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Use this HTML code to display a screenshot with the words "Click to Run". Light Quantum Mechanics Photons Donate PhET is supported by and educators like you. Java via CheerpJ: We've partnered with Leaning Technologies to allow our Java sims to run in a browser. This sim is not compatible with iPads. System Requirements and Recommendations Java Version: Supports offline use and offers improved performance. Java Version About Topics Light Quantum Mechanics Photons Description See how light knocks electrons off a metal target, and recreate the experiment that spawned the field of quantum mechanics. Sample Learning Goals Visualize and describe the photoelectric effect experiment. Correctly predict the results of experiments of the photoelectric effect: e.g. how changing the intensity of light will affect the current and the energy of electrons, how changing the wavelength of light will affect the current and the energy of electrons, how changing the voltage of light will affect the current and the energy of electrons, how changing the material of the target will affect the current and the energy of electrons. Describe how these results lead to the photon model of light: e.g. argue that only a photon model of light can explain why, when light is shining on the metal but there is no current, increasing the frequency will lead to a current, but increasing the intensity of light or the voltage between the plates will not. Version 1.10 For Teachers Teacher Tips Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). Teacher-Submitted Activities Title Authors Level Type Subject Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman UG-Intro HW Physics Conductivity: an inquiry activity (also uses other sims) Trish Loeblein UG-Intro HS CQs Lab HW Chemistry Physics Intro to Photoelectric Effect Interactive Lecture Sam McKagan, Kathy Perkins and Carl Wieman UG-Intro UG-Adv CQs Demo Physics Understanding the Photoelectric Effect Sam McKagan, Kathy Perkins, and Carl Wieman UG-Adv UG-Intro HW Physics Photoelectric Effect (AP) Elyse Zimmer HS Lab Physics Photoelectric Effect (PreAP) Elyse Zimmer HS Lab Physics Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS Trish Loeblein updated by Diana López HS MS Other Biology Chemistry Physics Earth Science How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? Sarah Borenstein MS Other Earth Science Physics Chemistry Biology PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum Julia Chamberlain UG-Intro HS Other Chemistry Photoelectric PhET lab John Macuk MS HS Lab Remote Physics Astronomy MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer HS MS Other Physics Chemistry Biology Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics Jaya Ramchandani HS Other Physics Discovering the Photoelectric Effect Jonathan Carlson HS UG-Intro Discuss Guided Lab HW Physics Photoelectric Effect Simon Lees HS Guided HW Lab Physics Introduction to the Photoelectric Effect Simulation Marvin Mndebele HS UG-Intro Demo Guided Other Discuss HW Physics Lab Photoelectric Effect Luis Largo UG-Intro HS Lab Physics Photoelectric Effect Phet Worksheet (AP Physics 2) Yau-Jong Twu HS HW Guided Lab Physics Photoelectric Effect Kelly Warner HS Lab CQs Chemistry Shine a Light Dean Baird, Paul G. Hewitt HS UG-Intro Lab Physics Instruction set in Photoelectric Expt. 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