Kansas State University Physics Education Research

Visual

Quantum Mechanics

Educational Research & Development for
Teaching Quantum Physics to
Non-science and Science Students

Waves of Matter

Students explore qualitatively the wave behavior of matter with visualization activities. They examine applications of quantum physics to devices ranging from the electron microscope to the Star Trek Transporter. Prerequisite: A knowledge of wave motion.  

 

01 Exploring Light from Gases

02 Understanding the Spectra Emitted by Gas Lamps

03 Light and Waves

04 Matter Waves

05 Interpreting Wave Functions

06 Creating Wave Functions

07 More Steps for Sketching Wave Functions

08 Wave Functions Electrons in Atoms

09 Energies in Atoms

10 Wave Functions of Lonely Electrons

11 Moving Lonely Electrons

12 It Was Probably Heisenberg

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