Resources by Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Figuring Outer Space is an inquiry-based educational resource. Hands-on activities focused on stars, exoplanets, the...

What do Einstein and GPS have in common? Find out in the first Perimeter Inspirations module highlighting the power and relevance of one of humanity's greatest intellectual...

How Can Atoms Exist?

Alice wonders how a tree can exist and therefore how atoms can exist. Bob suggest that in an atom, electrons orbit the nucleus of an atom like a planet orbits the Sun. Alice explains that if that the charged electron should give off light and lost energy and spiral into the nucleus. That leads them on to...

Is That Star Really There?

Alice wonders if a star in the sky is really there. Alice and Bob explain that the light we are seeing now is how the star looked many years ago. This leads them on to the idea that if we look out far enough into the Universe, then we may be able to see back towards the beginning of the Universe.

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It Does Matter is an inquiry-based elementary school educational resource. Students explore what matter means, identify physical and chemical...

Students use a simple circuit and LEDs to measure Planck's constant, h, a universal constant...

Mission Possible is an inquiry-based elementary school educational resource. Probes, landers, and exoplanets stimulate learning in these lessons....

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Science has changed our world. Scientific discoveries have given us a deeper, more profound appreciation for who we are and where we are in the universe. The Process of...

What is everything made of? Help your students learn more about the details of scientific advances in our...