Quantum Concepts Tutorial
Please divide into three groups. Each group should research and answer the Foundation Question and then their assigned Group Question. Groups share their answers by creating a poster or a slide.
Foundational Question: What is the meaning of the word "quantum" in physics?
Resources:
- Quantum in Wikipedia
- Planck and Quantum Nature of Light in OpenStax
- Origin of Quantum Mechanics video from Minute Physics
Group Questions:
- What is wave-particle duality as applied to a standard model particle?
- Use the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle to explain why Ken does not diffract when he walks through a door?
- What is a wave function and what does it mean?
Resources:
- Wave-particle duality in Wikipedia
- What is the Wave/Particle Duality? Part 1 video from Minute Physics
- The Wave/Particle Duality - Part 2 video from Minute Physics
- Wave Particle Duality video from La Physique Autrement
- Uncertainty Principle in Wikipedia
- Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Explained video from Veratisium
- Demystifying the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle video from Don Lincoln and Fermilab
- Wave function in Wikipedia
- The Quantum Wavefunction Explained video from Domain of Science
- Interpretation of the wavefunction video from MIT Open Science