Photoelectric Effect
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Topics
- Light
- Quantum Mechanics
- Photons
Description
See how light knocks electrons off a metal target, and recreate the experiment that spawned the field of quantum mechanics.
Sample Learning Goals
- Visualize and describe the photoelectric effect experiment.
- Correctly predict the results of experiments of the photoelectric effect: e.g. how changing the intensity of light will affect the current and the energy of electrons, how changing the wavelength of light will affect the current and the energy of electrons, how changing the voltage of light will affect the current and the energy of electrons, how changing the material of the target will affect the current and the energy of electrons.
- Describe how these results lead to the photon model of light: e.g. argue that only a photon model of light can explain why, when light is shining on the metal but there is no current, increasing the frequency will lead to a current, but increasing the intensity of light or the voltage between the plates will not.
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
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Intro to Photoelectric Effect Interactive Lecture |
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Sam McKagan, Kathy Perkins and Carl Wieman | UG-Adv UG-Intro |
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Understanding the Photoelectric Effect |
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Sam McKagan, Kathy Perkins, and Carl Wieman | UG-Intro UG-Adv |
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Photoelectric Effect (AP) |
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Photoelectric Effect (PreAP) |
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Photoelectric PhET lab | John Macuk | HS MS |
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MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
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Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics | Jaya Ramchandani | HS | Other | Physics | ||
Discovering the Photoelectric Effect | Jonathan Carlson | HS UG-Intro |
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Photoelectric Effect | Simon Lees | HS | Lab Guided HW |
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Introduction to the Photoelectric Effect Simulation | Marvin Mndebele | UG-Intro HS |
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Lab Photoelectric Effect | Luis Largo | HS UG-Intro |
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Photoelectric Effect Phet Worksheet (AP Physics 2) | Yau-Jong Twu | HS | Lab HW Guided |
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Photoelectric Effect | Kelly Warner | HS | Lab CQs |
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Shine a Light | Dean Baird, Paul G. Hewitt | HS UG-Intro |
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Instruction set in Photoelectric Expt. | Pravin Joshi | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
The Photoelectric Effect | Kristy Bibbey | UG-Intro HS |
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Determination of Planck's Constant | Mike Mikhaiel | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
Photoelectric Effect | MEHMET EMIN KALE | HS | Lab | |||
Interactive Photoelectric Effect Lab | Bob Schaefer | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
Photoelectric Effect Activity | Donald Collins, Dennis Robbins | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Photoelectric Virtual Experiment | Chee Heong Lee | UG-Intro HS |
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Photoelectric Effect | Pauline Seales | HS | Lab | Physics Chemistry |
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photoelectric effect | David Carroll | HS UG-Intro |
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The Photoelectric Effect and Work Functions | Robert Pirrie | HS | Lab | |||
The Photoelectric Effect | David Carroll | HS UG-Intro |
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Photoelectric Effect Virtual Experiment | Paul Longwell | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
The Photoelectric Effect and Work Functions | Robert Pirrie, Gary Bent | HS | Lab | Chemistry | ||
Photoelectric effect | Jeff Bourne | UG-Intro | Lab | |||
Photoelectric Effect | curt miller, Donald Collins | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
The Photoelectric Effect | Andrzej Sokolowski | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
Pràctica sobre l'efecte fotoelèctric | Pere Gallego Rico | HS | Guided Lab |
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Foto-elektrisch effect | Loran de Vries | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
Fotoefekti meedialabori juhend | Siim Tõkke | HS | HW Lab |
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Menentukan Konstanta Planck | Rizky Merian Muspa | MS Grad HS |
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Photoelectric Effect | Azyyati 06 | UG-Adv | HW | Physics | ||
Eksperimen Simulasi Efek Fotolistrik | Ishafit Jauhari | HS UG-Intro |
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광전효과 사용지침서 | 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) | HS UG-Intro |
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Efeito Fotoelétrico | Matheus Mourão | HS | Guided | Physics | ||
Funçao Trabalho do Material | atilla mendes evangelista | HS | HW | Physics | ||
Efeito Fotoelétrico e o Cálculo da Constante de Planck | Denys Sales | HS MS Grad |
Lab Discuss Guided Demo |
Physics Chemistry |
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PRÁCTICA VIRTUAL EFECTO FOTOELÉCTRICO | Antonio Puebla | HS | Lab | Physics Chemistry |
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