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Synchrotron Science Classroom Resources

1 What is a Synchrotron?
1.1 Introduction
1.2 How does the CLS synchrotron work?
1.3 Synchrotron Light
1.4 Salute to Safety!
1.5 Engineering Highlights
2 Experimental Beamlines
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Far Infra-Red Beamline
2.3 Mid-Infrared (MidIR) Beamline
2.4 Spherical Grating Monochromator (SGM) Beamline
2.5 Variable Line Spacing Plane Grating Monochromator (VLS-PGM) Beamline
2.6 Spectromicroscopy Beamline
2.7 Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Soft X-Ray Scattering (REIXS) Beamline
2.8 Quantum Materials Spectroscopy Centre (QMSC)
2.9 Canadian Macromolecular Crystallography Facility (CMCF)
2.10 Very Sensitive Elemental & Structural Probe Employing Radiation from a Synchrotron (VESPERS) Beamline
2.11 Life Science Beamline for X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (BioXAS) Beamlines
2.12 Soft X-Ray Beamline for Micro-characterization of Materials (SXRMB) Beamline
2.13 Hard X-ray Microanalysis (HXMA) Beamline
2.14 Synchrotron Laboratory for Micro and Nano Devices (SyLMAND)
2.15 Bio Medical Imaging & Therapy (BMIT) Beamline
2.16 The Brockhouse X-Ray Diffraction and Scattering Sector
3 Research Applications
3.1 Alternative Fuels and Synchrotron Science
3.2 Synchrotron Science & the Environment
3.3 The Petroleum Industry, Mining, & Synchrotron Science
3.4 Agriculture & Synchrotron Science
3.5 Mysteries of the Past & Synchrotron Science
4 Outreach Opportunities
5 English Lesson Plans
5.1 Accelerating Matter
5.2 Build a Monochromator
5.3 Environmental Issues
5.4 Molecule Construction
5.5 Electrons & the Synchrotron
5.6 Mapping Metals in Seeds
5.7 Synchrotron Applications Presentation
5.8 Research Proposal
5.9 CLS Location Discussion
5.10 Science Research in a First Nations Perspective
5.11 The Cell Cycle, Cancer, and the Synchrotron
5.12 Thinking like a scientist - Mystery Box
5.13 Synchrotrons from a Physics Perspective
5.14 The D-files: The Atom Smasher Enquiry
6 French Learning Situations
6.1 SAÉ Lumière gde
6.2 SAÉ Panne au synchrotron gde
6.3 SAÉ Panne au synchrotron jdb
6.4 SAÉ Veilleuse jdb
6.5 SASÉ Veilleuse gde
7 Student Pages
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