Widget Physics

As I'm sure you will agree: the Photoelectric Effect is not the easiest thing to explain! I've been laboring over this set of Google Slides for probably half a dozen years, and I believe I've created a resource that is about as effective as possible in explaining this very clever and important experiment. Numerous step-by-step animations ask key questions and provide hints. Part 1 outlines the experiment itself (including the observations that motivated it) and Part 2 covers the Photoelec

This is a set of Google Slides with numerous clever animations that provide skill-testing questions and hints (with a bonus throwback to Earth Science content!). I often use this and other sets of Slides in place of a video because it touches on only the most important ideas in a very step-by-step manner. When you're in control of the pacing you can really give students a chance to think deeply about the questions, or take a moment to add your own anecdotes / examples / jokes! [Fully editable