Materials from the Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP)

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CPEP's particle physics educational materials answer the questions...
What is the world made of? And, what holds it together?

Chart of Fundamental Particles and Interactions
The chart summarizes the world of particles (including quarks, gluons, and neutrinos) and the fundamental forces. It is available in three sizes. You can view scanned images (medium = 103K), (largest = 382K).
The chart is described in Science magazine, vol. 252, 3 May 1991, page 648. More than 200,000 copies of the previous editions have been distributed.

Classroom activities
Packet of classroom activities with worksheets. This packet describes the concepts of the chart, the history of these ideas, and the design and use of particle accelerators and detectors. It brings particle physics to the classroom with meaningful activities.
You can view these worksheets within the Particle Adventure's educational information section.

Book
A book for students, teachers and the public that introduces particle physics will be available late 1999.

CD-ROM
The CD-ROM version of the web contains The Particle Adventure and The Quark Adventure (appropriate for science museums, open houses, etc.)
The CD-ROM has English, Spanish, and French versions of both Adventures and works on PC's and Mac's. There is limited availability from the Particl Data Group.

Workshops
Workshops for teachers are conducted at various sites in the US. Contact CPEP to learn more.

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Michael Barnett

2-April-1999

	Chart of Fundamental Particles and Interactions The chart summarizes the world of particles (including quarks, gluons, and neutrinos) and the fundamental forces. It is available in three sizes. You can view scanned images (medium = 103K), (largest = 382K). The chart is described in Science magazine, vol. 252, 3 May 1991, page 648. More than 200,000 copies of the previous editions have been distributed.
	Classroom activities Packet of classroom activities with worksheets. This packet describes the concepts of the chart, the history of these ideas, and the design and use of particle accelerators and detectors. It brings particle physics to the classroom with meaningful activities. You can view these worksheets within the Particle Adventure's educational information section.
	Book A book for students, teachers and the public that introduces particle physics will be available late 1999.
	CD-ROM The CD-ROM version of the web contains The Particle Adventure and The Quark Adventure (appropriate for science museums, open houses, etc.) The CD-ROM has English, Spanish, and French versions of both Adventures and works on PC's and Mac's. There is limited availability from the Particl Data Group.
	Workshops Workshops for teachers are conducted at various sites in the US. Contact CPEP to learn more.