Goethe Student Laboratory
Radioactivity and Radiation
BASIC Laboratory (for grades 9/10): Students conduct counting tube experiments with a Ra-226 radiation pen using nine identical experiment kits. The construction of a cloud chamber and the direct observation of alpha and beta rays round off the experiment day. From 9:15 a.m. to approx. 2:30 p.m. with a lunch break at Café Physik.
EXPERT Laboratory (for GO physics courses): Students learn about detection techniques in modern particle physics at permanently installed experimental stations: ionization chamber, Geiger counter, alpha, beta, and gamma spectroscopy, Rutherford scattering, gamma-gamma coincidence, cloud chamber. From 9:15 a.m. to approx. 3:00 p.m. with a lunch break at Café Physik.
Details
- Date: Year-round (Wednesdays and Thursdays by appointment)
- Location: Riedberg Campus
- Type of event: Student laboratory activity, experimentation
- Grade level: BASIC laboratory for grades 9/10, EXPERT laboratory for physics courses (GK/LK) at GO
- Prior knowledge: School knowledge
- Registration: Registration via the school
Note for teachers
Duration: five to six hours, details to be agreed upon. After registering, teachers will receive further information specific to their learning group.
GSI
Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Kunst und Kultur
Giersch Foundation