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1 Microworlds - Exploring the Structure of Materials

Welcome! MicroWorlds is an interactive tour of current research in the materials sciences at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source. Along the way, you'll find out: * What the Advanced Light Source is and how this amazing machine works. * What it looks like inside the ALS. * What it's like to work at the ALS. * What a student can do at the ALS. * What polymers are and why they are so useful. * How infinitesimal quantities of trace elements can change a material for better or worse. * How materials science is helping us understand environmental problems...

2 NREL: Education Programs - Educational Resources K-12

NREL provides a variety of educational resources to help teachers and parents educate their kids about renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, including hands-on projects and curriculum suggestions for elementary school, middle school, and high school students...

3 X-ray spectra Website

X-ray Spectrum of Elements on the Periodic Table Click on any element that has a link on the periodic table to get its x-ray spectrum. The elements with spectra are italicized and in bold face and underlined...

4 The Periodic Table

Viewing the Periodic Table of the Elements with X-rays...

5 Sloan Digital Sky Server Games and Contests

Games and contests related to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey...

6 Sloan Digital Sky Server: Projects For Kids

Science projects for kids from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey...

7 Nuclear Energy Student Zone for Young Visitors

Nuclear energy for kids, includes games and interactive activities...

8 Nuclear Energy Student Zone "Deep Discussion"

Nuclear energy for kids, includes games and interactive activities...

9 Nuclear Energy Student Zone "Just Right Details"

Nuclear energy for kids, includes games and interactive activities...

10 QuarkNet

QuarkNet is a teacher professional development program funded by the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy. Teachers work on particle physics experiments during a summer and join a cadre of scientists and teachers working to introduce some aspects of their research into their classrooms. This allows tomorrow's particle physicists to peek over the shoulder of today's experimenters...