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Teaching Resources:
General Synchrotron Applications Synchrotron Applications and Research List: This file
contains an extensive list of some of the applications that synchrotron technology
is being used for borrowed from the Australian synchrotron web site. It can
serve as a start for interesting discussions or as a list of possible research
topics. Half a Century of Synchrotron Radiation -- a brief history
of synchrotron light including the role played by Canadian John Blewett who
made the first indirect observation of synchrotron light. Order a CD that has a great deal of information about synchrotrons
and how they work (lots of animation and interesting facts). This project
was partially sponsored by CLSI. A primer on atomic particles Biology: The Structures of Life: This full-color, downloadable
booklet explains how structural biology provides insight into health and
disease and is useful in creating new medications. The booklet also features "Student
Snapshots" designed to inspire young people to consider careers in biomedical
research. An excellent explanation of proteins is on the right with lots of other interesting things on this page Protein database: http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/home/home.do Video produced by Harvard animating the proteins working within a cell http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/tprojects/6850.html Explanation of and viewing Hemoglobin as a protein: Free publications available for download that would be useful for science education in biology and chemistry Math: Fourier Transformation: This gives some visual comparisons
to help explain what Fourier transformations are all about. Chemistry: Lesson on building molecules from San Diego State University
for practicing biology teachers. Model Bonding Activity from the Annenberg CPB channel
online workshops View the spectra of elements linked from the periodic
table - measure your own! Physics: Student activities help explain synchrotron light and linear accelerators
and the diffraction of light. Instructions on how to build a spectroscope (a tool to
detect photons) Activities to help students discover some of the properties of
different wavelengths of light. Background information on the unique properties of light. Using a prism, thermometers, and blueprint paper, students recreate
the 18th century experiments the proved the existence of invisible
waves of sunlight. Waves Light up the Universe: A teacher's guide to the Science and
Mathematics of Waves Grades 9-12. This material was produced as
part of the Education and Public Outreach program of NASA's Swift mission. This is a NASA Guide to properties of light in relation
to space but many activities can be adapted to explain synchrotron concepts. Puzzling Polarizers: This material was developed by the
Advanced Light Source. Light and its interactions with matter form
the main focus for this activity. Polarization (as one property of light)
is highlighted as a tool for exploration. This activity can be used in lessons
on the scientific method, how advances in technology occur, the properties
of light, how we observe things or other related topics. Spin a Spectrum of Mysteries and Riddles: From the Education
Public Outreach program of NASA's Swift mission, this resource contains activities
that can be used as warm-ups or assessments with relation to learning the
spectrum. Interesting research: Beethoven's Hair: Read how scientists used synchrotron
light in 2000 to test the lead content of Beethoven's hair. They found elevated
lead levels. This provides evidence that Beethoven had plumbism (lead poisoning)
which may have caused his life-long illnesses, impacted his personality,
and possibility contributed to his death. Kid Friendly learning sites: MicroWorlds: An interactive high school science tour of
current research at the Berkeley National Laboratory's Advanced Light Source
(ALS) synchrotron in California. World of Beams -- An educational site on the physics of
light sponsored by the Centre for Beam Physics at the Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory in California. Biotech Glossary: (from the Information Systems for Biotechnology
web site in Virginia) Canada Science and Technology Museum Kids' Zone Hands On Universe: Lawrence Hall of Science, University
of California at Berkeley Human Genome Project ~ To Know Ourselves (U.S. Department
of Energy and the Human Genome Project) NASA KIDS: http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov Saskatchewan Science Centre SpaceWeather.com - science news and information about
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