Comments on: The Particle Zoo: Collecting Your Own Subatomic Particles http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:30:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-35127 Richard Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:52:11 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-35127 @Daren Scot Wilson: Three "colours" to add to your quarks. http://www.particlezoo.net/individual_pages/shop_qcd.html @Daren Scot Wilson: Three "colours" to add to your quarks.

http://www.particlezoo.net/individual_pages/shop_qcd.html

]]> By: JF http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-35001 JF Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:44:07 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-35001 I hope that one of the members of the LHC will take one to show up at the tv and saying "we've seen Higgs Boson !!! :))))) science and fun work too. ok ok :)) I'll take one or 2 for my office anyway. I hope that one of the members of the LHC will take one to show up at the tv and saying "we've seen Higgs Boson !!! :) )))) science and fun work too.

ok ok :) )

I'll take one or 2 for my office anyway.

]]> By: Edwin http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-34997 Edwin Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:28:40 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-34997 I wouldnt mind collecting the set I wouldnt mind collecting the set

]]> By: Nathan http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-34924 Nathan Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:51:48 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-34924 This is sooo cool, but sad because I thought of this idea a little while ago. Oh well, it looks neat. I hope it lives long! This is sooo cool, but sad because I thought of this idea a little while ago. Oh well, it looks neat. I hope it lives long!

]]> By: Daren Scot Wilson http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-34911 Daren Scot Wilson Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:11:50 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-34911 "Where do you put these, in your lab? Or in your bed? " Both! these are quantum particles who can be in two places at once. "Where do you put these, in your lab? Or in your bed? "

Both! these are quantum particles who can be in two places at once.

]]> By: Daren Scot Wilson http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-34910 Daren Scot Wilson Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:10:56 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-34910 uh, don't quarks come in three colors? uh, don't quarks come in three colors?

]]> By: Ian O'Neill http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-34893 Ian O'Neill Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:16:54 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-34893 FYI: Biologists are no stranger to all this, they already have "Giant Microbe" toys (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/). In university I saw countless numbers of the things in my dorms, they are still a massive hit. Why not scale down a bit and give subatomic particles a personality too? Just a thought :D FYI: Biologists are no stranger to all this, they already have "Giant Microbe" toys (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/). In university I saw countless numbers of the things in my dorms, they are still a massive hit. Why not scale down a bit and give subatomic particles a personality too?

Just a thought :D

]]> By: Ian O'Neill http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-34892 Ian O'Neill Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:14:04 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-34892 @Sharan:- Teachers and lecturers alike have found uses for these toys to communicate the complex physics behind the quantum world. Granted, many people (including kids) won't have a clue what a quark, neutrino or Higgs particle is, but isn't that what education is all about? If particle physics can be taught through the medium of a small plushie, then great! I know from experience that word/colour/character association works fantastically well when teaching a new concept. I already think of the Higgs boson as being a heavy, smug particle that's tough to find. Nothing wrong with a bit of fun in the lecture theatre ;) Cheers, Ian @Sharan:-
Teachers and lecturers alike have found uses for these toys to communicate the complex physics behind the quantum world. Granted, many people (including kids) won't have a clue what a quark, neutrino or Higgs particle is, but isn't that what education is all about? If particle physics can be taught through the medium of a small plushie, then great!

I know from experience that word/colour/character association works fantastically well when teaching a new concept. I already think of the Higgs boson as being a heavy, smug particle that's tough to find. Nothing wrong with a bit of fun in the lecture theatre ;)

Cheers, Ian

]]> By: edu http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-34863 edu Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:33:59 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-34863 loved this....cheered up my day. loved this….cheered up my day.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-34847 Andrew Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:06:19 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-34847 Ooooo! Ooooo! I wanna make a helium atom! Ooooo! Ooooo!

I wanna make a helium atom!

]]> By: Shran http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-34846 Shran Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:48:20 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-34846 What is this good for? Children do not understand this or have a misconception of the real thing. Common people, same thing?Only scientists or science interested people might see the fun in this, but still: to spend $313 on the whole standard model of stuffed particle animals? Where do you put these, in your lab? Or in your bed? I like the website and the design, but the commercial part is something I seem to miss completely. To mix this hard science with the mind of intertoys? But maybe I am to cynical. What is this good for? Children do not understand this or have a misconception of the real thing. Common people, same thing?Only scientists or science interested people might see the fun in this, but still: to spend $313 on the whole standard model of stuffed particle animals? Where do you put these, in your lab? Or in your bed?

I like the website and the design, but the commercial part is something I seem to miss completely. To mix this hard science with the mind of intertoys? But maybe I am to cynical.

]]> By: Aodhhan http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-34839 Aodhhan Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:35:14 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-34839 Outstandingly brilliant! Outstandingly brilliant!

]]> By: Sofia http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/03/the-particle-zoo-collecting-your-own-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-34838 Sofia Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:32:22 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19051#comment-34838 :))))) :) ))))

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