An Interactive Ebook for the Study of Modern and Contemporary Physics

Abstract

Particle Physics is a field of science that studies the particles that make up all matter, their interactions and applications. From observations made in high school textbooks, it was noted that there is no organization of content in a way that helps the student to understand such content. Between November 2020 and March 2022, working with the Institutional Scholarship Program for Teaching Initiation (PIBID) of the Degree in Physics at Campus Santa Cruz/RN, an Interactive eBook was created whose theme was Introduction to Physics of Particles. The preparation of the eBook followed the steps: bibliographical research, research by development platforms, art selection and didactic organization of the content. The eBook has been divided into: Introduction, Standard Model of Particle Physics, Properties of Particles, Quarks, Leptons and Bosons, also containing the pages with References and Appendices at the end. The introduction addresses the most widespread conception of the atom and how matter is formed from it. The second topic presents the standard model table and some characteristics such as mass, energy and spin. The third topic brings an explanation about the properties of particles. The fourth topic presents the types of Quarks and how they interact with each other and with other fundamental particles. In the fifth topic, Leptons and their role in radioactive decay are described. Finally, the nature of bosons and their role in the Standard Model theory are described. It is important to highlight that the eBook has multimedia in addition to texts, figures, hyperlinks and links to YouTube videos. It is expected that this eBook will be used in Modern and Contemporary Physics classes in High School and that it can contribute to the improvement of the teaching and learning process of Modern and Contemporary Physics.