Preparation for quantum physics topic
- Episode 501: Spectra and energy levels
- Episode 502: The photoelectric effect
- Episode 505: Preparation for wave-particle duality topic
- Episode 506: Particles as waves
- Episode 507: Standing waves
- Episode 508: Preparation for radioactivity topic
- Episode 509: Radioactive background and detectors
- Episode 510: Properties of radiations
- Episode 511: Absorption experiments
- Episode 512: Nuclear equations
- Episode 513: Preparation for exponential decay topic
- Episode 514: Patterns of decay
- Episode 515: The radioactive decay formula
- Episode 516: Exponential and logarithmic equations
- Episode 517: Preparation for accelerators and detectors topic
- Episode 518: Particle accelerators
- Episode 519: Particle detectors
- Episode 520: Preparation for Rutherford scattering
- Episode 521: Rutherford’s experiment
- Episode 522: The size of the nucleus
- Episode 523: Preparation for nuclear stability topic
- Episode 524: Stable nuclides
- Episode 525: Binding energy
- Episode 526: Preparation for nuclear fission topic
- Episode 527: Nuclear transmutation
- Episode 528: Controlling fission
- Episode 529: Preparation for X-ray and neutron diffraction topic
- Episode 530: X-ray diffraction
- Episode 531: Neutron diffraction