A tool allows students to click on a particle to see what it decays into. A set of questions allows students to investigate conservation of charge and the stability of various particles. A more advanced version of this tool shows the quark components of particles. Students can observe quark transitions as one particle decays into another and discover which particles are hadrons, made of quarks, and which are elementary particles themselves. The final activity allows students to let the particles decay multiple times so they can see how frequently particles decay into the various possible decay products.
Particle physics relies heavily on lots of data with good statistics.
Here students can learn about the statistical nature of fundamental processes, the power of statistics in revealing average behavior, and the value of comparing and combining data. In his time at Fermilab, Frank exhibited a wry sense of humor which we are sure will put in good stead with new colleagues and students in Cheltenham.