Fission and Fusion: a Physics Kit

Subject(s): Physics | Age: 14-16 | Post 16 | Type: Activity sheet | Publication Year: 2010 to date

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This resource, produced by SEPNet and Queen Mary University of London, uses Lego to represent the building blocks of matter. Different colour and size Lego bricks are assigned to protons, neutrons and electrons. Fusion is shown by joining bricks together and fission by breaking large collections of bricks apart. Half-life is also shown by decreasing heights of Lego bricks.

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx8gz

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