Honors Regents Physics

UNIT 7: Modern Physics

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Note: Special thanks and acknowledgement to Ted Ed, MinutePhysics, We Are Showboat, The Science Channel, and Khan Academy for providing these review clips, animations and online tools.

The Photoelectric Effect

Is Light a Particle or a Wave?

Photon Energy:

The Photoelectric Effect:

How Do Solar Panels Work?

Quantization of Energy

Energy Level Diagram:

The Central Mystery of Quantum Mechanics:

Standard Model of Particle Physics:

CERN: The Standard Model of Particle Physics

The 2,400-Year Search for the Atom:

Just How Small Is an Atom?

Antimatter Explained:

If Matter Falls Down, Does Antimatter Fall Up?

What Happened to Antimatter?

The Beginning of the Universe, for Beginners:

How Does an Atom-Smashing Particle Accelerator Work?

The Work of Albert Einstein

Einstein's Proof of E=mc^2:

Einstein's Miracle Year:

Einstein and the Special Theory of Relativity:

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